Despicable what has happened to this beautiful piece of architecture. It needs to be salvaged, no matter the cost or difficulty, and, unfortunately, not every little nitwit on here understands the historical significance of a monument like this. In its current pitiful state, it is a symbol of the decaying culture in America.
@classics4life I couldn't agree more. Watching this I was thinking that if a couple of these rich celebrities would each thrown in a few million, instead of living lavish lives throwing it away on dumb selfish things, this building could easily be restored to health. It is a crying shame that this was allowed to be so vandalized. It makes me so sad. It is breathtaking, still, even like this. Think of the sense of pride it would bring back to Detroit, too.
@X8802 I think it might be on the National Register of Historic Places and can't be. They are going to be replacing the windows soon so the interior isn't exposed to the elements. Reminder that although never abandoned. Grand Central Station in NYC was in pretty rough shape and was headed for the recking ball. Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy personally campaigned to put a stop to that and now look at it. Look at what happened to Penn Station in NYC.
@lisaturtle13 restored to 'heath' for what? Central Station is in an abandoned no-mans land... it would take hundreds of millions of dollars to repair and there would be no use for it... No business would want to have offices there, no one would want to live there, there is no train system to use the building for its original purpose... The only reason it is even still standing is that the cost to tear it down is so high is is cheaper to let it sit and rot... tragic indeed, but that is Detroit.
@bgdrewsif I get what you are saying, but tat the same time, this is a beautiful building that represents America in a lot of ways. Buildings now are so ugly and flat and have no character. Just because something is old, does not mean it is worthless. It is a piece of Americana. I know there is nothing around it. Perhaps I am being too sentimental or emotional for you. It just seems to me to represent a lot of a lost day in America when more jobs were here and people had a sense of pride.
@classics4life there have been many 'plans' to salvage the building, but there is no viable use for it... no business will locate there and no one would be willing to or could afford condos/lofts there (it is in the middle of an absolute Chernobyl-esque no-mans-land ghetto) So why would anyone spend 150-250 million dollars (or more) to fix a huge building and never recoup the investment?
Thats great. I worked on a project to restore our small depot in Myrtle Beach SC.. Though minute in nature to this project it was agreat undertaking and has become a jewel for the City of Myrtle Beach SC.
Wow..that would have been a very beautiful place in it's heyday. Seen the old ghost of a palce coming off the Ambassador bridge many a times,and never imagined. Thanks!
So instead of taking care of it in 1988 when it closed, they just let it rot and now now they argue over a cost of $80-300 million to restore it? Doesn't sound especially clever in my ears.
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there is this rumor going around that the building will be restored and sold from the owners of the ambassador bridge, i forgot their names. but if they do...this would be awesome....come on detroit you are still beautiful!
Here's an idea: Turn it into a movie studio. A lot of movies have been shot around there and it was supposed to be the new HQ for the Detroit Police Department so it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to use it to make movies and tv shows. Provided we don't let Snyder and legislature kill the movie tax credit.
@MrTrykster me to. i remember that big building that looks just like this. it might have been the robo factory. its sad to this building in this condition tho.
@gtw4918 vomit isn't a gang dumbass I'm from Detroit and he's actually a very skill graffiti artist. I hate when people see graffiti and automatically associate it with "gang". Also sum dumb kid just prolly wrote 666 to be cool, sloth is no gang, and the liar tag with jeans killpatrick is suppose to symbolize the cities corruption. Don't talk about things you know nothing about.
Say what you will about race and gang prevalence in the area, but downtown Los Angeles ten years ago was scaaaarrrry and dead and has since had some gentrification and has become almost charming. I think this building has incredible potential for a mixed use development! Apartments on upper levels, business and shopping on lower, surrounded by parks... But who's going to sink that kind of money into a dying city? At least it's a great photo op, hope they don't blow it up
@Zoza15 Detroit's economic fortunes are historically tied to the American automobile industry. Detroit boomed during the early to mid 20th Century when Henry Ford set up shop and started the Ford Motor Company, which produced cars that Americans who weren't super-rich could buy and use. When cheaper and more fuel-efficient Japanese cars began to be imported in the 80's, the local industry suffered from competition badly and hasn't recovered.
