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Old Posted Mar 3, 2023, 5:03 PM
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People were responsible for destroying it. The car would’ve come whether it was Ford or not. Our distaste for rail travel can be seen everyday in the neglect of the entire system. And if anything, it was the airplane that truly buried it.
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Old Posted Mar 3, 2023, 6:26 PM
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Which is why I said partially. Yes some other company would have perfected the accessible mass market automobile but Ford was the first to promise the car in every driveway with the turkey on every table. America had a decision to make after WWII and to get around your city and country by private car and aeroplane is the route we took.
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The Book Depository has officially reopened. I must say, I'm really impressed with the final product and can't wait to see what the Train Station will look like when it opens.









Look inside: Book Depository building at Michigan Central open after years of renovations

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Ford Motor Co. has officially reopened the 260,000-square-foot building at 2231 Dalzelle across from Michigan Central Station following a four-year renovation process.

Originally opened as a post office, its proximity to the train depot allowed the two buildings to be connected via an underground tunnel, allowing for convenient mail transport (yes, the tunnel is big enough to fit a car).



They are now connected even more than physically now.

Now it will serve as Newlab's Detroit headquarters and its Mobility Studio, becoming "a center of gravity for innovation" between the renovated depot, expected to open by the end of the year, and the broader Ford campus in Corktown, a press release says.



There had been some deliberation early on about whether to tear down the building, said Joshua Sirefman, CEO of Michigan Central, Ford's official name for the autonomous and electric vehicle campus.
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-e...opens​​​
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Old Posted Apr 26, 2023, 7:56 PM
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Ford Unveils First Rehabbed Building in Long-Derelict Detroit Train Station Complex

The Ford Motor Company is opening a newly rehabilitated building Tuesday as part of a larger project to bring life, and jobs, back to one of Detroit’s most recognizable landmarks.

Michigan Central Station opened in 1913 when Detroit was already established as the booming heart of the America auto industry. The gorgeous building, as well as several buildings surrounding the towering train station, were designed by American architect Albert Kahn who penned many of the art deco skyscrapers that still stand downtown to this day, as well as a few buildings in Henry Ford’s jungle city Fordlandia...

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Old Posted Apr 28, 2023, 4:13 PM
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The Book Depository is very cool - I like how the heavy brick building just floats above a glass ribbon window at the first floor. Really blends the best parts of modernism and traditional architecture. Most of the credit goes to Kahn's original design, though. The inside renovation just feels like generic tech campus, but it's nice.

I dunno about that park out front though. It looks shiny and new, but it's not very usable. Most of "Roosevelt Park" is this way because it's so chopped up with roads. I'm glad the city is removing most of them, but that one block of Dalzelle will remain so that section of park is still an orphan.
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Old Posted May 9, 2023, 7:06 PM
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Corktown booms with new condos, apartments as Ford campus takes shape



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But the growth of Corktown seems to be on steroids these days, and much of it is happening right in the shadow of Ford's massive investment in Michigan Central Station and some adjacent properties. That includes a $6 million makeover of Roosevelt Park into a public plaza in front of the former train station, which had previously been largely unkempt green space.

And while the renovation of the train station stands as perhaps the most visible rehab project underway in the neighborhood known for its smaller single-family homes largely dating back more than a century, more in-fill condo and apartment projects are dotting Corktown's blocks. Also, more large-scale projects along Michigan Avenue, such as the $93 million, seven-story housing and retail development dubbed the Michigan and Church Street project are nearing completion. Since Ford's announcement nearly five years ago that it was buying the long-vacant train station for an innovation campus, there has been approaching $500 million in private investment in various projects in the Corktown area, according to an estimate by city of Detroit officials. Additionally, city and state investments in infrastructure in the area total about $27.5 million.

That's all in addition to the roughly $950 million that Ford has invested in its projects in the neighborhood. Real estate experts in the area are quick to note that the development boom happening in Corktown is occurring before the Dearborn automaker has even begun to fully occupy the buildings in which it has invested.

