Local 4 has a look inside Michigan Central Station as Ford prepares the building for workers to move in.
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@anncbelanger11612 жыл бұрын
As a native Detroiter, it is great to see restoration, rather than demolition! Congratulations Ford!!
@Pete_Finch2 жыл бұрын
New Yorker here, but it's truly spectacular what Ford is doing with Michigan Central. For years I had hoped to see this building restored and it's finally happening
@CrossOfBayonne Жыл бұрын
It was built by non other than the New York Central RR
@hortenseplaceg9740 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ford for painstakingly preserves our heritage.
@clintgolub1751 Жыл бұрын
I’m so grateful Ford purchased and is restoring this national treasure. We’ve lost enough of these late 19th Century/early 20th Beaux-Arts masterpieces of American architecture. Truly it was the height of class in terms of urban design over a century ago. The foundations and masonry on structures from around this time are certainly in a league of its own in terms of longevity and permanence. Modern corporate high raises would deteriorative within a half decade without regular maintenance; these old giants withstand decades of abuse and the elements and still lay waiting for rehabilitation.
@TRUE_PROPHET2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE that Building, was through there in "86" Kzoo
@brucebeamon54602 жыл бұрын
CANT THANK FORD ENOUGH ! May THEY have MORE SUCCESS IN THOSE BUILDINGS than they would have anticipated , And they ALSO MAKE THE MONEY they’ve invested back sooner than they would have hoped too ! From what I know they’ve BEEN GOOD STEWARTS FOR DETROIT First the Rencen and now here !
@emjeebutterz44052 жыл бұрын
Michigan Central Station can also serve as a starting point for commuter rail in Detroit. The existing Amtrak line can be diverted into here, and you can establish new train services to serve the greater Detroit area (and even the rest of Michigan). Add in some bus connections at the front of the building and you've once again made MCS a transportation hub, just like it was in its heyday.
@khaldounelbey39682 жыл бұрын
Proof that a vision, with proper funding can accomplish just about anything. I only hope the building gets as much attention after the rehab in the manner it did when it was a vacant derelict structure.
@louislamonte3342 жыл бұрын
Thrilled to see this building coming back to life. Very tragic that the idea for putting trains back into MCS is apparently scrapped. Also, the reporter is incorrect, the idea for air conditioning dates well before MSC and actually the first fully air-conditioned house was in Chicago only a year after MCS was completed, in 1914.
@brucebeamon54602 жыл бұрын
To bad for ME I didn’t hear of any plan to bring trains back there ! I know quite some years back there was talk about building another larger train station to replace what is used now which was supposed to be a temporary location APPARENTLY THAT NEVER HAPPENED either 😒
@chrisluckhardt2 жыл бұрын
Explored every inch of MCS multiple times with cameras in tow before 2014. So glad to see it come back to life!
@rockandroll46899 ай бұрын
Love you FORD!!!! You are the absolute best!
@jimburig7064 Жыл бұрын
That was a majestic building while it was in service as a railroad depot. I visited it often in the early 2000s before moving to Arizona. Ford has the resources to save and utilize this place. I look forward to seeing the progress.
@katherinespencer26332 жыл бұрын
I remember as a little girl, taking the train to New York, and to Chicago. I think we also traveled to Canada. But, at some point the train was at the foot of Woodward, then ferry across the Detroit River. Then, after A year or two, passengers took a bus thru the tunnel, then boarded in Windsor. Someone finally realized how dangerous it was to cross over with passengers sitting in train cars!!
@NoriMori1992 Жыл бұрын
Detroit has some truly incredible architecture. I've never even been there, but it deeply saddens me how much of it has been abandoned or demolished over the past century. It's good to see some preservation and restoration efforts making headway.
@X-Warrior.111915 күн бұрын
I've had visit Detroit before it would be nice to visit again, to see this?!
