Abandoned Michigan Central Train Station in Detroit, Filmed with DJI Phantom 2 Drone
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This is the abandoned Michigan Central Station in Detroit, MI. Built in 1912 and abandoned since 1988, the station is one of Detroit's most iconic structures. The station was last used by Amtrak, which discontinued service to the station in 1988.
The station has recently been featured in several movies, including Transformers, 8 Mile, and The Island.
The station is owned by Matty Moroun, the billionaire owner of CenTra, Inc, the company which also owns the Ambassador Bridge, which links Detroit, USA to Windsor, Canada.
The footage was filmed on Aug 30 2014 via...
- DJI Phantom 2 Quad Copter (drone).
- Zenmuse H3-3D Gimbal
- GoPro Hero3+ Black Edition camera
- DJI Mini iOSD Telemetry
- Immersion RC 600mW FPV video transmitter
- Clover Leaf Circular Polarized video antennas
- 7" LCD Video Receiver / monitor
- Stock DJI Phantom 2 controller
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I find this very sad. This is a big beautiful historic building back when buildings had souls, and contained the thousands (or millions) of souls, who occupied them or passed through them. Even in death this kind of a building takes on a life of it's own. Can you imagine the amount of work and man hours that went into constructing it? Back when America was great, and could do anything.
they are starting to restore it
Liberalism @ work. Happens every where you try it.
SkylineToTheSeaAndMe what you see here is exactly is what's happened to California, influx of so much money and the state or city government goes bonkers giving away money, you know "helping people" ! look at silicon valley ,and other places where huge amounts of money came in. Democrats elected because of their great socialist leaning ideals ,and look what happens!
Paul Lewis Don’t be an idiot. Liberalism had nothing to do with this building. It used to be the headquarters of a division of the New York central railroad. When Conrail was established in the 1970s the offices closed and the building was too big to continue to serve Amtrak. It is now undergoing a complete renovation by Ford Motor and will be used as a massive research center. Please learn your facts before spewing unadulterated bull shit.
Earl Wright You have no idea why this building was empty Earl. It had absolutely nothing to do with socialism and the government. The railroad who owned the building abandoned it when they consolidated offices and moved the passenger station. Today it is being completely renovated by Ford Motor to be used as a research center. I grew up and lived less than a mile from the building for fifty years. Please do not spew bull shit if you have zero idea why it was abandoned in the first place.
Detroit must have been a very beautiful city at one point... Sad.
Yes it was once the forth biggest city in the us
All thanks to the great Gipper!!! and least not forget the dear unions
Born there in 1950, lived there til the 70's. It breaks my heart to see what has been allowed to happen - it looks like Europe after WWII - Our great old cities need a Marshall Plan. We rebuilt Europe, we could rebuild Detroit
As with all of America's problems, we don't lack the means, we lack the political will
ral1329 Have you been back lately? I grew up in Cork Town and lived there for fifty years. Yes the city fell on unbelievably hard times but what is happening today is just as amazing as the decline. Private investment is transforming the city. There is so much renovation and new construction that I can’t begin to list it all. Come back for a visit you will be impressed. My wife and I moved to Brush Park bear the new stadiums two years ago. 15 years ago Brush Park was totally abandoned. Today? 3500+ new housing units, hotels and 20 story corporate headquarters are being built. The neighborhoods still need to be rebuilt but the city is in the midst of a turn around. So don’t feel sad. Those of us who stuck it out and never thought it would get better see progress everyday.
Chill Will You are right. It is surreal. The area around Michigan Central Station was poised for a massive change before the pandemic. We are not so sure now that the recession will not delay the big plans for hundreds of new condos/apartments in North Cork Town and in the Vernor corridor. But up until March every day saw more and more positive change. I was in the Florida Keys when all hell broke loose in March and just got back. After you have been away for a while all the new construction really hits you. I hope that they keep up the momentum. There are still dozens of square miles of desolation. But the attitude is good and people are determined to continue to transform this great city. Where do you live now?
So what do you guys think?? Is it time for a new Michigan Central video?? It's been a while since I filmed this one. I'm itching to go back to film the progress that has been made on restoring the station. Interested?? Please let me know!
No, boring!!!
Repetitive!!
+TheGadgetGuy1 Yes! I kept wishing you had gotten just a bit more focused in on the architectural details. I love the old sculptures at the top. Good to see the rooftop too. I didn't know it was so isolated in the city either. Really a nice view of it overall. I hope you go for another look.
+Laura Brown Hi Laura. Thanks for the feedback. And I completely agree. The Phantom 2 isn't ideally suited for really up close filming (at least not safely). I will soon be filming a follow up video with my Inspire 1. I will be able to capture the beautiful detail a lot more with that craft.
Nice drone. DJI phantom 2 is good even 2 years on.
Amazing to see it like this! My grandfather worked as an engineer there, in an office workshop in the basement.
Ray OfMinneapolis Long time, Ray. Nice to see you're still around.
What was the building used for? Like I don't understand why a train station is so tall.
Maybe it was also a luxury hotel for train travelers?
Bride OfChrist It was a corporate headquarters.