"We still haven't seen the full of impact of Ford hit yet," said James Tumey, a real estate agent with O'Connor Real Estate, a residential and commercial brokerage firm with its offices on Michigan Avenue in Corktown, and which has worked on several of the condo projects in the area. "It's exciting to surf the wave and build more projects. I don't know if Corktown will be ready for it."
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Old Posted May 9, 2023, 9:54 PM
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New residential going up behind Michigan Central


https://michigancentral.com/live/

May 6th

https://historicdetroit.org/gallerie...ovation-photos

March

https://historicdetroit.org/gallerie...ovation-photos

January, Vernor Hwy viaduct from the corner of Newark & 18th. Hard to tell but one of the panels under the viaduct appears aejar with light coming through appears comprehensive structural work may be taking place.

https://historicdetroit.org/gallerie...ovation-photos

Another January shot from Newark & 18th, can see light coming through structural supports behind the tree. Seems likely with the replacement of the old station platform work is being done underground to stabilize / renovate the viaduct it’s been in desperate need.

https://historicdetroit.org/gallerie...ovation-photos

Entryways sealed up tight with dirt heaped in front for extra measure

https://historicdetroit.org/gallerie...ovation-photos
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Old Posted Jun 30, 2023, 3:47 AM
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On the tower floors, are those the same windows Moroun installed several years ago? And if so, are there plans to replace them with more historically accurate replicas? The originals were 2-over-2 windows and could open. Ford has done such a great job restoring these two buildings (Book Depository and Michigan Central Station). It would be awesome to see more accurate replicas of the original windows in the tower of Michigan Central Station.
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On the tower floors, are those the same windows Moroun installed several years ago? And if so, are there plans to replace them with more historically accurate replicas? The originals were 2-over-2 windows and could open. Ford has done such a great job restoring these two buildings (Book Depository and Michigan Central Station). It would be awesome to see more accurate replicas of the original windows in the tower of Michigan Central Station.
Yes they are and I’ve been wondering the same thing it seems like something they should do with all the attention to historical detail it seems a pretty glaring oversight. If I had to take an uneducated shot in the dark my thoughts drift to wanting to getting work done in the order of most important to least in terms of structural and interior work. Although as they’ve put finishing touches on the exterior it makes me wonder if they’re going to leave em as is.

^You picked a great day to take that video Northone the limestone really looks amazing with the sun washed blue sky. Imo it would have been cool to get some presence shots added in showing the different look Michigan Central gives parts of the surrounding area like from the center of the new construction around Michigan & Trumbull.
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I didn't take the drone video, lol.
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Old Posted Jul 20, 2023, 12:47 AM
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https://historicdetroit.org/gallerie...ovation-photos

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Are there plans to build a transit hub next to MCS? Corktown could become a secondary hub if it continues to revive in the future.
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Old Posted Aug 2, 2023, 8:20 PM
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Yes as a matter of fact there’s been rumors floating around that the planned Chicago - Detroit - Toronto high speed rail may have a stop at MCS. That being said Amtrak is planning to break ground soon on a new station in New Center so the economics of two stations at opposite ends of the downtown corridor are questionable.

In theory I could see a plan where the New Center station is aligned with the Ann Arbor - Dearborn - DET - Royal Oak - Troy - Pontiac regional commuter rail line while an MCS station is aligned for the national / international route with inter-operability available. Though I think the idea is something set aside for the future. There are plans underway for a potential HSR service up north as well as a option to create as DET-GR line if these plans come to fruition as well as the DET-Toledo line the city would be a true hub again.

Detroit is the main hub for the large up north tourism industry as with additional tourism based rail travel added into city to city & regional service it’s possible to see practicality of a bringing back service to MCS.
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Ford buys former Assemble Sound Corktown church property in shadow of train station

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Ford Motor Co. has added a historic church most recently owned by Assemble Sound to its real estate portfolio in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood.

In the coming weeks, in a preservation effort for what was originally St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ford plans to remove and restore its steeple, said Catherine Kelly, head of communications and editorial for Ford's Michigan Central project in the enclave west of downtown.