@Zoza15 Ford was the first to make it big, but it wasn't the only car brand - Chrysler and the various lines that made up GM (Greyhound buses, Pontiac, Cadillac, Buick, Saturn, etc.) also contributed to Detroit's immense growth (by 1950 it was the 4th largest city in the US). They too suffered from foreign competition, actually worse than Ford in the recent recession since those two needed federal government bailout loans (both have since repaid).
I go on frequent trips from Cleveland, Ohio, to Detroit. If you'll notice, someone sprayed "Vomit" on many faces of the depot. It must be a gang symbol, as it is found throughout the city. Shame what happened to that town.
USA is in decline because it is becoming less White, less European. This is the main reason for the decline of America. I see it all around me every day in a thousand different ways. The darker USA gets the more chaotic and unstable it will become-- plain and simple. Ever read about and look at photos of Detroit in late 1800s? Late 19th century Detroit was more civilized than 21st century Detroit. A superior civilization gradually devolved into third world, replica of Africa.
What a horrible WASTEFUL ending to such a beautiful building.... Is this the cancer that is going to RUIN the rest of our country.....starting HERE???
The saddest part of this video is that from all practical stand points this building COULD be saved and returned to a state of usefullness. Historic beautifal buildings should not be treated like this. Thank you for lending it some of it's former beauty with your video.
@john4knecht Nope can't restore this building, the neighborhood around it has turned black and hispanic and violent. I won't go there lol... nor does anyone else with a net worth more than 50 cents.
Would love to have been there. Me and my team are going some where either Tuesday or this week end. Hell I'm the one who gets you in to the places blocked off and nearly impossible to get into. I'd look at a place like 6:29 and say entrance. I'm what my friends call me. The Key.
I know a lot of people like to explore this building and buildings like it in Detroit, but be careful if you do. It's loaded with asbestos and other toxins. Great photos, btw.
you could take pictures of renovations, gardens, artist studios.. a whole movement going on. if you continue to produce, watch and believe videos created by people fascinated with abandoned buildings y0u will miss the true movement in detroit.
I can't help but to stop and stare every time I drive by this place. It it simply the most facinating building i have ever seen. How in Detroit this epic masterpiece of architechure is abandonded and in complete ruin not unlike many of the skyscrapers,plants, warehouses, and hotels in the city is amazing.
you could take pictures of renovations, gardens, artist studios.. a whole movement going on. if you continue to produce, watch and believe videos created by people fascinated with abandoned buildings y0u will miss the true movement in detroit.
man you got some cool shots. i wanted to go into the basement so bad but no1 wud come with me. im not going back since i got busted though. if anyone has basement shots get at me i would like to see them.
Such a disgusting shame!!!! A once proud and beautiful railroad station is now being treated like a fucking city dump. Way to go Detroit!!! thanks for preserving American history for many generations to come!!!
Detroit used to be a magnificent city full of life, business, and industry. But now, it's just dead and lifeless full of abandoned old homes, skyscrapers, and factorys. It's so sad to see a very historic city go down in the dumps. There's a street that goes to comerica park, and on that street is tons of abandoned homes and churches. There is one that has cornerstone that says 1837! Now it looks like bums live in there. I just wish I've could have seen detroit in its hayday.
@superbowl42steelewin i agree, i live in a pretty run down part of nyc, and my brother was working in detroit for 3 months, and i went to visit him for a weekend, i have never seen anything like detroit, its just consistant abandoned buildings and homes, everywhere. there is even a feeling of despair in the city. so sad, i remember going there years ago, and although it was bad then, it was not near the level it is now.
very cool. one idea, should you return, maybe get some floor view shots and use the ceilings to exaggerate the size of the floorspace and vast hallways. again, i wouldn't have the balls to sneak in there, so kudos!
