Detroit Central Station

Dave Stephenson · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2002 6:43 am

For those who are following the fate of Detroit's Michigan Central station, there is an article starting on page 98 in the May 2002 issue of Metropolis magazine (architecture/design). It has brief text and four large format photos of the interior and a small one of the exterior. I don't know how widely available this magazine is, but it's worth a look if you can find it.

drs5260fr@yahoo.com

Hume Kading · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2002 9:47 am

Does the article mention any of the recent efforts to use the building and give any indication of its likelihood of being saved?

> For those who are following the fate of
> Detroit's Michigan Central station, there is
> an article starting on page 98 in the May
> 2002 issue of Metropolis magazine
> (architecture/design). It has brief text and
> four large format photos of the interior and
> a small one of the exterior. I don't know
> how widely available this magazine is, but
> it's worth a look if you can find it.

Railway Preservation News
hkading@rypn.org

Gerald W. Kopiasz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2002 10:29 am

I heard several months ago that the owner was working to put a convention center in there. From past articles, it sounds as if the city would like it dropped if nothing materializes.

Gerald W. Kopiasz

> Does the article mention any of the recent
> efforts to use the building and give any
> indication of its likelihood of being saved?

Heartland Railroad Historical Society
hrrhs@aol.com

Dave Stephenson · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2002 2:09 pm

There's nothing in the article about current restoration or reuse efforts. The text reflects on the evolution of buildings in an urban setting.

drs5260fr@yahoo.com

Clive Catchpole · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2002 10:41 pm

> For those who are following the fate of
> Detroit's Michigan Central station.....

For a fascinating tour of Detroit builidngs, including the old Michigan Central depot, go to detroityes.com, and click on "The Fabulous ruins of Detroit"

T.J. Gaffney · **Posted:** Wed Apr 17, 2002 4:43 pm

> For a fascinating tour of Detroit builidngs,
> including the old Michigan Central depot, go
> to detroityes.com, and click on "The
> Fabulous ruins of Detroit"

Michigan Central is on borrowed time from what I here. The plan was to have U.S. Customs and some other Detroit-based federal institutions move in there to creat a new "customs plaza". I haven't heard anything more since January. I do, hopever, see pieces of MC come up for sale on ebay occassionly......

TJG

Port Huron Museum

tjgaffney@phmuseum.org

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