Comments for Michigan Central Depot Blog http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog Blog dedicated to saving the Michigan Central Station from the Detroit City Council Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Petition to save Michigan Central Station by Sharon W http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/04/17/petition-to-save-michigan-central-station/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Sharon W Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:00:12 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=18#comment-83 Detroit City Council and Residents, SAVE THIS BUILDING PLEASE! Detroit City Council and Residents,

SAVE THIS BUILDING PLEASE!

]]> Comment on Petition to save Michigan Central Station by Sharon Wells http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/04/17/petition-to-save-michigan-central-station/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Sharon Wells Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:56:32 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=18#comment-82 Detroit City Council and Residents, This is a beautiful and important building and we DO NOT want to see it neither demolished nor left in ruins. We feel it is MUCH more beautiful than New York's Grand Central Station or DC's Union Station. Restoring this Detroit GEM can employ thousands of jobless people in Michigan and other parts of the country. It can be bring much needed revenue to Detroit and to the state of Michigan. We need to keep this building standing as it would be another MISTAKE to tear it down! Please us the stimulus money to create jobs and restore a beautiful Detroit historical monument! Respectfully yours, Birmingham, Michigan USA, Resident Detroit City Council and Residents,

This is a beautiful and important building and we DO NOT want to see it neither demolished nor left in ruins. We feel it is MUCH more beautiful than New York’s Grand Central Station or DC’s Union Station. Restoring this Detroit GEM can employ thousands of jobless people in Michigan and other parts of the country. It can be bring much needed revenue to Detroit and to the state of Michigan. We need to keep this building standing as it would be another MISTAKE to tear it down! Please us the stimulus money to create jobs and restore a beautiful Detroit historical monument!
Respectfully yours,

Birmingham, Michigan USA, Resident

]]> Comment on Petition to save Michigan Central Station by Ann http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/04/17/petition-to-save-michigan-central-station/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Ann Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:28:18 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=18#comment-80 Please save this building. It has so much potential. My mother worked there on the 7th floor for 17 years. From the pictures from back then it was the place to work! Please save this building. It has so much potential. My mother worked there on the 7th floor for 17 years. From the pictures from back then it was the place to work!

]]> Comment on Petition to save Michigan Central Station by Jeff http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/04/17/petition-to-save-michigan-central-station/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Jeff Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:02:06 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=18#comment-79 Detroit, Don't destroy the iconic structures of your golden years. You will come back. Rome didn't demolish the collisseum when it when through some tough years. That train station is spectacular. Detroit,

Don’t destroy the iconic structures of your golden years. You will come back. Rome didn’t demolish the collisseum when it when through some tough years.

That train station is spectacular.

]]> Comment on Mission Accomplished! by Paul G http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/06/27/mission-accomplished/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Paul G Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:56:53 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=55#comment-75 Vladimir, would you also be interested in applying these green principles in Buffalo at the Central Terminal too? If so, please contact the CTRC at webmaster@buffalocentralterminal.org Thanks! Vladimir, would you also be interested in applying these green principles in Buffalo at the Central Terminal too? If so, please contact the CTRC at webmaster@buffalocentralterminal.org Thanks!

]]> Comment on Mission Accomplished! by Vladimir http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/06/27/mission-accomplished/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Vladimir Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:20:03 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=55#comment-74 I'm a Canadian Clean Energy executive. I'm happy to see the effort to preserve this property. Are the current owners donating the title of the building to a preservation committee? I'd be happy to help in the effort to restore the property with green energy principles in mind. I’m a Canadian Clean Energy executive. I’m happy to see the effort to preserve this property. Are the current owners donating the title of the building to a preservation committee? I’d be happy to help in the effort to restore the property with green energy principles in mind.

]]> Comment on Mission Accomplished! by Walter http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/06/27/mission-accomplished/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Walter Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:08:18 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=55#comment-71 <a href="#comment-70" rel="nofollow">@Charles Forssi</a> I want to thank you, Charles, for this. I've been called back to work, working 10 hours a day plus weekends. Plus the being in Wisconsin situation doesn't help. Thanks once again for all of your efforts! @Charles Forssi
I want to thank you, Charles, for this. I’ve been called back to work, working 10 hours a day plus weekends. Plus the being in Wisconsin situation doesn’t help.