Guards wont stop anything, just look at way Tiger Stadium was torn down. The guard was letting people in for $20 a pop to steal anything they could get their hands on. I have been in dozens of places with guards. You cant stop trespassers.
This is fascinating. I looked this up after reading the Detroit chapter in UK motoring journalist Jeremy Clarkson's book Motorworld. He tells of how they got held up by a gang when they went inside, but they let them go as it turned out one of the gang used to work for the BBC and recognised Clarkson. That was in about 1995. I'm assuming the gangs are gone from here now? I'm not sure I would have dared to go in there, but it's brilliant that you did.
I only became aware of this magnificent building through the Dateline Special. Living in California it's hard to believe that such a profound structure could be allowed to deteriorate like this. I will be so sad to see it go. What a monument to a once proud city. Thanks for the exceptional photography.
this is only one example of how detroit lets beautiful architecture go to waste. when things get to such a decrepit state it serves the city no purpose and it becomes an eye sore.
I blame the property owners. It was left open on purpose so that they could use the deterioration as an excuse for not reuse it. Its a typical ploy by developers. All they had to do was cinder block the windows and other entry points.
@northvilletunnels "All they had to do was cinder block the windows and other entry points. "
Wrong, that doesn't work, cement blocks are EASY to punch out, and once one is broken out a couple more knocked out create an entry. They did that in NYC in the 70s and plenty of people got in them anyway.
It's too bad gangs, Detroit, and vandles made this station go to heck. Look at that forklift at 1:15. Look how they trashed it. Too bad. 5 stars and favorited.
We entered on the west side of the building by hoping over the fence. Once inside we ran into 7 or 8 other people in 2 groups. 1 group was spray painting (tagging?) and the other s were taking photos as well. No bums or vagrants at all!
I would really like to go into the depot sometime....does anyone have information about the best way to enter/exit? Are there many issues with police? Ive been outside the building before, and Im in AWE. EPIC infiltration!!
I was just in there on Saturday. There is a cut in the fence to get in. My boyfriend and I didn't have any problems with police, the area is pretty deserted. I supposed you could get in trouble if you get caught but the haunting beauty of that building is worth it. We took many pictures and are planning to go back to film it. When we entered we discovered there were about 4 others in there doing the same thing. I was concerned about creepy people living in there but luckily didn't see any.
Just a comment to add....do you realize people like us are a RARE breed?? How many average people find abandoned buildings an awesome find....very few. But people like us RESPECT history, and all those that have been before, need I say more....no
@mrdave777 I have been involved in public and private restorations, worked for the state doing such - money isn't there to maintain what we did. Got to love it. Its War - with its victims - usually laid waste long term from the shit we breath in so when complete the history is worth a photograph. I don't think it was worth it.
02:15 - What is that on the floor? Looks like snow but its indoors. Is it some sort of secretion?
bbutc 5 hours ago
Despicable what has happened to this beautiful piece of architecture. It needs to be salvaged, no matter the cost or difficulty, and, unfortunately, not every little nitwit on here understands the historical significance of a monument like this. In its current pitiful state, it is a symbol of the decaying culture in America.
classics4life 2 months ago
@classics4life I couldn't agree more. Watching this I was thinking that if a couple of these rich celebrities would each thrown in a few million, instead of living lavish lives throwing it away on dumb selfish things, this building could easily be restored to health. It is a crying shame that this was allowed to be so vandalized. It makes me so sad. It is breathtaking, still, even like this. Think of the sense of pride it would bring back to Detroit, too.
lisaturtle13 2 months ago
@lisaturtle13 ..Why would they waste money on shit other people defaced? Tear it down.
