Share Your Ideas & Love for Michigan Central Station

“How about a 5 star hotel? Featuring a grand lobby, fine dinning and a theater.”

“I think the station should have functions similar to the buildings located on Chicago's Navy Pier. Perhaps a museum in a portion of the building with a shopping center with unique boutiques located in another part. While you wait to catch a train for a day in Canada or maybe a trip to the Windy City. It would provide revenue for the city along with culture for all those that pass through the massive door ways. ”

“If i had funds to purchase this beautiful tower, i would. MCS is definately not an eyesore. This should be kept as a "transportation connector"! Start with restoring Amtrak service to the station linking travel to Chicago, New York City, and Toronto which we are surronded by, then followed by connecting any of Detroit's public transportation to the station, such as DDT, Smart, The People Mover, just to name some. I don't think transportation is going away no time soon, so lets help MCS out.”

“To make this station a K-12 school with a healthy lunch room menue, nursery, vendors, a movie theator for the children and the public after school hours. Transportation should include the Amtrak train aswell as DOT for all that wants to take advantage of this great opertunity, creating a train ticket that would work like the DOT bus pass, it could be used like a debit charge card. Vendors and movie theator will crate revenue for the school as well. To get the involvement of the public and parents this project could go to all parties and askif they would be willing to use the skills to help...”

“I think the station should have functions similar to the buildings located on Chicago's Navy Pier. Perhaps a museum in a portion of the building with a shopping center with unique boutiques located in another part. While you wait to catch a train for a day in Canada or maybe a trip to the Windy City. It would provide revenue for the city along with culture for all those that pass through the massive door ways. ”

“You should make the train depot a hotel or a mueseum.”

“Place a train museum inside the small bldg like model train set ups. display cases with models. lots of pictures on walls. tours like green field village has. Have view tours in the tall bldg to over look the city for miles. and behind the train station lots of old cabooses and train cars from days gone by. have other train clubs with there real trains come visit and show off their trains to the public for fees. people pay good money for greenfield village. train buffs will wait in lines to see this and will travel for miles (and other states) to come and see it.”

“I am a lead singer for the Blues / Rock band Dessert First, we are based in Detroit and would love to offer our talents for any fund raising events in the future. We feel that music, in Motown to save Motown buildings would be a successful avenue to raising money and awareness in Detroit! I can be reached at constancesings@yahoo.com if you would like more information. Thanks for your attention to this matter. Best Regards, Constance, lead singer/Dessert First”

“MCS is a work of art like the Grand Central is in NY. Everyone knows what the New Yorkers care for their station and they know it's value. I think the MCS has greater value because it's an icon for Detroit and it's far more special then the Grand central. As an icon every company in Detroit should care about it's state and not leave as it is. put up a donation board with all who have helped out. Hope it will be a great 100th celebration next year. ”

“An open air park”