From: "Bob W"
> A superb photo essay and a sad subject. One of the nation's
> most beautiful train stations, Michigan Central closed its
> doors just 21 years ago. Now it's doors are open to vagrants,
> rats and the weather.
> These pics reveal its former magnificence, while illustrating
> its sad decline.
> Paul
> http://www.ryansouthenphotography.exposuremanager.com/g/michig
> an_central_station
>
What a shame to let such a beautiful place rot. They should go on a
taxpayer-funded junket to France and see how the French re-used the old
station at Lyons and the Gare (now Musee) d'Orsay in Paris.
It's on the National Register of Historic Places. There have been
several proposals for adaptive re-use, but none have come to fruition.
Seems to me if Detroit (the city) ever got its act together it might be
possible to turn it into a damn swank hotel to anchor some kind of
downtown revitalization.
Shoot, if the U.S. ever got its act together, we might get some decent
passenger rail service connecting major cities.
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