"Though we are not actively looking to acquire additional properties around Michigan Central, we felt this historic church was an important exception," Kelly said in an emailed statement. "Like the previous owners at Assemble Sound, we were deeply concerned about the long-term status of this 19th Century church and believe it to be an important piece of our neighborhood's history."

Kelly said Ford's priority is to work with Detroit and the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department to address the steeple. "Like our neighbors, we want to see it preserved, and we are going to do everything we can to do so," she said.

The ultimate plans for the property have not yet been determined, Kelly said. CoStar Group Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based real estate information service, says Ford paid $1.5 million for the Assemble Sound portfolio that consists of the church dating back a century and a half plus two other properties at 17th Street and Rose Street in the shadow of Michigan Central Station and Ford's AV/EV campus, which includes Michigan Central Station and a former Detroit Public Schools book depository that reopened earlier this year following a years-long renovation.
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Here is one I haven't seen in awhile start moving - looks like construction starts SPring of 2024 and finished by Summer of 2025

https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/n...nfield-funding


Here is also a reminder of the overall plan of Corktown with some up coming developments

https://detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitm...emtg_final.pdf
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Respect, Helmut.


Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org - https://historicdetroit.org/gallerie...ovation-photos

Walkway from Southwest Greenway Parking to the train station

Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org - https://historicdetroit.org/gallerie...ovation-photos

Ford Backed Michigan Central Forms New Energy Partnerships

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Work at the revived and rather historic Michigan Central Station site has continued for several years now, with many recent developments that include a clean energy agreement with DTE Energy and a new drone pilot delivery program being conducted in partnership with the the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Now, Michigan Central Station has announced that it has formed a number of additional energy partnerships with other companies as well.

In conjunction with Newlab, Michigan Central will be teaming up with DTE Energy, Walker-Miller Energy Services, and a handful of other entities such as startups Liberas and Pearl to advance energy equity, prepare Detroit residents for green jobs, and build the city’s clean energy ecosystem by testing new technologies that could improve grid resilience and increase access to affordable energy.

The project has five distinct goals, which include “introducing projects that provide near- and long-term socio-economic benefits to Detroit residents and enable lower-income residents to participate equitably in the energy transition away from fossil-based sources to zero-carbon options, accelerate the development and adoption of technologies that can increase access to affordable clean energy and prepare the grid for electrification at scale, attract leading-edge startups to Detroit to develop next-generation energy and mobility solutions that drive positive economic growth in the region, accelerate workforce readiness and develop a strong local pipeline of talent for green-collar jobs, and develop replicable blueprints for increasing access to new energy technologies in traditionally disadvantaged communities.”
https://fordauthority.com/2023/11/fo...tnerships/amp/

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Old Posted Nov 17, 2023, 9:38 PM
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It’s been rumored for a while and the reconstruction of the MCS viaduct pointed to the possibility but here’s the first official announcement. It’s looking like passenger rail service will return to Michigan Central Station, high speed at that.

For Ford whose Corktown campus is forced on the future of mobility it’s awesome to see them embracing intermodal connectivity as part of that future. I can’t express just how happy I am to see the prospect of rail service at a restored Michigan Central. It bodes well for a more rational and efficient future for transportation in the US seeing one of the world’s leading automakers embrace a HSR station as part of its advanced mobility campus.

This was originally posted on the overhauling Amtrak thread check it out if you haven’t already. There’s been an ongoing discussion about the broader implications of proposed station at Michigan Central being a piece of as part of the Chicago - Detroit/Windsor - Toronto HSR line.


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The two-page VIA-Amtrak “Fact Sheet” on Toronto-Chicago passenger service discussed by the mayor of Windsor, Ontario, in a radio interview, as shown on CKLW Radio’s website, credited “courtesy Amtrak/VIA Rail”



https://www.trains.com/trn/news-revi...vice-revealed/
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This is the best possible outcome and I hope it becomes reality. Thanks for sharing.
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