Agreed, but it still flummoxed me when I saw photo's of the building while it was in ruins how the vandals managed to tag all the way up to the ceilings. That's about 40 feet high. I'm glad to see it being restored to its former glory.
Some very serious money spent. Lots of federal historic tax credits recouped but what an OUTSTANDING job! Kudos to the architect, engineers, contractors and worker bees. SUPERB work you should all be very proud of!
I'm from Calgary and have never been near Detroit in my life. But I'm a big street-view explorer and noticed this building years ago when I was looking at the city. I am floored at what a thoroughly amazing restoration was done. Honestly brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for the great video!! 😃🇨🇦
@@DanCampbellsBrain Yes, definitely Ford in this case. But this city has more than a few developers that know how to restore long-vacant, once-derelict buildings to their former glory. Bedrock comes to mind and whoever their contractors are.
As a lifelong Michigander only living 15 minutes away, I must say they did a fantastic job on this station. So nice to see it brought back to it's once glorious condition. Nice work to all who worked on it.
Its alright. Amazing Ford Engineering was able to reproduce parts that were lost/destroyed. Im still a bit disappointed in the stock performance during this time. It was Awful at $4 a share. 😒. I took some loss.
I don’t hate the Ren-Cen-I’m a huge John Portman nerd-but obviously yeah a lot more love went into this restoration than went into the Ren-Cen’s post-apocalyptic concrete bunker.
Ford introduced the $5 workday. Ford made the automobile affordable. Ford never declared bankruptcy. The Ford Family are still senior management. Only bidders too. GM is an accounting firm, Ford is a Legacy. Grande Companié
@@nobilesnovushomo58 Henry Ford opposed his company’s unions, though, and you don’t want to know what he thought about Jewish people… (To be fair, his descendants seem a lot more reasonable.)
@@elsiehupp He gave good wages, and GM did the same in anti-union, but Ford had ground to stand on compared to them. and I do. The average European immigrant thought the same way Ford did.
Thank you FORD company for bringing this building back to life!! WHAT AN INSPIRATION AND GIFT TO DETROIT PEOPLE!!! I want to have my wedding in the Grand Room if that could ever be possible!!! LOVE THIS!! THANK YOU THANK YOU !!
Greetings from New Jersey! Never been to this building. After 40 years of decay, what a masterpiece of art 🎨. Absolutely beautiful 😍😍😍! Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station for short) is going through a 5 year complete restoration project in Newark, New Jersey. This used to be a major station of the old Pennsylvania Railroad. The people of the City of Detroit, Michigan should be very proud. Congratulations!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks so much for taking me back into my history. I used to take the train with my Nana and then over to JL Hudson's Downtown to shop and eat at the restaurant! Always dressed to the nine's with white gloves and a hat.
Most of today's styles are frightening, could you imagine wearing stretch pants and pajamas and Crocs and slippers back then? The styles in the 1920s-60s were very elegant
@@dongreer9082 Oh yes, my grandpa had passed away before I was born, but Nana made up for it 1000 fold!! She would of been very pleased, but the heartache of watching the city decline hurt her. She sold her house off of Wyoming Ave. in 1969. My mom graduated from Mackenzie High School in 53'. Glad you had a Nana too!! They are irreplaceable. 💜
I've never visited Michigan, but it still feels good to see historical architecture preserved. Especially in a city that brought so much wealth to our country. God Bess America!!! 😊
I visited Detroit, two years ago, I saw this station under repairs from the distance. I'm glad it'll bring life to a city that it looks like it was attacked by Heinkels.
Glad they restored it. Iconic landmarks such as this is a true testament to the love the country had for the railroads. Also, the railroads built structures such as this to show the pride the company’s had for themselves and the service they provided
I grew up in Michigan. My great great great grandfather was an immigrant from Germany and settled in Frankenmuth. I am so delighted to see this restoration and that Detroit is coming back to the booming city that it was right after WWll when I was a child. Hope that you restore the stellar education system that I had to its top status in the country again as well. That is far more important than a building.
