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All along the rooftops

MCS as seen from the west window of 2051 Rosa Parks, showing a...different roof.

Photo credit: Jerry Paffendorf
Ramp Up

Allow a rotating display for local artist to sell or promote their work. You could also use it for local schools for art projects or photo projects.

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Ruins come to life

After a complete restoration of the main lobby have an interactive area or kiosks showing how the main lobby looked in the past, during it's abandoned years and the reconstruction.

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The Jewel of Corktown

Have tours to the top, allow vistors and Detroiters the chance of a life time with the best view of Detroit and Windsor. Sunrise tours available upon request!

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Elevator Bank

One of the many Elevator Banks in the MCS

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Sunlight on the Ruins

Sunlight coming through the windows in the main lobby

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Lobby View

Grand windows will shine with brilliant glass once more

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Train Ramp

Ramp that used to lead to the trains

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From the rear

The back of the MCS taken with a 1950s Brownie Hawkeye in the summer of 2009

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what light...

Plenty of space for rent...

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Grandeur

Enough wonder to make even grown ups crane their necks up

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Imagination

Best Views in town!

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Clear

Clear through in the early morning.

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Frame the Station

Imagine growing up watching this being built from your front room window.

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From the Grass

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Long View

The station from the end of Roosevelt Park

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It Really Isn't

Remember she isn't an eye sore!

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a group meets to discuss the future of the train station.
Winter Windows
Sunrise at the Tower

Photo credit: Patricia Larson
A bridge, a train station, and a casino

Looking west from an upper floor of the MGM Casino out over Corktown and Southwest towards the Ambassador Bridge, Michigan Central Station, and the Motor City Casino.

Photo credit: Jerry Paffendorf
MCS in Google Earth

Lookin good virtually for real!

Photo credit: Jerry Paffendorf/Google Earth
MCS at night, enhanced with filters

Photo credit: Jerry Paffendorf
Mountain Out of An Anthill

Tiny new developments along Roosevelt Park.

Photo credit: Jerry Paffendorf
Soccer at the Station 1

Roosevelt Park has it's own soccer team in the Detroit City Futbol League called Roosevelt United: http://detroitcityfutbol.com . They and other teams sometimes practice next to the station.

Photo credit: Jerry Paffendorf
Soccer at the Station 2

Photo credit: Jerry Paffendorf
juxtapose

Photo credit: Patrick Herbst
Michigan Central Station Early Evening Shot

Taken by Gordon Dean II on January 28th, 2012

Photo credit: Gordon Dean II
Beautiful Monster

Photo by Gordon Dean II - December 2011

Photo credit: Gordon Dean II http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/gordon-dean-ii.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=73518
MCS seen through the window of one of the Imagination Station houses across the way

Photo credit: Dawn McLennan
Labor Day weekend 2011
Front, Michigan Central RR Station, Detroit 17 Feb 73

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Michigan Central RR Station, Detroit 2, 23 Feb. 1973

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Main Hall, Michigan Central R.R. Station, Detroit 27 Feb 73

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Interior, Michigan (Penn) Central RR Depot, Detroit, 27 Feb '73

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Detail, Main Hall, Michigan Central RR Depot June 71

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Columns, Mich Central R.R. Station, Detroit 27 Feb 73

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Lower Concourse, Michigan Central RR Depot, Detroit, 17 Feb '73

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Travelers Aid Stand, Michigan Central RR Station, Detroit 27 Feb 73

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Waiting Passengers, Michigan Central RR Station, Detroit, 18 Feb '73

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Photo Booth-Shoe Shine, Michigan Central RR Station, Detroit, MI 13 Jun 71

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Lower Concourse, Michigan Central RR Depot, Feb. 73

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Schedule Room, Michigan Central RR Station, Detroit, 18 Feb '73

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
MCS Mirage

Photo credit: Jerry Paffendorf
Top Floor with View of Detroit Skyline.

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Hallway View, 2012

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Station from Roof of Book Depository, 2012

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Station from Roof of Book Depository 2, 2012
Michiga Central Station, Then and Now

Photo credit: Lance Rosol, Pixel Perfect Photography
Hallway, Michigan Central Station

Photo credit: Lance Rosol, Pixel Perfect Photography
Abandoned Elevator Shaft, Michigan Central Station

Photo credit: Lance Rosol, Pixel Perfect Photography
Top Floor, Michigan Central Station

Photo credit: Lance Rosol, Pixel Perfect Photography
Michigan Central Station

Photo credit: Lance Rosol, Pixel Perfect Photography
Main Entrance Hall, Michigan Central Station

Photo credit: Lance Rosol, Pixel Perfect Photography
Keep Out

Razor wire, barbed wire, hurricane fence, and electronic surveillance keeps sightseers at bay.

Photo credit: Michael Bugard
Not a War Zone

The crumbled backside and former business end of the station. Let's save Michigan Central Station and stop the comparisons to Bosnia.

Photo credit: Michael Bugard
Station, October 2012

View showing the removal of the smoke stack.

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Orion over MCS

The Orion constellation overlooks the Michigan Central Train Station as it arches across an early morning sky in Detroit while a low lying fog amplifies the luminescence from nearby street lights providing an eerie glow to the vacant giant.

Photo credit: Nicolas Boileau ( http://NicBoileau.com )
Dec 30th 2012

Photo credit: Kyle Santos
Station after Smokestack Removal 2012

Photo credit: Dave Jordano
Linen Postcard
Old Postcard
an AMTRAK Train parked at the station,1980's