Detroit's Once Grand Michigan Central Station - 1981

Detroit's landmark Michigan Central Station is now (over thirty years since my photo) in in serious disrepair. Designed by the same architect who designed Grand Central Terminal, Detroit's Michigan Central Station was opened in 1913 and vacated in 1988 when Amtrak moved its passenger service to a new station. Since then, the stately building has been increasingly vandalized, though apparently some plans are afoot to restore the building to some semblance of its former glory. Some work has recently been done on asbestos abatement and other steps to clean up some of the debris.

The station was abandoned in 1988 and I took this photo on April 17, 1981. I will mention that this area in use at the time was not the most magnificent part of the facility.

This website offers a virtual tour of the present day station. The site is rather slow in loading: Tour Michigan Central Station

Taken on: April 17, 1981

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