I remember when, just before this station closed, my family would take the train go Texas to visit my mom's family. It was the late 70s, after my dad had passed away. The station was rather dark and dirty, but I was impressed by the grandeur of it. It reminded me on buildings like this I saw in old movies, where everyone dressed up and there were different cab companies that had waiting areas around the station. I loved those fancy chandeliers, and those tall arched windows , even back then. They reminded me of the Fisher Building, General Motors buiding and the Guardian Building; all ornate, beautiful and elegant in their own ways.
@@courageous1483 I'll always remember J.L.Hudsons...and their toy department on the twelfth floor. And then there was Crowley's....and that fancy white " wedding cake" of a building they were in.
Thank you so much for sharing this! Many times in my youth in the 1960s and early 1970s, I would come here with my Dad and Grandmother because she always took the train to Chicago... and my memories of this place are very fond! One time, my dad, sister and I were invited to climb aboard an idling engine on one of the tracks in the train shed, and I sat in the engineer's seat as we rolled back and forth a few times in the shed!!! I can't wait to visit the station and relive some of these amazing memories!!!
My grandfather worked here as an young man when his parents first came to America (I am a 2nd generation American). It was an amazing building then. I was torn when I saw it all abandoned and decaying with nature reclaiming the land. Now it is as it once was... a beautiful building showing the artistic and beauty that human imagination can give. Now let's all KEEP IT THAT WAY!!!
My mother grew up on Bagley st and would go to the station to meet up with her boyfriend (dad) because she was not allowed to date. Each time she did she got a spanking. They married in 1953. “Ma” turned 92 in May. She can’t see to well. We plan on visiting in August. We make Texas home now. Very little snow ;) Thank you to all who cared about this beautiful building! Ma Savala ❤
A note about the pitting on the columns: it probably isn’t water damage; travertine (a type of Italian marble) just looks like that. Travertine is unusual in that it has a spongy texture, like volcanic rock, despite being a type of limestone. (Marble does get damaged-literally dissolved-by acid rain, but there’s a lot less acid rain since laws and treaties 30-40 years ago started mandating that coal power plants scrub sulfur dioxide from their smoke.)
Unless it was shutdown, AMTRAK runs right along Michigan Avenue. It connects to Chicago. I bought tickets in the Dearborn Station one time for a trip to Arizona.
Connection tracks were removed long ago. The amount of work required to even try to make that possible would not be economically feasible. Look at Google maps satellite view, you'll see what I'm talking about.
@@TrainMike2013 tracks from Chicago connection come to at least Dearborn, and that's closer to Detroit than Metro Airport. Norfolk Southern also has an office on Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, near the AMTRAK Station tracks and Ford WHQ, last I checked.
HI and thanks for sharing this video with us 👍 I live here in the D Mi 😎 I've been driving by the Central station for years and I'm so glad someone is restoring it 🎉🤩💖
Kudos to the Ford Motor Company for financing/managing this miraculous restoration. We’re talking almost a BILLION dollar$ here. Well worth it though. I’m supposing that the tower will house either offices or condominiums and/or a hotel-apartment combo. Congrats to the teams of workers, technicians and project managers.👍🇨🇦
Thanks for putting this together. What grand architecture. It used to be that taking the train to work was simply a part of the fabric of life. Elegant stations like this took the drudgery out of commuting and lent us an air of culture and inspiration.
Congratulations on a wonderful job and for saving a landmark! Utica, NY saved and restored its magnificent New York Central station in 1978. It now houses county, state and other area offices. It has become an integral part of the community.
What a great thing! Having seen the decay, of such an amazing place- this is such a nice way to start the day, seeing that when we work together we can make being human a fine thing. Thanks.
Great! Thanks for posting. A lot was happening in 2017 to 2020, in terms of restoration, but it all closed down during the Covid (Corona Virus) Pandemic. So glad to see work had resumed, and is nearly finished. Back in 2017-18,....Bill Ford outlined many wonderful future uses for the building. A learning institution was one of the ideas, and a research facility, as new modes of transportation are being explored. It is so huge in there, I hope a transportation Museum is one of their plans. I think an entertainment complex would great, and many types of dining experiences,....possibly a grand hotel. I imagine the place has interesting acoustics. Thanks.
Fantastic video, thank you Sam and Wheel Bearings! Huge thanks to the Ford Motor Company and all involved for the amazing restoration of Michigan Central!