X8802 1 month ago
@X8802 I think it might be on the National Register of Historic Places and can't be. They are going to be replacing the windows soon so the interior isn't exposed to the elements. Reminder that although never abandoned. Grand Central Station in NYC was in pretty rough shape and was headed for the recking ball. Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy personally campaigned to put a stop to that and now look at it. Look at what happened to Penn Station in NYC.
hop208 1 month ago
@lisaturtle13 restored to 'heath' for what? Central Station is in an abandoned no-mans land... it would take hundreds of millions of dollars to repair and there would be no use for it... No business would want to have offices there, no one would want to live there, there is no train system to use the building for its original purpose... The only reason it is even still standing is that the cost to tear it down is so high is is cheaper to let it sit and rot... tragic indeed, but that is Detroit.
bgdrewsif 2 weeks ago
@bgdrewsif I get what you are saying, but tat the same time, this is a beautiful building that represents America in a lot of ways. Buildings now are so ugly and flat and have no character. Just because something is old, does not mean it is worthless. It is a piece of Americana. I know there is nothing around it. Perhaps I am being too sentimental or emotional for you. It just seems to me to represent a lot of a lost day in America when more jobs were here and people had a sense of pride.
lisaturtle13 2 weeks ago
@classics4life there have been many 'plans' to salvage the building, but there is no viable use for it... no business will locate there and no one would be willing to or could afford condos/lofts there (it is in the middle of an absolute Chernobyl-esque no-mans-land ghetto) So why would anyone spend 150-250 million dollars (or more) to fix a huge building and never recoup the investment?
bgdrewsif 2 weeks ago
Do you get in trouble for going in there?
DannySmithThe 3 months ago
Thats great. I worked on a project to restore our small depot in Myrtle Beach SC.. Though minute in nature to this project it was agreat undertaking and has become a jewel for the City of Myrtle Beach SC.
lawbench191 3 months ago
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Didn't they say they want to restore the roof and windows?
Reneeforsure 6 months ago
Just got back from there today and it's depressing what has happened to that building.... Ps is this song by Amadeus?
guitfan33 7 months ago
Wow..that would have been a very beautiful place in it's heyday. Seen the old ghost of a palce coming off the Ambassador bridge many a times,and never imagined. Thanks!
Redlinesixtynine 7 months ago
So instead of taking care of it in 1988 when it closed, they just let it rot and now now they argue over a cost of $80-300 million to restore it? Doesn't sound especially clever in my ears.
TheAmazingUploader 7 months ago
@vladdie623
when did you go? what time of year?? do you think it would be tough to get in?
MegaDETROIT18 8 months ago
great location...thanks for this interesting video :-)
preludebb 8 months ago
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WakeWorkRepeat 9 months ago
there is this rumor going around that the building will be restored and sold from the owners of the ambassador bridge, i forgot their names. but if they do...this would be awesome....come on detroit you are still beautiful!
PotterDork89 10 months ago
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Here's an idea: Turn it into a movie studio. A lot of movies have been shot around there and it was supposed to be the new HQ for the Detroit Police Department so it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to use it to make movies and tv shows. Provided we don't let Snyder and legislature kill the movie tax credit.
airdriver 11 months ago
"the price tag for this is 500k $"
Excuse me WHAT, here in norway, a normal house costs like 500k - 650k $
Delcaroll 11 months ago
@MrTrykster me to. i remember that big building that looks just like this. it might have been the robo factory. its sad to this building in this condition tho.
perfetdarkness007 11 months ago
reminds me of Fallout 3
MrTrykster 11 months ago
How much trouble can one get in for exploring with/without tagging?
Pranks313 11 months ago
@gtw4918 vomit isn't a gang dumbass I'm from Detroit and he's actually a very skill graffiti artist. I hate when people see graffiti and automatically associate it with "gang". Also sum dumb kid just prolly wrote 666 to be cool, sloth is no gang, and the liar tag with jeans killpatrick is suppose to symbolize the cities corruption. Don't talk about things you know nothing about.
