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Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts) Sat Jun 23, 2018, 11:28 AM Jun 2018

Thousands turn out to catch glimpse of Detroit train depot

Source: Detroit News

They came. They saw. They took photos, a lot of photos.

Like the days of yore, Michigan Central Depot teemed with people Friday, the first day of an open house that will now last through Monday as part of Ford Motor Co.'s public celebration of its recent building purchase.

Hundreds of people milled about the long-closed train depot. Hundreds of others waited several hours in line. In all, 4,000 people attended the unveiling.

Amid the chipped bricks and graffiti-spewing walls, the heavy turnout coupled with Ford’s plans to make it part of a corporate campus conjured images of an aging behemoth rumbling back to life. Sound familiar, Detroit? . . .

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2018/06/22/thousands-train-depot-opening-day/727069002/

Love my hometown. What a sense of history!

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Thousands turn out to catch glimpse of Detroit train depot (Original Post) Faygo Kid Jun 2018 OP

This is so great. LisaM Jun 2018 #1

I've got to admit elmac Jun 2018 #2

Henry Ford was a traitor. One racist Nazi and real pos. rockfordfile Jun 2018 #11

well, good for you elmac Jun 2018 #12

Exciting news for Detroit! demmiblue Jun 2018 #3

That is so cool! ellie Jun 2018 #4

One of my favorite mantras is - BumRushDaShow Jun 2018 #5

Great! Even in smaller cities those "central stations" were works of art..... Bengus81 Jun 2018 #6

any trains show up? nt msongs Jun 2018 #7

I took a train out of there a while ago. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2018 #8

This building was oft visited by urban explorers. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 #9

here are some archive photos of the station through the years.......... Takket Jun 2018 #10

Wonderful news that they aren't tearing it down. MicaelS Jun 2018 #13

LisaM

(27,832 posts)

1. This is so great.

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 11:44 AM

Jun 2018

I love the stories of people returning artifacts from the old depot....I am calling them caretakers.

elmac

(4,642 posts)

2. I've got to admit

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 11:50 AM

Jun 2018

Ford is my favorite car company, and the only US car company that wasn't bailed out by tax payer money.

rockfordfile

(8,704 posts)

11. Henry Ford was a traitor. One racist Nazi and real pos.

Reply to elmac (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 11:20 PM

Jun 2018

Never owned a ford and never cared to.

elmac

(4,642 posts)

12. well, good for you

Reply to rockfordfile (Reply #11)

Sun Jun 24, 2018, 10:36 AM

Jun 2018

demmiblue

(36,893 posts)

3. Exciting news for Detroit!

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 11:56 AM

Jun 2018

ellie

(6,929 posts)

4. That is so cool!

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:38 PM

Jun 2018

God I miss Detroit.

BumRushDaShow

(129,502 posts)

5. One of my favorite mantras is -

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:01 PM

Jun 2018

People may call our cities "Rust belts" but all you need to do is scrape off that rust and you will find shiny new steel underneath. They don't make buildings like that anymore - just some metal frames with some type of simulated masonry "facing" and dry wall inside.

Bengus81

(6,932 posts)

6. Great! Even in smaller cities those "central stations" were works of art.....

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:14 PM

Jun 2018

KC has a beautiful station and even down here in Wichita. Like the others neglected and then restored. Take a look at the history of early airports in larger cities,same kind of building to emulate a train station.