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Union Depot in Detroit - BuildingsofDetroit.com

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Uploaded by on Feb 9, 2008

A look at the Union Depot, which opened in 1893 at Fort Street and Second. It was the lesser-known, lesser-traveled of Detroit's two main train stations. The building stood until January 1974, when a crane with a jack-o-lantern-like bucket nibbled away on its red sandstone walls. A fitting, drawn-out demise for a depot that served Detroit for nearly 80 years.
Featuring "Reckoner" by Radiohead.
For more on this forgotten building of Detroit, go to www.buildingsofdetroit.com or http://callmequami.livejournal.com/152361.html

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  • Such a shame. Indianapolis kept theirs. Sad that knocking down great buildings before their time was up is nothing new in Detroit.

  • Watch the cheesy old movie 'Detroit 9000' (available on DVD) for scenes filmed outside & inside this cool old building as well as many other Detroit landmarks in the early 1970s. The site of this building is now Wayne County Community College's downtown Detroit campus.

  • Wish I cou0ld get aprint out of this, It's greaaaat.

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