Photo of the Week: Michigan Central Ticket Lobby Clock

A white marble-faced clock with mahogany trim sits on a mahogany ledge about 30 feet above the floor on a rosy-yellow limestone archway.

Visiting Michigan Central Station in Detroit’s Corktown area was one of my favorite family moments over the 2024 end-of-year holiday break.

With holiday decorations throughout the station, it was hard for me to stop oohing and aahing as I walked through the station with my son.

I had to point out the ticket lobby clock to him the moment we stepped inside Michigan Central. I heard a bit of a sigh from him as I gave a brief summary of how the clock came to be restored. (I’m sure my son is tired of the history stories I’ve shared with him over the years.)

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Michigan Central Opening Night Concert

Bright blue and purple lights shine in the dark of night from windows of Michigan Central Station, the abandoned Detroit train.station

Diana Ross, Jack White, Big Sean, and the Clark Sisters are a few of the many performers participating in this week’s opening night concert at Michigan Central in Detroit.

The free public concert kicks off a 10-day celebration of the public opening of the former abandoned Detroit train station in the Corktown neighborhood.

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Photo of the Week: Michigan Central Station Winter Fest 2019

blue and purple gradient colored illustration of a person's profile lights up the front of the old Michigan Central Station train station.

With winter finally arriving in southeast Michigan this weekend with snow and cold temperatures, it was the right weekend for me to enjoy the inaugural Michigan Central Station Winter Festival, a new winter event hosted by Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.

The free ten-day festival is open to the public, offering music, games, art, food trucks, ice carving, retail shops, and a fantastic 3-D light show that displays on the front of the building at night. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Michigan Central Station Winter Fest 2019