Thousands turn out to catch glimpse of Detroit train depot

[Faygo Kid]

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/

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Love my hometown. What a sense of history!

[LisaM]

1. This is so great.

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

[elmac]

2. I've got to admit

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

[rockfordfile]

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

Never owned a ford and never cared to.

[elmac]

12. well, good for you

[demmiblue]

3. Exciting news for Detroit!

[ellie]

4. That is so cool!

God I miss Detroit.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. One of my favorite mantras is -

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

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.

[msongs]

7. any trains show up? nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. I took a train out of there a while ago.

Well, maybe a little more than half a century ago.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. This building was oft visited by urban explorers.

Detroit Urbex - Michigan Central Station

[Takket]

10. here are some archive photos of the station through the years..........

https://www.historicdetroit.org/galleries/michigan-central-station-old-photos/

[MicaelS]

13. Wonderful news that they aren't tearing it down.

I love old train depots. So much a part of our history.