When I first heard about the abandoned subway system in Rochester, NY, I foamed at the mouth at the prospect. Coming from Toronto, where the only "abandoned" subway was the closed-off Bay Lower Station, the prospect of a completely abandoned system was tantalizing. However, at that time, I had no car and no contacts in Rochester, so seeing it remained a dream.

Once an active station on the subway system of Toronto, if only briefly, the lower level to Bay station has the honour of being the only completed and usable station in the system to sit unused, never seeing the public traffic that the other stations see daily. Also, being out of sight, it is also out of mind for many citizens of the city.