Private investors have stepped forward with enough funding to build a prototype for a futuristic elevated rail system that would race along freeway routes between Lansing, Ann Arbor and Detroit, according to experts who testified this morning at a hearing on the proposal. Read more…
A court hearing in the matter of the Michigan Central Depot demolition has been scheduled for May 29th.
The petition we’ve made possible here will be presented at Read more…
From the National Register of Historic Places website:
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources .
Warren and Wetmore was an architecture firm in New York City. It was a partnership between Whitney Warren (1864–1943) and Charles Wetmore (1866–1941), that had one of the most extensive practices of its time and was known for the designing of large hotels. Read more…
The Michigan Central Railway Tunnel is a rail tunnel under the Detroit River which connects Detroit with Windsor, Ontario. Built by the Detroit River Tunnel Company for the Canada Southern Railway then leased by the Michigan Central Railroad and finally owned Read more…
On the 15th of April, I put up a petition to present to the City Council of Detroit, concerning their decision to tear down the Michigan Central Depot.
I put out the word to friends and collegues. I also emailed Stanley Christmas about the site and he seemed overyjoyed by the support. Read more…
The Michigan Central Depot was opened in 1913 for the Michigan Central Railroad. It was Detroit’s passenger rail depot until the last Amtrak train pulled away on January 6, 1988. At the time of construction, it was the tallest rail station in the world. Read more…
As a teenager, I became intrigued by the Michigan Central Depot. My friends and I have paid many visits to the station.
After the automotive industry took a down-swing and being laid-off in Michigan, I moved to Wisconsin to look for work. I became a welder and have since been laid-off from that. That’s a whole other post 
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