V1LL14N313 1 year ago
Never had any problems in that neighborhood. Love watching uer's getting busted though. Climb the fence? amateurs.
northvilletunnels 1 year ago
Say what you will about race and gang prevalence in the area, but downtown Los Angeles ten years ago was scaaaarrrry and dead and has since had some gentrification and has become almost charming. I think this building has incredible potential for a mixed use development! Apartments on upper levels, business and shopping on lower, surrounded by parks... But who's going to sink that kind of money into a dying city? At least it's a great photo op, hope they don't blow it up
aberfitchboy22 1 year ago
So sad...........
southernrailway4501 1 year ago
As a black Dutch European such as myself.. Is this abandoned city overruned by black Criminals and such?..
I mean, for such potential city that definitely desserves to be restored i find it a kind of waste that such marvelous city has left out..
Unbelievible, What happened there?.
Zoza15 1 year ago
@Zoza15 Detroit's economic fortunes are historically tied to the American automobile industry. Detroit boomed during the early to mid 20th Century when Henry Ford set up shop and started the Ford Motor Company, which produced cars that Americans who weren't super-rich could buy and use. When cheaper and more fuel-efficient Japanese cars began to be imported in the 80's, the local industry suffered from competition badly and hasn't recovered.
megarockman 11 months ago
@megarockman The City actually Relied on a car brand?..
Zoza15 11 months ago
@Zoza15 Ford was the first to make it big, but it wasn't the only car brand - Chrysler and the various lines that made up GM (Greyhound buses, Pontiac, Cadillac, Buick, Saturn, etc.) also contributed to Detroit's immense growth (by 1950 it was the 4th largest city in the US). They too suffered from foreign competition, actually worse than Ford in the recent recession since those two needed federal government bailout loans (both have since repaid).
megarockman 11 months ago
did u guys get in?? and how cause some people i know have been arrested for trying to get in there
The420blaze69 1 year ago
As well, 5loth, liar, and 666 are gang symbols. I'm surprosed you didn't run into anyone exept photo groups and taggers.
gtw4918 1 year ago
I go on frequent trips from Cleveland, Ohio, to Detroit. If you'll notice, someone sprayed "Vomit" on many faces of the depot. It must be a gang symbol, as it is found throughout the city. Shame what happened to that town.
gtw4918 1 year ago
What state is the basement in? Ours at the Terminal here in Buffalo was under
7 1\2 feet of water due to a main that broke over 25yrs. ago. Restoration is underway and all the water has been pumped out, and a group
works every Saturday to help clean and seal off the grounds from the damage
of vandals and winter weather. Didn't this close in 1987? Ours was Oct. 28th
1979. Nice photos, glad no-one was hurt while taking them.
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USA is in decline because it is becoming less White, less European. This is the main reason for the decline of America. I see it all around me every day in a thousand different ways. The darker USA gets the more chaotic and unstable it will become-- plain and simple. Ever read about and look at photos of Detroit in late 1800s? Late 19th century Detroit was more civilized than 21st century Detroit. A superior civilization gradually devolved into third world, replica of Africa.
AlfredSwearengen 1 year ago
2;20 let me know what you see.?????????????
SavageBboy313 1 year ago
@SavageBboy313 looks like photoshopped person or something
wkreitz 1 year ago
What a horrible WASTEFUL ending to such a beautiful building.... Is this the cancer that is going to RUIN the rest of our country.....starting HERE???
CJurasin 1 year ago
thanx. Im going to visit there soon.
bhassiel8806 1 year ago
The saddest part of this video is that from all practical stand points this building COULD be saved and returned to a state of usefullness. Historic beautifal buildings should not be treated like this. Thank you for lending it some of it's former beauty with your video.
john4knecht 1 year ago
@john4knecht Nope can't restore this building, the neighborhood around it has turned black and hispanic and violent. I won't go there lol... nor does anyone else with a net worth more than 50 cents.
