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When I first began reporting on the plan to revive Michigan Central Station six years ago, I was skeptical. ... The halls of that 18-story building on Michigan Avenue are filled with ghosts of all ...
Michigan Central Station (MCS, also known as Michigan Central Depot) is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in Detroit, Michigan.Built for the Michigan Central Railroad, it replaced the original depot in downtown Detroit, which had been shuttered after a major fire on December 26, 1913, forcing the still unfinished station into early service.
A different kind of traveler. In those first years of the brand new Michigan Central Station, many African Americans were coming to Detroit, drawn by Henry Ford's offer of $5 a day in 1914.
Once considered Detroit's Ellis Island, Michigan Central Station was the tallest railroad station in the world when it opened in 1913. The train terminal had 54-foot ceilings, 68-foot Corinthian ...
For years, I have occasionally shared with family my recollections of the Michigan Central Station from when I visited it at the ages of 2 and 3, and later when I was 12 or 15 years old. I am now ...
It wasn’t long after the last passenger train pulled out of the Michigan Central Station in 1988 that the metal thieves moved in. As early as 1991, a local television news crew filmed scrapers ...
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Michigan. Alcona (Alcona County) [1] ... Central [9] Chestonia; Cleon; ... (Griner Station) Quinn; Rattle Run; Rawsonville;
Restoration leaders searched the country for pieces missing from Michigan Central Station. At times, people came forward with treasures. Stolen clock, message in a bottle some of the Easter eggs ...