Urban Exploring: Michigan Central Station
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2009
- Pictures from a trip inside the remains of the old Michigan Central Station train depot.
Opened in 1913, the building is of the Beaux-Arts Classical style of architecture, designed by the Warren & Wetmore and Reed and Stem firms who also designed New York City's Grand Central Terminal. The price tag for this 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) building was $15 million when it was built.
The building is composed of two distinct parts: the train station itself and the tower which rises 18 stories. The roof height is 230 feet (70 m). Speculation as to what the tower was originally designed for include a hotel, offices for the rail company, or a combination of both. In reality, the tower was only used for office space by the Michigan Central Railroad and subsequent owners of the building. The interiors of at least the top floor had never been completed and served no function.
The main waiting room on the main floor was modeled after an ancient Roman bathhouse with walls of marble. The building also housed a large hall adorned with Doric columns and contained the ticket office and arcade shops. Beyond the arcade was the concourse, which had brick walls and a large copper skylight. From here, passengers would walk down a ramp to the departing train platforms, 11 tracks in all. Below the tracks and building is a large area for baggage, mail, and other office building functions.
The building has since been stripped of most valuable items including brass fixtures. It has also been the victim of extensive vandalism.
Glad to see that what was once nearly rubble has been restored! Go Detroit!
Totally renovated and rejuvenated❤ 2024
Grand Central Station has reopened. Hope to visit the place one day.
When I see this I weep for Detroit and Buffalo, NY...you were the best of the best at one time!
Just walked through there today, much much different!
Wow..that would have been a very beautiful place in it's heyday.
Seen the old ghost of a palce coming off the Ambassador bridge many a times,and never imagined.
Thanks!
Thats great. I worked on a project to restore our small depot in Myrtle Beach SC.. Though minute in nature to this project it was agreat undertaking and has become a jewel for the City of Myrtle Beach SC.
This music is what I envision playing in the station as well groomed, civilized people go about their business.
@ 2:24 amazing to think of what that ceiling would have looked like new
We entered on the west side of the building by hoping over the fence. Once inside we ran into 7 or 8 other people in 2 groups. 1 group was spray painting (tagging?) and the other s were taking photos as well. No bums or vagrants at all!
Fun fact… i’ve talked to quite a few workers for Christman and Brinker working on the renovation for Ford and apparently they pulled a bunch of bums and junkies out of there but also a ton of dead bodies from the tunnels.
It's amazing a major city in modern USA can be reduced to this state!
wow...great architecture..i like this Michigan Central Station ...thanks :-)
Just got back from there today and it's depressing what has happened to that building.... Ps is this song by Amadeus?
Yeah, thanks. I re-ran the video and there are a lot of shots of the building surrounded by snow - so makes sense. Must have been very windy!
How does a so beautifufl place come to this??
Man are savage....
Some ppl rather live in a chaotic city than a lovely one...
So sad not to see this great building restored.
great location...thanks for this interesting video :-)
What state is the basement in? Ours at the Terminal here in Buffalo was under
7 1\2 feet of water due to a main that broke over 25yrs. ago.
Restoration is underway and all the water has been pumped out, and a group
works every Saturday to help clean and seal off the grounds from the damage
of vandals and winter weather. Didn't this close in 1987? Ours was Oct. 28th
1979. Nice photos, glad no-one was hurt while taking them.
@Zoza15 Ford was the first to make it big, but it wasn't the only car brand - Chrysler and the various lines that made up GM (Greyhound buses, Pontiac, Cadillac, Buick, Saturn, etc.) also contributed to Detroit's immense growth (by 1950 it was the 4th largest city in the US). They too suffered from foreign competition, actually worse than Ford in the recent recession since those two needed federal government bailout loans (both have since repaid).
Such a disgusting shame!!!! A once proud and beautiful railroad station is now being treated like a fucking city dump. Way to go Detroit!!! thanks for preserving American history for many generations to come!!!
