Detroit’s former train station Michigan Central Station. Ford purchased the 106 year old Beaux-Arts building and is in Phase 2 of a $740 million restoration and renovation. [5132×3421]

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1. ClamChowderBreadBowl says

   Step 1: Destroy public transit infrastructure through lobbying and monopoly power

   Step 2: Buy unused train stations

   Step 3: ???

   Step 4: PROFIT

2. Speech500 says

   A lot of old American buildings have this really weird look where it’s as if they took a beautiful European building and just stretched it in photoshop

3. pabo81 says

   Serious question tho: what was all the space in the high rise above the station used for? Corporate lease, govt offices, other?

4. madp1atypus says

   I’d hoped for years someone would restore this building. Glad to see it happening.

5. portemantho says

   Back in 2014 it was fenced off, there was a security guard from the neighborhood and he was super chill, my husband gave him a tip and he gave us a quick tour. The ground floor had just been cleaned up for the shooting of Batman v Superman. Cool spot in an underrated city.

6. gregmacbain says

   Pretty darn ugly of you ask me…looks like an Eastern European monstrosity