@MARCYEAH20018 ай бұрын
I'm not from the US, I'm from Catalonia but I like to see that something as iconic as Michigan Central Station, which decades ago was so important, is being renovated as it was before, even better. All cities in the world would have to do these things with buildings or places that are abandoned
@ROBLOXGamingDavid2 жыл бұрын
Instead of destroying it, Ford is giving this old central station a new purpose of life.
@lorrainebennett752810 ай бұрын
This is amazing, an iconic building! Best wishes from Spain.
@73musicmatch2 жыл бұрын
I loveee this building
@60NXNP092 жыл бұрын
Yes Ford!
@johnbohning30432 жыл бұрын
The basement that you're talking about is where the ice was stored for Amtrak's New New Yorker train
@label18775 ай бұрын
I will change up and buy my daughter a new Ford next May to show my respect for this project.
@josephfrank14725 ай бұрын
Thank you Ford for doing this making it look great again.
@roy2177 Жыл бұрын
Awesome news!!!
@AnnMitt2 жыл бұрын
Well done Ford!!!
@bjoernaltmann4844 Жыл бұрын
So great it's being restored! And 3D printing is being put to good use.
@edwardquiroz31932 жыл бұрын
Wow amazing.
@pepperpillow2 жыл бұрын
The current plans don’t actually have a railway station as part of it, which is a huge waste. This would be a way better way to arrive in Detroit then the current Amtrak station.
@NicolasJosephScozzaro11 ай бұрын
Great report. So they found a 60,000 square foot basement and filled it with concrete? That's too bad, they should have tricked that out too! Also it's a bit sad seeing the beautiful cast iron decoration being replaced with cheap 3D printed plastic. I guess a billion dollars doesn't go that far these days 😂
@georglimiux677 Жыл бұрын
First time in there I was about 6years old and remember a guy had fallen and had a bleeding head wound. Had a towel under hid head. Last time was after the boat races around 88/89ish. My buddies went way up the stairs and I stayed on the main floor looking around.
@orange15502 жыл бұрын
VERY , VERY NICE 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
@heru-deshet359 Жыл бұрын
Guess nothing yet. Summer is almost gone.
@bonnieshousehold.8162 жыл бұрын
YESSSSSS
@tmz852 жыл бұрын
I like that they are restoring the building. But how much new construction could have been done for a billion dollars? A lot, like multiple skyscrapers .
@JayYoung-ro3vu9 ай бұрын
It will be worth it when completed. The terminal's rebirth is a sign the Midwest is returning to manufacturing prominence.
@ras47822 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing about a dead elephant in there before
@ariabritton96696 ай бұрын
i really hope they restore it to its former glory. no modern architecture, make it look like the height of the roaring 20s in there.
@verycaring23872 жыл бұрын
RAVE 🥳DETROIT👽 Dont forget...💚🖤
@cashbrooks5332 жыл бұрын
Because of making tanks a Ranger milatery Park
@christophergeorge22644 ай бұрын
When will trains serve the station again?
@MicheleBell-xl4nf26 күн бұрын
Wont pay for Flint to have clean water, but invest in this old building that was open when the mobile industry was in progress
@tysonminlo49382 жыл бұрын
too much money for me. leave a portion for memory, but new construction.
@slicksalmon69482 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the restoration, but it was never the Face of Detroit.
@MICuban77 Жыл бұрын
1 billion USD. Not worth it. Develop the riverfront instead
@2011Cape2 ай бұрын
Imagine $1B still won’t buy cast iron 1:46
@edwardgillis5918 Жыл бұрын
Progress is great and the park in front is going to be excellent as well. Except…why are they planting Bradford pear trees? Non-native invasive species that many communities and states are banning because they become a nuisance. Consider something different for that landscape
@johnbohning30432 жыл бұрын
I was a car knocker
@chrisnichols49626 ай бұрын
Courtesy of the Slum Lord Billionaires Maroun family. The difference between the Fords, who carw about Detroit and the Marouns who only saw Detroit as city to be exploited.
@jimbomac5552 ай бұрын
Great Ford did this. New buildings are almost always poor non traditional architecture