The Fight to Find John Wilkes Booth’s Diary in a Forgotten Subway Tunnel

Yeah. I don't see why city officials don't just do a dig and follow Bob Diamond's research to settle the issue once-and-for-all. All they would have to do is drill through the wall in the tunnel. It wouldn't be a significant expenditure by any means. Surely political allegiance to the Confederacy could not be a motivation for being obtuse in this regard.

Yeah, and what is with these PANYC people? Has anyone tried to contact them for comment? Track down any information about the people involved?

There is something more here. The DOT would more likely forget about Bob if nothing had changed about the situation than just suddenly decide, "nope, deal's off". The Verge article you linked seemed to indicate an uptick in interest and traffic for the tours, but seeing they allowed them for so long, what changed about the relationship that they didn't even want to work with him to decrease any burden on road traffic? It seems like just an excuse to cite safety concerns.

EDIT: is this the same thing? It's late for me, I'm kind of running on fumes http://www.panycarchaeology.org/history_of_panyc.html#Atlant...