Michigan Central Train Station

 

 
 May 20, 2009 
Train Station currently owned by Mattie Marroon, Detroit slumlord and owner of the Ambassador Bridge. He allows the building to sit empty and open to the elements for decades until enough civic outcry when he pledges to install windows.
 
 
 
8/9/2015
He installs the windows but they are of cheap quality and not architecturally accurate. 
 
 
 
6/24/2018
Ford Motor Company purchases the building to become part of their Autonomous Vehicle Program and opens the building this weekend to visitors before renovation begins.
  









8/5/2019

5/13/2020


10/8/20






3/16/2021
Starting to see progress


Location: Detroit, MI, USA

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