So happy to see this irreplaceable building restored to its original glory. The key here is that, even with all the decay and vandalism, the hulk of the building survived. And it just goes to show that even the most intricate and elaborate fixtures and fittings from an earlier century still CAN be recreated, if there’s enough money to pay for it. Kudos to Ford for rescuing the station and for going all out on the restoration, and not cutting any corners. I would love to hope that someone, someday will step in and similarly rescue Buffalo’s masterpiece Art Deco Grand Central Terminal.
For a person who grew up in Southwest Detroit I'm so happy to see this building restored, I used to walk by this building going to work and My Dad used to work for the Post Office over there on 14th street im beyond impressed with this building im so happy ❤❤❤❤happy
Always loved this building! I remember several times taking the train with my mother from there to Chicago to visit family in the 1970s. It was amazing to walk in it then. How saddening it was to see it closed and deteriorating for all that time wondering what was going to happen to it. This restoration is another example and testament of the Ford family with their history and love for Detroit.
This was moving. When younger (and much much more carefree 😆) abandoned buildings esp around Chicago area were my mental escape when urban exploring. But as time went on, the ruins seemed more a sad homage to what once was. It is inspiring to see an American company investing in the preservation of some of our best eras in architectural design. I’ve been secretly obsessed with this place through online content over the years (as time to actually make it out that way never materialized). Absolutely blown away when you walked inside. From the clock to the ceiling and floors to the preservation of the dumb waiter access etc etc. interesting the sort of half restored access to the tunnel that leads under the tracks to the platform. Even if most of that infrastructure is missing at present who knows, maybe a future light rail hub or stop at least. I want to hear Handel in that large arched hall
This is terrific to see!!! This building was such a disaster, just standing in it's continuing decrepitude. Really, a great example of re-purposing, and urban renewal!!!
Well done, Ford; have to say I love what you are doing for the Motor City. At least as Grand as Grand Central Station. The trollies need to be brought back, also.
I cannot even to BEGIN to imagine all the work that has been done in this building 🤔! Thanks for giving us a glimpse of what must have been one of the greatest experiences for people who once came to Detroit and the pride that both travelers and residents of this great city must have experienced! Let us pray that we can once again overcome and surpass the greatness that one of the best cities in the world.Say what you want about the Ford family but in doing this you can only admire their passion for the city of Detroit.
I have seen a couple of concerts being held there with the lit up building as a backdrop, at night. It is a stunning concert venue, which is just another layer of what this building will be used for. It is wonderful that Ford had the vision to bring this back. The workmanship is amazing and that whole level of artistry should not be allowed to die in the modern world.
So many buildings like this in the U.S. have only seen the wrecking ball. It wonderful that they decided to restore and save it. I hope it becomes a new vibrant hub for Detroit.
I used to work midnights at apac paper right behind that place in tha mid 90s what a sight at night seen people go in and out of the back doors scary but always knew that place was special and beautiful thank you Ford for bringing it back and the neighborhood too
My whole life remembering seeing this building standing there with out windows and wonding why they never demolished this building . I'm pleased that FORD bought and saved this piece of history of Detroit. ❤❤
What an incredibly beautiful building. It was a shame it was vacant. Kudos to Ford for giving back and making this all possible. Awesome corporate citizen.
Great video. Thank you! There were a lot of people who looked to buy and restore that building for years. None did though because of the cost to restore it. I left the area back when they started putting in new windows, and seeing it now is amazing. You have to thank the Ford family for seeing this project through though.With all of the problems that the car companies have had over the last 10 years, I'm sure that having extra money for this project was not easy to drum up.
Even when it was in bad shape, you couldnt hide that it was a beautiful building. Seeing it like this brings more pride to a great city.
Agreed, but it still flummoxed me when I saw photo's of the building while it was in ruins how the vandals managed to tag all the way up to the ceilings. That's about 40 feet high.
I'm glad to see it being restored to its former glory.
👍Great Job. Our city is coming back strong.
Some very serious money spent. Lots of federal historic tax credits recouped but what an OUTSTANDING job! Kudos to the architect, engineers, contractors and worker bees. SUPERB work you should all be very proud of!
