Residual Melancholy

On May 13 2021, Greyhound Canada permanently suspended their Canadian operations and began the process of selling off their bus fleet and stations. In Ottawa, the main bus terminal, and the surrounding land were sold to real estate development company Brigil, who proceeded to knock the station down in early 2022, dig a massive hole, and, seemingly, do nothing else. 

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On May 2 2024, I moved into an apartment across the street from this hole in the ground and found myself immediately drawn to it. The Pit, as my friends and I later called it, quickly came to represent the sorrow I felt over that subsequent summer and the wider sense of loss that I had long associated with the queer experience.

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Through the process of creating this audio documentary and speaking with my friends, I realized that the Pit was not just a place of residual melancholy, as my friend Ally put it, but a representation of the community formed through shared experiences and mythologies, particularly under difficult circumstances. 

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