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My mother grew up on Bagley st and would go to the station to meet up with her boyfriend (dad) because she was not allowed to date. Each time she did she got a spanking. They married in 1953. “Ma” turned 92 in May. She can’t see to well. We plan on visiting in August. We make Texas home now. Very little snow ;) Thank you to all who cared about this beautiful building! Ma Savala ❤

I always felt the building was a blight and should be torn down. I'm not convinced the renovation was worth the time, money or effort. But I'm glad to see Detroit is clawing back some semblance of prosperity. I hope they continue in the right direction

Beautiful , my Dad left for the Navy in WWII form this building.🤩

They are doing a beautiful job. But WHY preserve the graffiti? It's just p.....g ground as they say. And did they ever even try to go after any of the scavengers? ....... ......Nah, I'm just foolin.

WOW I find this to be unbelievable ..someone doing work in the US to make something look nice? Usually they tear these buildings down and put up the most ugly POS building in the world. The names of the people involved in this should be taught to every school child in america.

What are they going to use it for?

Amazing job!

Went right up to that building around 2000, after visiting the nearby, perhaps best kept secret in the U.S., Greenfield Village, and it was quite demoralizing to see such a grand structure on what one assumed was it's last leg. Kudos to Ford & everyone involved!

Man, it was once beautiful, safe, and wonderful, amazing, a gesture of Detroit's status as the greatest city in the world, until....shhhhhhhhh, can't talk about that.

Will trains go there again?

Awesome and informative tour! Thank you🥰!

Detroit allowed this to sink into chaos, but now that its restored by Ford, I'll bet Detroit will have their hand out, demanding tax dollars.

Once again the city of Detroit and Coleman A young allowed this beautiful building to sink into chaos, Like the rest of the city. Anything Detroit touches is ruined.

Soon as “The Locals” visit it will go to SH*T again…

Glad to see Detroit making a comeback

What an incredibly beautiful building. It was a shame it was vacant. Kudos to Ford for giving back and making this all possible. Awesome corporate citizen.

Why build this ? No one lives close enough and MALLS FAILEd so why??????????

Well done, Ford; have to say I love what you are doing for the Motor City. At least as Grand as Grand Central Station. The trollies need to be brought back, also.

Thanks for the video. Very interesting.

Feels a little sour given that the car lobby destroyed our train industry and now come in pretending to be heroes by buying up the corpse that they were responsible for.

Now if we can keep all the liberals, hipsters and manbuns out of there it wont become a disaster again.

This is sad to say but I want to boot camp in the US Navy so in 1975 but I cannot remember any of this because at that time it didn't matter now I look at it and realize how beautiful it is I'm still a Detroit and always will be

It looks beautiful Detroit is coming back together I’m proud for my city…

Why did they not have a period correct train on the property.? Missing piece of the puzzle

Thank you and thank you Ford Motor Co.!

Great tour, thank you!

So is there a Motel 6 moving in upstairs? Liquor store and free clinic in the big lobby?

fantastic

A massive building with zero use. Typical Detroit. Boondoggle.

Where are the before pics to really appreciate the restoration...

Thanks for the tour and it is incredible to see this building coming back to glorious life. Looking forward to seeing a tower tour someday.

a waste of money

It looks like it is in the middle of nowhere 😂😂

So where are all the "taggers" putting paint all over ?? I thought the media condones graffiti on private buildings by calling it tagging.

This is miraculous

The train station had an owner before Ford Motor Company. His name is Maddie Maroon. He also owns the ambassador bridge. He allowed the train station to sit as an eyesore in ruins for years, possibly decades. Litigation forced him to put windows in the building.

I once went in there when it was abandoned and tagged some stuff up, sad to see they removed my tags but they did a great job restoring

I remember seeing this thing lit up at night as a kid in the 80's... The upper floors all a glow. From the vagrants campfires keeping them warm....🔥

How long before bums own it and free Palestine chants are heard?

In 1967 my parents and I went to the station to pick up my grandparents that had taken a train up from Tennessee. I'm so glad to see that ford brought it back.

....jaw...dropped.........officially ......THANK YOU for posting!

Also, those ceiling tiles were not 3d printed. NOTHING was 3d printed. *Michigan Central Station is a historical building.* That means they have to restore the damaged or missing items with the same material it was originally. The ceiling tiles were made by the same company who made the originals. Ford contacted the original company and got them to make the ceiling tiles. Something that was originally marble has to be replaced with marble!

You are incorrect about the clock. The clock was stolen years ago. When the person saw the Ford bought the station and was restoring it, he contacted them to return the clock. The person never gave their name, they just told them where they would leave the clock so it could be returned to the building. Seriously, I'm only one minute into the video, maybe actually research the specific thing you're talking about. I'm gonna watch the video cuz I wanna see the restored interior, but I'll be taking your random facts about the station and its restoration with a grain of salt.

I did a trailer of reenactment of the time people would use the Station to go from or come to Detroit circa 1913. I'll be doing the inside finding the dame spots like I'm a passenger. I've seen numerous pictures from those already there during the grand opening week. So my documentary will be more of "being there during the station's heyday".

What a beautiful building. My mother was born (1925) and raised in Detroit so I’m sure she had been there!

I made those ticket windows

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who funded this boondoggle. I predict it will be abandoned again.

This was moving. When younger (and much much more carefree 😆) abandoned buildings esp around Chicago area were my mental escape when urban exploring. But as time went on, the ruins seemed more a sad homage to what once was. It is inspiring to see an American company investing in the preservation of some of our best eras in architectural design. I’ve been secretly obsessed with this place through online content over the years (as time to actually make it out that way never materialized). Absolutely blown away when you walked inside. From the clock to the ceiling and floors to the preservation of the dumb waiter access etc etc. interesting the sort of half restored access to the tunnel that leads under the tracks to the platform. Even if most of that infrastructure is missing at present who knows, maybe a future light rail hub or stop at least. I want to hear Handel in that large arched hall

why does the audio cut out every time you zoom in?