Kudos to all the architects, engineers and tradesmen who restored this building! Awesome workmanship!!
Thank you to FoMoCo! They (Bill Ford in particular) did a very good thing here.
I'm from Calgary and have never been near Detroit in my life. But I'm a big street-view explorer and noticed this building years ago when I was looking at the city. I am floored at what a thoroughly amazing restoration was done. Honestly brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for the great video!! 😃🇨🇦
Absolutely incredible. What a tour. Thank you.
Detroit knows how to renovate a historical space, more than any other city.
100%. Incredible craftmen
Ford* knows how to.
@@DanCampbellsBrain Yes, definitely Ford in this case. But this city has more than a few developers that know how to restore long-vacant, once-derelict buildings to their former glory. Bedrock comes to mind and whoever their contractors are.
It helps that the city was too broke to tear them down when they were at their worst. That's where most cities messed up.
As a lifelong Michigander only living 15 minutes away, I must say they did a fantastic job on this station. So nice to see it brought back to it's once glorious condition. Nice work to all who worked on it.
big thanks to FORD for seeing the beauty in this place they do not build places like this anymore
Beautiful , my Dad left for the Navy in WWII form this building.🤩
Never thought I’d say “Thank you, Ford.”
Its alright. Amazing Ford Engineering was able to reproduce parts that were lost/destroyed. Im still a bit disappointed in the stock performance during this time. It was Awful at $4 a share. 😒. I took some loss.
I don’t hate the Ren-Cen-I’m a huge John Portman nerd-but obviously yeah a lot more love went into this restoration than went into the Ren-Cen’s post-apocalyptic concrete bunker.
Ford introduced the $5 workday. Ford made the automobile affordable. Ford never declared bankruptcy. The Ford Family are still senior management. Only bidders too. GM is an accounting firm, Ford is a Legacy. Grande Companié
@@nobilesnovushomo58 Henry Ford opposed his company’s unions, though, and you don’t want to know what he thought about Jewish people…
(To be fair, his descendants seem a lot more reasonable.)
@@elsiehupp He gave good wages, and GM did the same in anti-union, but Ford had ground to stand on compared to them. and I do. The average European immigrant thought the same way Ford did.
Thank you FORD company for bringing this building back to life!! WHAT AN INSPIRATION AND GIFT TO DETROIT PEOPLE!!! I want to have my wedding in the Grand Room if that could ever be possible!!! LOVE THIS!! THANK YOU THANK YOU !!
Greetings from New Jersey! Never been to this building. After 40 years of decay, what a masterpiece of art 🎨. Absolutely beautiful 😍😍😍!
Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station for short) is going through a 5 year complete restoration project in Newark, New Jersey. This used to be a major station of the old Pennsylvania Railroad. The people of the City of Detroit, Michigan should be very proud. Congratulations!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
The merger of the Pennsylvana and New York Central RRs were just like Democrats and Republicans of today.
Or oil and water.
Thanks so much for taking me back into my history. I used to take the train with my Nana and then over to JL Hudson's Downtown to shop and eat at the restaurant! Always dressed to the nine's with white gloves and a hat.
Most of today's styles are frightening, could you imagine wearing stretch pants and pajamas and Crocs and slippers back then? The styles in the 1920s-60s were very elegant
@@m42037 Amen!!
I wish my Nanna and grampa were still with us to see what’s happening in Detroit. 😢🎉
@@dongreer9082 Oh yes, my grandpa had passed away before I was born, but Nana made up for it 1000 fold!! She would of been very pleased, but the heartache of watching the city decline hurt her. She sold her house off of Wyoming Ave. in 1969. My mom graduated from Mackenzie High School in 53'. Glad you had a Nana too!! They are irreplaceable. 💜
White gloves and hat . I wish men and woman still dressed like that today.
I've never visited Michigan, but it still feels good to see historical architecture preserved. Especially in a city that brought so much wealth to our country. God Bess America!!! 😊
I visited Detroit, two years ago, I saw this station under repairs from the distance. I'm glad it'll bring life to a city that it looks like it was attacked by Heinkels.
When I was kid in the 90s, me and my friends would watch the 4th of July Fireworks on the rooftop. Never thought I'd see the day it looked like this.