Warren & Wetmore also designed Kirby Hill Estate. Mansion Hill Drive - Muttontown, New York - wikimapia.org/street/15902592/Mansion-Hill-Drive
Eric Kuvykin has brought back the elegance of this manor ... Friends call it the Kuvykin Mansion C1902 Warren & Wetmore
02:15 - What is that on the floor? Looks like snow but its indoors. Is it some sort of secretion?
How much trouble can one get in for exploring with/without tagging?
I heard it was planned for demolition. But that was about 5 years ago and here it still stands.
Being renovated biw
"the price tag for this is 500k $"
Excuse me WHAT, here in norway, a normal house costs like 500k - 650k $
@X8802 I think it might be on the National Register of Historic Places and can't be. They are going to be replacing the windows soon so the interior isn't exposed to the elements. Reminder that although never abandoned. Grand Central Station in NYC was in pretty rough shape and was headed for the recking ball. Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy personally campaigned to put a stop to that and now look at it. Look at what happened to Penn Station in NYC.
And today it just reopened!
It's too bad gangs, Detroit, and vandles made this station go to heck. Look at that forklift at 1:15. Look how they trashed it. Too bad. 5 stars and favorited.
what happened to buffalo?
@megarockman The City actually Relied on a car brand?..
@Zoza15 Detroit's economic fortunes are historically tied to the American automobile industry. Detroit boomed during the early to mid 20th Century when Henry Ford set up shop and started the Ford Motor Company, which produced cars that Americans who weren't super-rich could buy and use. When cheaper and more fuel-efficient Japanese cars began to be imported in the 80's, the local industry suffered from competition badly and hasn't recovered.
LIFE.....AFTER PEOPLE
A glimpse of the apocalypse
how did you manage to get inside!
Walk thru an open door.
Despicable what has happened to this beautiful piece of architecture. It needs to be salvaged, no matter the cost or difficulty, and, unfortunately, not every little nitwit on here understands the historical significance of a monument like this. In its current pitiful state, it is a symbol of the decaying culture in America.
any reports of hauntings in there??
@bgdrewsif I get what you are saying, but tat the same time, this is a beautiful building that represents America in a lot of ways. Buildings now are so ugly and flat and have no character. Just because something is old, does not mean it is worthless. It is a piece of Americana. I know there is nothing around it. Perhaps I am being too sentimental or emotional for you. It just seems to me to represent a lot of a lost day in America when more jobs were here and people had a sense of pride.
2;20 let me know what you see.?????????????
@classics4life I couldn't agree more. Watching this I was thinking that if a couple of these rich celebrities would each thrown in a few million, instead of living lavish lives throwing it away on dumb selfish things, this building could easily be restored to health. It is a crying shame that this was allowed to be so vandalized. It makes me so sad. It is breathtaking, still, even like this. Think of the sense of pride it would bring back to Detroit, too.
Can confirm, it just reopened today and the sense of pride is palpable!
@@TheAceOfOnes Really?? No way! I am so happy to head that!
Probably snow blown in.
reminds me of Fallout 3
watch out for zombies
where fk train tracks ?
@UniteForgetLeftRight Lol, even the Zombies have left Detroit.
Say what you will about race and gang prevalence in the area, but downtown Los Angeles ten years ago was scaaaarrrry and dead and has since had some gentrification and has become almost charming. I think this building has incredible potential for a mixed use development! Apartments on upper levels, business and shopping on lower, surrounded by parks... But who's going to sink that kind of money into a dying city? At least it's a great photo op, hope they don't blow it up
the building was better years ago when it wasnt a tourist destination,nothing special about it anymore people come from the burbs to walk through it,
Scared
Take a good look at one symbol of the fall of civilization.
$crap Money!!!
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this is only one example of how detroit lets beautiful architecture go to waste. when things get to such a decrepit state it serves the city no purpose and it becomes an eye sore.
@SavageBboy313 looks like photoshopped person or something
@lisaturtle13 ..Why would they waste money on shit other people defaced? Tear it down.
I have no sympathy for any of this. Detroit's faith was sealed by the AFL/CIO, and the UAW.