Lower Bay Nuit Blanche

Lower Bay Station, not everyone knows about this place. If you go to the actual Bay Station, on the TTC, on the 2 Bloor Danforth subway line, this is a empty station right underneath. Lower Bay, or to some Bay Lower, was only used for a short time, not even a year I believe. However, the station is still there. They use it for functions, train detours, or in the case above, Nuit Blanche (An overnight art installation event that happens all over the Toronto downtown core). So any chance I can get to go down there I do, it feels like I need to do constant photography down there, always something new to find and shoot.

A person or company can rent the space out for the shooting of a movie, TV show, or commercial for a nice fee. Some really popular movies were shot there, apparently. I do enjoy how they don't keep much maintenance up on it, so it's pretty dirty down there, which makes for interesting photography. I did shoot more pictures down there, but I haven't edited as of yet so I will have to get back to you on that. All I have are these shots from 2011. 

Some say the station is haunted, but I think not. I'm usually good at picking up on those ghosty vibes and I got nothing. More or less, it just feel creepy. So I think that is what gives people that idea, and for that matter I don't think anyone was killed or died down there, but I could be wrong. The image above was taken by leaving the shutter open on my camera, so therefore, you get that ghost like vision. Those were real people. 

The ceiling doesn't even look finished. I think it is just falling apart from age, or from commercial use. Sometimes when I go down there I want to sit there and take it all in, just imagine what it was like to be a commuter those many years ago, what were people wearing back then? 

So just know that every time you got riding the rocket through Bay Station, you are actually gliding over the past. Or you may have seen it in a movie, because we all know how much some cities in the U.S. like to use Toronto for filing, and call it something else, like New York or Chicago. Next time you get the chance to visit Lower Bay, do it and have fun with your camera as well, like I did, and will again.