Don't be the guy looking for the stairwell
Glad they restored it. Iconic landmarks such as this is a true testament to the love the country had for the railroads. Also, the railroads built structures such as this to show the pride the company’s had for themselves and the service they provided
So happy for the motor city for their comeback and this renovation of this building is amazing!
Detroit isn't back, you definitely must be from another state or country. About 80% is still blight.
@@m42037 it's a start
@@m42037 Man, just go to sleep.
What a beautiful building. My mother was born (1925) and raised in Detroit so I’m sure she had been there!
I grew up in Michigan. My great great great grandfather was an immigrant from Germany and settled in Frankenmuth. I am so delighted to see this restoration and that Detroit is coming back to the booming city that it was right after WWll when I was a child. Hope that you restore the stellar education system that I had to its top status in the country again as well. That is far more important than a building.
I remember when, just before this station closed, my family would take the train go Texas to visit my mom's family. It was the late 70s, after my dad had passed away. The station was rather dark and dirty, but I was impressed by the grandeur of it. It reminded me on buildings like this I saw in old movies, where everyone dressed up and there were different cab companies that had waiting areas around the station. I loved those fancy chandeliers, and those tall arched windows , even back then. They reminded me of the Fisher Building, General Motors buiding and the Guardian Building; all ornate, beautiful and elegant in their own ways.
Don't forget about JL Hudson building!!
@@courageous1483 I'll always remember J.L.Hudsons...and their toy department on the twelfth floor. And then there was Crowley's....and that fancy white " wedding cake" of a building they were in.
Thank you so much for sharing this! Many times in my youth in the 1960s and early 1970s, I would come here with my Dad and Grandmother because she always took the train to Chicago... and my memories of this place are very fond! One time, my dad, sister and I were invited to climb aboard an idling engine on one of the tracks in the train shed, and I sat in the engineer's seat as we rolled back and forth a few times in the shed!!! I can't wait to visit the station and relive some of these amazing memories!!!
BEAUTIFUL JOB!!
Thanks for the tour and it is incredible to see this building coming back to glorious life. Looking forward to seeing a tower tour someday.
It’s awesome they saved this magnificent building! Thanks for the update!
Another Detroit jewel
....jaw...dropped.........officially ......THANK YOU for posting!
My grandfather worked here as an young man when his parents first came to America (I am a 2nd generation American). It was an amazing building then. I was torn when I saw it all abandoned and decaying with nature reclaiming the land. Now it is as it once was... a beautiful building showing the artistic and beauty that human imagination can give. Now let's all KEEP IT THAT WAY!!!
When I would return from Windsor on the Ambassador Bridge, this building would look so ominous. Thank you Fords for bringing it back to life.
We lived in Windsor and could see this building from our street on Askin Ave. and we would walk over the Bridge to a Tigers game
It looks beautiful Detroit is coming back together I’m proud for my city…
My mother grew up on Bagley st and would go to the station to meet up with her boyfriend (dad) because she was not allowed to date. Each time she did she got a spanking. They married in 1953. “Ma” turned 92 in May. She can’t see to well. We plan on visiting in August.
We make Texas home now. Very little snow ;)
Thank you to all who cared about this beautiful building!
Ma Savala ❤
A note about the pitting on the columns: it probably isn’t water damage; travertine (a type of Italian marble) just looks like that. Travertine is unusual in that it has a spongy texture, like volcanic rock, despite being a type of limestone.
(Marble does get damaged-literally dissolved-by acid rain, but there’s a lot less acid rain since laws and treaties 30-40 years ago started mandating that coal power plants scrub sulfur dioxide from their smoke.)
Awesome and informative tour! Thank you🥰!
My grandfather and uncle are GMI grads. Electrical engineers. Thank you for the video.
Very impressive tour, and narration. 👍👍👍👍
Magnificent refurbishment - reassuring to see that skilled craftmanship is still in existence.
Thanks so much..we lived across the river in Windsor and from our street we could see this building on a clear day..impressive recovery and renovation
Hopefully they will have trains operating again so people will visit our beautiful City of Detroit.
Unless it was shutdown, AMTRAK runs right along Michigan Avenue. It connects to Chicago.
