565 Comments for Michigan Central Station

I used to pass by this place all the time. I am from Boston but lived in and around the Detroit area for well over 20yrs. It's sad to see this and many other places in the city. But thanks to our friend here justice is done for the station. Or as much that can be done. Thanks for doing what you do. Keep amazing us with your talents.

atlas shrugged

My Hometown. Pass it every day... Such beautiful architectural work.

Thanks for the info. Chernobyl. I am glad you knew about Catfish. Hope he did indeed make it out of the train station and is doing well. :)

Motts,

I've been a lurker but not a poster yet. I'm from Detroit and while I haven't had the cojones to actually explore the giant array of abandoned buildings we have (like, all of them lol) I study them and their history, especially MCS. "Catfish" was a guy who was living in the train station in the 90s because he was homeless. He's no longer there, apparently he pulled his act together, got a job, and is now doing okay. So there is an answer to your Catfish mystery (Btw, you do amazing work).

I must apologize, as in most cases, I am looking at the architecture itself, and marveling about how we cannot reproduce these today, at any cost. This was built at an exuberant time in this country's history, when anything seemed possible. Understand that I always think that the photography is haunting and evocative, It goes without saying. Great shot!

Lets face it, Detroit is a failed city, and will slowly revert to a more rural state, The industry that built it, is gone, and barring some sort of massive change in this world, will never return. The only hope for cities like Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Gary, etc, is that global warming gets severe enough that water used for manufacturing becomes a big enough issue that industries will be forced to come back to the water, as the Great Lakes have one fifth of all the world's freshwater. just my opinion.

It's these photos that remind us of what Detroit once was.

I thought the lights look like push pins. lol But I do see anvils as well. :)

I like it!! its like cordoning of the past.

Awesome. The differnt light makes the passenger are look supeimposed on the office section. Horror movie quality

Great pix !! but it reminds me of Nazi Germany for some reason...

Michigan Central Station was featured on an episode of Detriot 1-8-7 last night...reconized it from seeing it on here. So cool!

yeah they wanna make it like a homeland security/u.s. customs building or something. but once when i had been on the roof for some time, i walked into the lobby on my way out and some dude was there playing a trumpet.

the other side of that door says impeach obama lol

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