wyliepoon
Senior Member
Exterior and interior photos of Michigan Central Station, Detroit's famous abandoned railway station. The SSP forumers drove us out to the station for a look.
Views of the space below the tracks. It is littered with debris, fallen piping and wiring. There are also trenches and uncovered access holes to drainage pipes below the floor. I guess we were kind of foolish to enter without hardhats, proper footwear, fall protection, and just one flashlight.
One of the forumers (whom I shall keep unnamed) fell into this gaping hole in the dark and got a nasty bruise.
Navigating through the corridors of the station building...
Into the waiting hall and concourse area (remember Transformers?). The play of light with the windows and the holes on the walls and the roof makes every photo taken in there a masterpiece!
The interior remind me of WWII footage of the ruins of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, especially with the swastikas on the stone trim at the top of some walls.
While we were photographing the concourse (with the copper roof), we saw a piece of the roof come down and hit the floor with a loud bang. The SSP forumers told us that it might be caused by graffiti artists who were removing debris to do their tagging. While we were there we saw a man, obviously alone, admiring the stonework in the waiting hall.
Spot the swastika!
Heading out...
Going down the stairs. All the railings on the stairs are gone.
Another gaping hole in the floor. Fortunately none of us fell into it.
Views of the space below the tracks. It is littered with debris, fallen piping and wiring. There are also trenches and uncovered access holes to drainage pipes below the floor. I guess we were kind of foolish to enter without hardhats, proper footwear, fall protection, and just one flashlight.
One of the forumers (whom I shall keep unnamed) fell into this gaping hole in the dark and got a nasty bruise.
Navigating through the corridors of the station building...
Into the waiting hall and concourse area (remember Transformers?). The play of light with the windows and the holes on the walls and the roof makes every photo taken in there a masterpiece!
The interior remind me of WWII footage of the ruins of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, especially with the swastikas on the stone trim at the top of some walls.
While we were photographing the concourse (with the copper roof), we saw a piece of the roof come down and hit the floor with a loud bang. The SSP forumers told us that it might be caused by graffiti artists who were removing debris to do their tagging. While we were there we saw a man, obviously alone, admiring the stonework in the waiting hall.
Spot the swastika!
Heading out...
Going down the stairs. All the railings on the stairs are gone.
Another gaping hole in the floor. Fortunately none of us fell into it.