Michigan Central Depot Being Renovated
Moroun spending money on Central Depot
November 03. 2011 By Louis Aguilar Read More: http://detnews.com/article/20111103/...-Central-Depot Quote:
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wonderful to hear some bright news about this place
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Great news, Id hate to see something so beautiful be torn down.
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Read the fine print.
- "I think we are talking five years before we … may see a solid (development) plan," Then how many to ACTUALLY redevelop it? Any updates on the light rail going up Woodward? |
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Yes I did read that, but its good to see that someone is at least considering restoring it and the article said theyve already started clean up and removed debris. |
A colleague of mine from grad school is interviewed in that article and has been fairly active trying to generate public awareness and interest in restoring that building. http://talktothestation.com/
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There are a number of possibilities for reuse. The most interesting remains the use it was intended for chiefly a railway station for interurban travel, but also a revamp of public transit involving steetrail or trams and bus hub. This project by a public transit planner in Detroit was initiated to further that purpose. It is very well thought out and I think the future of transit in Detroit resides in a restoration of potent structures such as MCS in order that detroiters reconnect with their past. Detroit has a fabled past in transit, tourism and retail which is largely evacuated. There is a need for historical reeducation as well as novelty in infrastructure so that retail, residential reinvestment and tourism can be revived.
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The building is not being renovated. It's being stabilized and spruced up just enough to possibly make it marketable to investors. That's it; and who knows if it'll even get that far if the owner doesn't get his second span to Canada that he wants? Or at the very least to stop the publically-owned bridge planned.
At the moment, the opinion here in Michigan is that this is PR and it's dependent upon politics and his other business interests. A repaired roof, new windows, and basic clean-up does not a renovation make; this is something he should have been held to account to do years ago; this is basic upkeep. |
Although this building looks larger, it makes me think of the former Orsay railway terminal which was falling into decay after it's been disused in downtown Paris. The elders say it rather was a pitiful sight with broken windows and a dirty facade in the very city center. It could have well been torn down but instead the government had the idea of reusing it for cultural purpose. Today it hosts the world's biggest collection of impressionist paintings, drawing countless visitors. Quite a good deal.
So I guess a museum (dedicated to industrial methods for instance, or anything closely related to the local history) along with art galleries, retail and a library would be fine in there, amongst other possible options of course. |
What's next, now that Ford owns the long-abandoned Michigan Central Station?
JC REINDL, PHOEBE WALL HOWARD | DETROIT FREE PRESS 6:24 p.m. CDT June 11, 2018 Quote:
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Thank the lord!
For all the talk of struggling auto companies, it's easy to forget just how behemoth they still are. This is part of Ford's play to attract Millennial and, yes, Gen Z workers to Detroit... they are planning to bring up the whole Corktown neighborhood. They will renovate the train station as an anchor for a revitalized neighborhood, probably with Ford's own creative and technology-oriented offices on the upper floors and retail, maybe a food hall, on the ground floor. Corktown is very intact by Detroit standards and already has a critical mass of trendy businesses, but it does also have plenty of room to grow and definitely a handful of sites for large apartment buildings including a proposal for the old Tiger Stadium site. |
Glad to see this being posted in other areas than just the Detroit projects thread. This is as symbolic of our region's revitalization as it was a symbol of our decline.
Yesterday, shortly after it was confirmed the station had been sold to Ford, I was standing outside with many other spectators watching workers cut down the more permanent barbed wire fence that had surrounded the station for years and install a temporary one for construction purposes. People were going in and out of the station and more workers were parking their cars and walking over, all within hours of the confirmation being made public. And, if I'm thinking right, this is the last abandoned high rise in Detroit that had no plans. The only others I can think of is Executive Plaza, which is vacant but not run down, and the Lee Plaza, which has an RFP out. This may be a premature statement, but the skyscraper graveyard era is over. |
Ford’s Detroit plans highlight mobility and connection The Ford mobility corridor will run from Ann Arbor to Dearborn to Detroit By Robin Runyan Jun 19, 2018, 2:13pm EDT Quote:
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