Thread Number: 75926
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Ford MoCo Buys Derelict Michigan Central Station in Detroit |
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Post# 997808   6/20/2018 at 01:14 (2,108 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)   |   | |
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Wow! So glad to see this happening. Every time I saw photos I hoped something like this would happen, but never expected it actually would. This will be a Ginormous renovation project to say the least. Here is an article from the Detroit Free Press: www.freep.com/story/news/... And below is linked a video tour of the site: CLICK HERE TO GO TO stricklybojack's LINK
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Post# 997815 , Reply# 1   6/20/2018 at 03:03 (2,108 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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I spotted this building while crossing The Ambassador Bridge from Windsor back in 2000. I thought at the time that the building probably wouldn’t make it and here, almost 20 years later, someone is doing something about it. To loose it would be like loosing Penn Station in New York. A loss that disturbs some people to this day. They just don’t make buildings like this anymore and once they’re gone they’re gone forever.
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Post# 997824 , Reply# 2   6/20/2018 at 05:33 (2,108 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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It's a testament to the strength of its construction that it lasted so many years with all of the windows broken out exposing the inside to all of the elements.
Thanks for the link to the tour. |
Post# 997844 , Reply# 3   6/20/2018 at 11:47 (2,108 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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My aunt & cousin from Maine visited us & by train--Aunty M even had a suitcase on wheels...
So, there was a train station like this here in Detroit, maybe even this very one we'd picked 'em up at... And while "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em Like That Anymore)", by Greg Kihn and Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks' "Stop Dragging My Heart Around" played on the way home, I can't think of this tune being the perfect thing to hear in my head--: --as I stared up at the arches, that this place seems to have the same of--and we dropped off those two, here, though the departing wasn't quite as memorable, though maybe that's where "I chose to forget"... -- Dave CLICK HERE TO GO TO DaveAMKrayoGuy's LINK |
Post# 997845 , Reply# 4   6/20/2018 at 12:30 (2,108 days old) by Revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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SUCH a beautiful building! Sad that it's been vacant/abandoned the last 30 years. Very happy to hear Ford is planning to repair/rebuild/develop it and some of the surrounding buildings into housing & retail space. Just posted Monday, the thief that had stolen the clock face from the station, returned it and thanked Ford for "believing in Detroit"! www.freep.com/story/money... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Revvinkevin's LINK |
Post# 997851 , Reply# 6   6/20/2018 at 13:11 (2,108 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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the Los Angles Union Station is also beautiful! |
Post# 997855 , Reply# 7   6/20/2018 at 13:50 (2,108 days old) by Xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania )   |   | |
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SO nice to see restorations take place.
I was in Detroit for my first time in January to visit friends in Ferndale and to go to the Auto Show. I was impressed as we drove downtown how much restoration and revitalization is happening in Detroit. The places I most recall enjoying was the Guardian Building and then seeing the work being done on Belle Island. Can’t wait to go back to Detroit to do more sightseeing. |
Post# 997862 , Reply# 8   6/20/2018 at 16:52 (2,108 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Maddy Maroun also owns Central Transport, and at one time was the largest landowner in Michigan.
Below is a great link, if you want to check out Detroit, yesterday, and today. CLICK HERE TO GO TO goatfarmer's LINK |
Post# 997867 , Reply# 9   6/20/2018 at 18:55 (2,107 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Lots of appliances in Ford's Dearborn Village and that locomotive! They even have a Coffeemaster under glass! Did you get a look down that elevator shaft? Thanks for the history and the link! |