CrazyChitTV 1 year ago
Getting on the roof of this building is sooo amazing. After you catch your breath from going up the ridiculous amount of stairs of course.
anythingbutcommon 1 year ago
Would love to have been there. Me and my team are going some where either Tuesday or this week end. Hell I'm the one who gets you in to the places blocked off and nearly impossible to get into. I'd look at a place like 6:29 and say entrance. I'm what my friends call me. The Key.
WeaponSamurai 1 year ago
I know a lot of people like to explore this building and buildings like it in Detroit, but be careful if you do. It's loaded with asbestos and other toxins. Great photos, btw.
evillurkswithinusall 1 year ago
A glimpse of the apocalypse
MrMadden73 1 year ago
wow...great architecture..i like this Michigan Central Station ...thanks :-)
preludebb 1 year ago
watch out for zombies
UniteForgetLeftRight 1 year ago
@UniteForgetLeftRight Lol, even the Zombies have left Detroit.
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you could take pictures of renovations, gardens, artist studios.. a whole movement going on. if you continue to produce, watch and believe videos created by people fascinated with abandoned buildings y0u will miss the true movement in detroit.
dirtygreendetroit 1 year ago
I can't help but to stop and stare every time I drive by this place. It it simply the most facinating building i have ever seen. How in Detroit this epic masterpiece of architechure is abandonded and in complete ruin not unlike many of the skyscrapers,plants, warehouses, and hotels in the city is amazing.
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you could take pictures of renovations, gardens, artist studios.. a whole movement going on. if you continue to produce, watch and believe videos created by people fascinated with abandoned buildings y0u will miss the true movement in detroit.
dirtygreendetroit 1 year ago
man you got some cool shots. i wanted to go into the basement so bad but no1 wud come with me. im not going back since i got busted though. if anyone has basement shots get at me i would like to see them.
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D3luxeX 1 year ago
I have no sympathy for any of this. Detroit's faith was sealed by the AFL/CIO, and the UAW.
pgioe 1 year ago
the building was better years ago when it wasnt a tourist destination,nothing special about it anymore people come from the burbs to walk through it,
swdet218 1 year ago
Such a disgusting shame!!!! A once proud and beautiful railroad station is now being treated like a fucking city dump. Way to go Detroit!!! thanks for preserving American history for many generations to come!!!
307OLDS 1 year ago
Detroit used to be a magnificent city full of life, business, and industry. But now, it's just dead and lifeless full of abandoned old homes, skyscrapers, and factorys. It's so sad to see a very historic city go down in the dumps. There's a street that goes to comerica park, and on that street is tons of abandoned homes and churches. There is one that has cornerstone that says 1837! Now it looks like bums live in there. I just wish I've could have seen detroit in its hayday.
superbowl42steelewin 1 year ago
@superbowl42steelewin i agree, i live in a pretty run down part of nyc, and my brother was working in detroit for 3 months, and i went to visit him for a weekend, i have never seen anything like detroit, its just consistant abandoned buildings and homes, everywhere. there is even a feeling of despair in the city. so sad, i remember going there years ago, and although it was bad then, it was not near the level it is now.
1mraware 1 year ago
Looks like it needs some paint.
tnoyy34rt 1 year ago
Great pictures!
freerideking06 1 year ago
It makes me sad to see how it coulg o down ...
