Michigan Central Interior
This is the inside of the abandoned Michigan Central Railway station in Detroit.
It cost $15 million to build in 1913. It has been vacant since the 80s.
All of the windows of this eighteen story building are broken and the whole thing is surrounded by a razor wire topped fence with a big lock on the gate.
I had only ever seen it from the Windsor side of the river when, one Sunday afternoon Karmen and I found ourselves in South West Detroit. We decided to take a closer look. While rolling by I noticed that the lock on the gate had been cut. Karmen kept the motor running while I ran inside to take a picture. It was super dark in the main lobby and I didn't have my big flash so I took a couple of rushed snap shots and this is the only one that turned out.
posted by James at
9:59 AM
4 Comments:
not bad for a rushed shot :)
in fact - it's fantastic.
how big can you blow these up, size wise? it's amazing. and i love that it's detroit.
seriously - i'm obsessed.
stalking my way up to number-one-fan status,
dan
Thanks again.
Most of them could be nicely reproduced at about 8X10 inches.
Some are twice that, while others no more than a few inches wide.
Also: I've made some nice inkjet prints of some of them, but I don't think they are really archival. I'm looking into doing some that will last for years and years.
these should be in a show.
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