I bought tickets in the Dearborn Station one time for a trip to Arizona.
Beautiful City? Detroit is a shithole!
Connection tracks were removed long ago. The amount of work required to even try to make that possible would not be economically feasible. Look at Google maps satellite view, you'll see what I'm talking about.
@@TrainMike2013 tracks from Chicago connection come to at least Dearborn, and that's closer to Detroit than Metro Airport.
Norfolk Southern also has an office on Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, near the AMTRAK Station tracks and Ford WHQ, last I checked.
@@TrainMike2013 The tracks are still there, with traffic in google maps
Fantastic project. I'm glad there is enough money--profit--around to make these grand projects possible. I'm 80. June 9, 2024. St Joseph, MO, USA
HI and thanks for sharing this video with us 👍 I live here in the D Mi 😎 I've been driving by the Central station for years and I'm so glad someone is restoring it 🎉🤩💖
I just visited here! It’s Beautiful. Proud Detroiter! ❤
Kudos to the Ford Motor Company for financing/managing this miraculous restoration. We’re talking almost a BILLION dollar$ here. Well worth it though. I’m supposing that the tower will house either offices or condominiums and/or a hotel-apartment combo.
Congrats to the teams of workers, technicians and project managers.👍🇨🇦
This is simply stunning.
Thanks for putting this together. What grand architecture. It used to be that taking the train to work was simply a part of the fabric of life. Elegant stations like this took the drudgery out of commuting and lent us an air of culture and inspiration.
Absolutely beautiful. People really could build beautiful in the old days. Beautiful people create beautiful things.
Beautiful tour, thank you!
Making Michigan beautiful again👍
Congratulations on a wonderful job and for saving a landmark! Utica, NY saved and restored its magnificent New York Central station in 1978. It now houses county, state and other area offices. It has become an integral part of the community.
I always thought a super train from Detroit to Chicago would be awesome. Hopefully it's being considered.
What a great thing! Having seen the decay, of such an amazing place- this is such a nice way to start the day, seeing that when we work together we can make being human a fine thing. Thanks.
As a Detroiter, I love seeing this! I didn't even know this was finally being done. Because for years there were talks about it being done.
Great! Thanks for posting. A lot was happening in 2017 to 2020, in terms of restoration, but it all closed down during the Covid (Corona Virus) Pandemic. So glad to see work had resumed, and is nearly finished. Back in 2017-18,....Bill Ford outlined many wonderful future uses for the building. A learning institution was one of the ideas, and a research facility, as new modes of transportation are being explored. It is so huge in there, I hope a transportation Museum is one of their plans. I think an entertainment complex would great, and many types of dining experiences,....possibly a grand hotel. I imagine the place has interesting acoustics. Thanks.
Beautiful!! So nice to see the historic place restored.
My Dad would have loved to see this . Great job everyone who has worked on this restoration!
What a wonderful symbol of the past, present, and future of a great American city. Thank you for the tour.
Thanks for the video. Very interesting.
Fantastic video, thank you Sam and Wheel Bearings! Huge thanks to the Ford Motor Company and all involved for the amazing restoration of Michigan Central!
So happy to see this irreplaceable building restored to its original glory. The key here is that, even with all the decay and vandalism, the hulk of the building survived. And it just goes to show that even the most intricate and elaborate fixtures and fittings from an earlier century still CAN be recreated, if there’s enough money to pay for it. Kudos to Ford for rescuing the station and for going all out on the restoration, and not cutting any corners.
I would love to hope that someone, someday will step in and similarly rescue Buffalo’s masterpiece Art Deco Grand Central Terminal.
For a person who grew up in Southwest Detroit I'm so happy to see this building restored, I used to walk by this building going to work and My Dad used to work for the Post Office over there on 14th street im beyond impressed with this building im so happy ❤❤❤❤happy
Always loved this building! I remember several times taking the train with my mother from there to Chicago to visit family in the 1970s. It was amazing to walk in it then. How saddening it was to see it closed and deteriorating for all that time wondering what was going to happen to it. This restoration is another example and testament of the Ford family with their history and love for Detroit.
