DETROIT – Ford's latest project out of the Motor City is the restoration and reopening of an abandoned train station, for ...

"It’ll be a very emotional day.” “The abandoned train station was the national symbol of Detroit’s decline and bankruptcy," he explained. "So the fact that not only has the city come back ...

But as Detroit's fortunes changed, Michigan Central became a different symbol, of decline. After the last train left in 1988, the station sat abandoned and came close to being torn down ...

First opened in 1914, Michigan Central was a major train station until service ended in 1988. In the ensuing decades, it became a symbol of Detroit’s decay and a destination for urban spelunkers.

the "Streets of Detroit" drift competition took advantage of the broad, sweeping turn and tight-angled streets directly in front of the early-1900s-era train station. While the annual Woodward ...