Thanks once again for all of your efforts!

]]> Comment on Mission Accomplished! by Charles Forssi http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/06/27/mission-accomplished/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Charles Forssi Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:53:03 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=55#comment-70 New website with updates and volunteer effort to refurbish the station. Check it out. Also facebook connection.http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110409982845&ref=ts#/group.php?gid=178565380054 www.savemichigancentral.com New website with updates and volunteer effort to refurbish the station. Check it out. Also facebook connection.http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110409982845&ref=ts#/group.php?gid=178565380054
http://www.savemichigancentral.com

]]> Comment on Mission Accomplished! by Paul G http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/06/27/mission-accomplished/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Paul G Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:28:52 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=55#comment-67 Like Mike Miller said on our website, it was a nice manageable crowd. Hopefully by the 85th, BCT will be well on its way back. Even if high speed rail doesn't come to be, if Amtrak returned with conventional rail service, and the local metro rail from downtown Buffalo to BCT, the airport and beyond goes in, by then hopefully BCT will once again be a bustling commercial center. The return of rail service will be an added bonus. Hopefully the addition of a bus terminal, rental car agency, ATM's and one or two express banking offices there in the business park there will provide one-stop convenience. Hopefully by then we will have public WiFi internet there too for travelers to enjoy while on layover. Like Mike Miller said on our website, it was a nice manageable crowd. Hopefully by the 85th, BCT will be well on its way back.
Even if high speed rail doesn’t come to be, if Amtrak returned with conventional rail service, and the local metro rail from downtown Buffalo to BCT, the airport and beyond goes in, by then hopefully BCT will once again be a bustling commercial center. The return of rail service will be an added bonus. Hopefully the addition of a bus terminal, rental car agency, ATM’s and one or two express banking offices there in the business park there will provide one-stop convenience. Hopefully by then we will have public WiFi internet there too for travelers to enjoy while on layover.

]]> Comment on Petition to save Michigan Central Station by asif http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/2009/04/17/petition-to-save-michigan-central-station/comment-page-1/#comment-66 asif Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:37:26 +0000 http://www.michigancentraldepot.com/blog/?p=18#comment-66 I am writing this from the United Kingdom and I have to say that I am in awe of the historic buildings that are rich in history. When I saw the Michigan Central Station and the dilapidation that has ensued over the years, my jaw dropped. Here in the UK there would be uproar at this level of dereliction at such an important landmark. That’s not to say there aren’t any crumbling buildings here, but the National Trust would not even entertain the idea of pulling a building down if it was a “Listed” building. Lack of investment in the Detroit area is clear and its going to take billions of dollars to get this city to a world class status. If you erase the past then achieving that goal will be even harder. If this building was in Europe it would be given the place and prominence it deserves. I accept the dynamics of the US are completely different, and it appears the station is away from the downtown area (I could be wrong) so its demise in a sense can be understood. I am in awe of this landmark from the pictures ive seen and its heartening to know that there are passionate people in your country who want to save it. I would love to come and see it in person one day, but until then I will be eagerly following its story of what becomes of it. I hope it can be brought back to its former glory. What could be better than that? Best wishes from the United Kingdom Asif I am writing this from the United Kingdom and I have to say that I am in awe of the historic buildings that are rich in history. When I saw the Michigan Central Station and the dilapidation that has ensued over the years, my jaw dropped. Here in the UK there would be uproar at this level of dereliction at such an important landmark. That’s not to say there aren’t any crumbling buildings here, but the National Trust would not even entertain the idea of pulling a building down if it was a “Listed” building.

Lack of investment in the Detroit area is clear and its going to take billions of dollars to get this city to a world class status. If you erase the past then achieving that goal will be even harder.
If this building was in Europe it would be given the place and prominence it deserves. I accept the dynamics of the US are completely different, and it appears the station is away from the downtown area (I could be wrong) so its demise in a sense can be understood.

I am in awe of this landmark from the pictures ive seen and its heartening to know that there are passionate people in your country who want to save it. I would love to come and see it in person one day, but until then I will be eagerly following its story of what becomes of it.

I hope it can be brought back to its former glory. What could be better than that?
Best wishes from the United Kingdom
Asif

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