StraightfromdaMV420 1 year ago
On the top of the station there are white squares with letters in them. What do they say. I could never tell what they say.
motorcityjames100 1 year ago
very cool. one idea, should you return, maybe get some floor view shots and use the ceilings to exaggerate the size of the floorspace and vast hallways. again, i wouldn't have the balls to sneak in there, so kudos!
glib11 1 year ago
Guards wont stop anything, just look at way Tiger Stadium was torn down. The guard was letting people in for $20 a pop to steal anything they could get their hands on. I have been in dozens of places with guards. You cant stop trespassers.
northvilletunnels 1 year ago
This is fascinating. I looked this up after reading the Detroit chapter in UK motoring journalist Jeremy Clarkson's book Motorworld. He tells of how they got held up by a gang when they went inside, but they let them go as it turned out one of the gang used to work for the BBC and recognised Clarkson. That was in about 1995. I'm assuming the gangs are gone from here now? I'm not sure I would have dared to go in there, but it's brilliant that you did.
GrimbusMcGrimbles 1 year ago
I only became aware of this magnificent building through the Dateline Special. Living in California it's hard to believe that such a profound structure could be allowed to deteriorate like this. I will be so sad to see it go. What a monument to a once proud city. Thanks for the exceptional photography.
pembroke2 1 year ago
Fucking got arrested for chilling way outside the building trying to figure out how to get in
SorrowOwnsYou 1 year ago
It's still beautiful...just an awesome building...even in this state...
TheRealCoop 2 years ago 13
So sad not to see this great building restored.
lawbench191 2 years ago 20
@lawbench191 there going to reastore it in about a year or so
enjoiskate311 3 months ago
why did they take the railings off the stairways
orrtay 2 years ago
$crap Money!!!
vladdie623 2 years ago 4
Sad, just less than 15 years they destroyed it .
MrMuddshovel 2 years ago
this is only one example of how detroit lets beautiful architecture go to waste. when things get to such a decrepit state it serves the city no purpose and it becomes an eye sore.
jslack05 2 years ago
I blame the property owners. It was left open on purpose so that they could use the deterioration as an excuse for not reuse it. Its a typical ploy by developers. All they had to do was cinder block the windows and other entry points.
northvilletunnels 2 years ago
@northvilletunnels "All they had to do was cinder block the windows and other entry points. "
Wrong, that doesn't work, cement blocks are EASY to punch out, and once one is broken out a couple more knocked out create an entry. They did that in NYC in the 70s and plenty of people got in them anyway.
Only sure fire way is posting a GUARD.
UrbanSculpture 1 year ago
It's too bad gangs, Detroit, and vandles made this station go to heck. Look at that forklift at 1:15. Look how they trashed it. Too bad. 5 stars and favorited.
gtw4918 2 years ago
Lol tags of kwame kilpatrick uncle fester and peewee herman nice appreciation of architectural history
FLStudio4512 2 years ago
@ 2:24 amazing to think of what that ceiling would have looked like new
Automcanic 2 years ago
We entered on the west side of the building by hoping over the fence. Once inside we ran into 7 or 8 other people in 2 groups. 1 group was spray painting (tagging?) and the other s were taking photos as well. No bums or vagrants at all!
vladdie623 2 years ago
I would really like to go into the depot sometime....does anyone have information about the best way to enter/exit? Are there many issues with police? Ive been outside the building before, and Im in AWE. EPIC infiltration!!
mrdave777 2 years ago
I was just in there on Saturday. There is a cut in the fence to get in. My boyfriend and I didn't have any problems with police, the area is pretty deserted. I supposed you could get in trouble if you get caught but the haunting beauty of that building is worth it. We took many pictures and are planning to go back to film it. When we entered we discovered there were about 4 others in there doing the same thing. I was concerned about creepy people living in there but luckily didn't see any.
JAMRemarkable 2 years ago
Just a comment to add....do you realize people like us are a RARE breed?? How many average people find abandoned buildings an awesome find....very few. But people like us RESPECT history, and all those that have been before, need I say more....no
mrdave777 2 years ago
@mrdave777 I have been involved in public and private restorations, worked for the state doing such - money isn't there to maintain what we did. Got to love it. Its War - with its victims - usually laid waste long term from the shit we breath in so when complete the history is worth a photograph. I don't think it was worth it.
1967mustanggta 2 years ago