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Detroit's Michigan Central Station Restored To Its Former Glory After Decades As A Motor City Ruin. Michigan Central Station was once the jewel of Motown, with its Beaux-Arts architecture welcoming those seeking opportunity to Detroit. However, the very thing that made Detroit’s name - the motor car - eventually led to its decline. diminishing passenger numbers led to the Amtrak service to the station being discontinued in 1988. Now, after decades of neglect, it has finally been restored to its former glory - thanks to renovations backed by the Ford Motor Company. The iconic station officially reopened its doors to the community as the centrepiece of Michigan Central, a 30-acre technology and cultural hub located in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood. Ford undertook the restoration project after purchasing the abandoned train station in 2018. As some of these images show, it was in a terrible state but has now been restored to its former glory - and it will sit amid community parks and facilities. Teams of forward thinkers, designers, community leaders, and more than 3,000 skilled tradespeople have worked to bring the landmark back to life. Construction teams used both old and new technologies to ensure historical accuracy while preserving and repurposing different aspects of the building. A Michigan tradesman even spent 428 hours hand-carving a replica of a column capital for the building’s north entrance. The reopening of Michigan Central Station marks a new chapter in Detroit’s history and a symbol of the reversal of the city’s decline as it embraces the future.

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