This was moving. When younger (and much much more carefree 😆) abandoned buildings esp around Chicago area were my mental escape when urban exploring. But as time went on, the ruins seemed more a sad homage to what once was. It is inspiring to see an American company investing in the preservation of some of our best eras in architectural design. I’ve been secretly obsessed with this place through online content over the years (as time to actually make it out that way never materialized). Absolutely blown away when you walked inside. From the clock to the ceiling and floors to the preservation of the dumb waiter access etc etc. interesting the sort of half restored access to the tunnel that leads under the tracks to the platform. Even if most of that infrastructure is missing at present who knows, maybe a future light rail hub or stop at least. I want to hear Handel in that large arched hall
This is terrific to see!!! This building was such a disaster, just standing in it's continuing decrepitude. Really, a great example of re-purposing, and urban renewal!!!
Thank you so much for the detailed tour. It was amazing.
Great tour, thank you!
The great hall is so stunning!!!
Well done, Ford; have to say I love what you are doing for the Motor City. At least as Grand as Grand Central Station. The trollies need to be brought back, also.
Kudos to Ford and all the designers, engineers, and construction workers!
I cannot even to BEGIN to imagine all the work that has been done in this building 🤔! Thanks for giving us a glimpse of what must have been one of the greatest experiences for people who once came to Detroit and the pride that both travelers and residents of this great city must have experienced! Let us pray that we can once again overcome and surpass the greatness that one of the best cities in the world.Say what you want about the Ford family but in doing this you can only admire their passion for the city of Detroit.
Just amazing. I saw this before restoration and they have done a marvelous job on this place.
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
What a spectacular building. Ford has certainly done a nice job.
Glad to see it back,went there as a child in the late 50's early 60's to catch train to Michigan City.
Thanks for the tour. Beautiful building and my compliments to the tradesman and the Ford family.
I have seen a couple of concerts being held there with the lit up building as a backdrop, at night. It is a stunning concert venue, which is just another layer of what this building will be used for. It is wonderful that Ford had the vision to bring this back. The workmanship is amazing and that whole level of artistry should not be allowed to die in the modern world.
OMG YEAH THE JL HUDSONS!!! Amazing to me as a kid!❤
Thank you and thank you Ford Motor Co.!
So many buildings like this in the U.S. have only seen the wrecking ball. It wonderful that they decided to restore and save it. I hope it becomes a new vibrant hub for Detroit.
I used to work midnights at apac paper right behind that place in tha mid 90s what a sight at night seen people go in and out of the back doors scary but always knew that place was special and beautiful thank you Ford for bringing it back and the neighborhood too
Thank you for the video.
Amazing job!
The transformation is amazing. Fantasic research done on your part, as well!
Best video I've seen yet. Thanks for the footage!
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. I always knew this would happen and its wonderful.
It's absolutely beautiful! I also love that they kept part of the graffiti, looks so cool ❤
My whole life remembering seeing this building standing there with out windows and wonding why they never demolished this building . I'm pleased that FORD bought and saved this piece of history of Detroit. ❤❤
Beautiful! Thanks for the tour and commentary. Great job!
Magnificent! So much of this kind of rich history has been lost. It is so good to see this building survive.
I was there when Ford first bought it. WOW it looks absolutely amazing. Well done Ford, and all of the construction workers and architects.
Well done, Thank You
amazing restoration
detroit is clawing its way back. it will never be what it was, but im glad its improving. that building is stunning
Absolutely Beautiful
What an incredibly beautiful building. It was a shame it was vacant. Kudos to Ford for giving back and making this all possible. Awesome corporate citizen.
Stunning building
Great video. Thank you! There were a lot of people who looked to buy and restore that building for years. None did though because of the cost to restore it. I left the area back when they started putting in new windows, and seeing it now is amazing. You have to thank the Ford family for seeing this project through though.With all of the problems that the car companies have had over the last 10 years, I'm sure that having extra money for this project was not easy to drum up.
Great job, nice tour! Thanks.
WOW very nice
Bill Ford did a video on this building when they first bought it. The intent was to use it for their EV team
Not just EVs, but AVs, the whole area is going to be a hub for tech and development of new Autonomous systems.
Thank you for taking us on this tour. I appreciate it.
Nice presentation.