Unique as you don't usually see train stations as high rises. Beautiful building. Glad it wasn't torn down and is being repurposed for Ford CO
I fell in love with this building when I visited Detroit back in 2009. If only I could get the opportunity to see inside!😍😍
I drove by here a number of times, never got to see close up, thanks for doing so. The size of this building shows how important trains and their stations were at one time.
This is incredible footage, and a sensitive soundtrack choice that well matches the eeriness and destitution. I am totally wowed! From Wellington, New Zealand.
Magnificent Architectural Building..... Well Worth Restoring.....Please RENOVATE ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was an EXCELLENT video. I have always been amazed at this building. I just cannot believe anybody could let a remarkable Historic building like this one go to waste. I honestly hope that a millionaire or billionaire would put money into restoring this building. Detroit cannot afford to lose anymore of its beautiful Historic Buildings from its heyday!!!!
AMCNorthstar 93 restoring it would cost around 200 mln usd
RazorFX x0
RazorFX Who cares how much, the current owner can well afford it.
Yes and about time as well!!! :)
I love it I want nothing more than to climb around every single part of that building thanks for sharing man honestly that was awesome do more
Hi. Glad you liked the video! I have actually been inside the station several times, and it's sad to see it deteriorate through the years. Hopefully it will be restored one day.
Check out my other videos, and keep checking back. I'll be adding more videos of Detroit landmarks and ruins every week or so.
TheGadgetGuy1 And for that, you have earned a subscription.
This reminds me of a local building in the Philadelphia area, known as the ''Devine Lorraine'' Hotel. It stands long abandoned just as this building is. Its been that way for as long as I can remember. Tho this building is alot grander, but the surrounding area has gone thru so much transformation, but it, just as this building would now require so much work to restore, it would most likely be torn down and the new owner to start from scratch.
I actually caught a train from there in the mid 80's....was a fantastic old piece of architecture.....really sad to see how it's been neglected.....where do the trains go now, or have they stopped completely too?
A smaller train station from the same company.
Very cool videos. Am from mich. Got stuck in the ariz. Desert. Cant wait to go home. So happy to hear of the restoration. Thank you for all the time and energy put into these great living history films. god bless.
Few people realize this building and Grand Central Station in Ney York City were built from the same blueprints.The biggest difference is that the top two floors of this one were never completed.The existing station was destroyed by fire and the new station(the one you're looking at ) was rushed into service.
my grandpa said it was beautiful when open, like grand Central station
such a nice piece of work... thank you
I love the old building. I did not know they were restoring. Yes, let's see an update.
awesome coverage
such a beautiful building... how sad...
this building was so crepy to me on my visit to detroit i hope they restore it it has great potential and a real presence
Awesome video!
Detroit still has much beauty and history to it.
Great job love that building
As soon as the video started, I knew it was blackmill. Great choice of music! Great video too!
Thanks! Glad you liked the video. Blackmill was absolutely perfect for the mood of the video. They were my first choice.
great video!!
Detroit is so beautiful but it so sad to see run down structures like this go to waste.
First: nice footage & flight ( maybe next time fly through the bldg - windows for all floors coming soon ). Second: very funny to see all the vehicles on the streets moving backwards in some parts of the clip :-))
Benjamin Beytekin Hi! Glad you liked the video!! Yes, I agree that it's funny to see the backwards cars in that scene. Most people don't notice, cause they are too busy looking at the Train Station. :)
Out of curiosity, how did you find my videos?
You're welcome! You living in or in the subs of Detroit? Lets meet at my next visit - I need a drone sometimes for some obejects.
Your clip is on top of the list for "Michigan Central Station" here on CZcams. ;o)
I'm in the Northern Suburbs of Detroit. The beautiful and historic buildings of Detroit fascinate me. Sad to see so many wonderful buildings neglected.
Let me know when you'll be coming to town.
Yes, I will! Did you see the apartment complex blaze yesterday? The building has had wounderful decorated brick fassade. Sad... But there are some more in that street.
Born and raised Detroit until 21 moved to CA. Right next to the station there is also a very interesting train station area and post office. There is actually tons of documents/paper inside the PO. Cannot say if it's mail. We never broke in to find out but there is a ton of paper!
Great video I always like the old train station I think it a beautiful building.
Nagyon szép a zene, very nice muzic
Sweet video! I hope that I make a quick stop there someday and get a few pictures of it.
Cool vid bro!
I can remember us coming from Chicago to Detroit on the Deluxe Motor Stages bus which stopped at 16th street opposite this station...Greyhound did not give such service.
Detroit will never return to anything like it once was. Even their Grand Central Train Station has been abandoned... How sad for a once great city.
Kevin Kinney Kevin. You obviously have never been to Detroit or know what is going on here. While there are still plenty of problems the city is undergoing a transformation. The station and several surrounding buildings are undergoing a massive renovation project. Ford Motor is turning the area into a research center adding 5500 jobs. I grew up and lived in that neighborhood for fifty years. Today you literally have a hard time driving through the area due to all the construction. The same with huge swaths of the 48 square mile city core. And the beauty of this comeback? It is fueled by private investors. Hotels, office towers, and housing units are being built at a frantic pace. So dont feel sorry for us. The neighborhoods are still in trouble but those of us who stuck it out and refused to leave are witnessing a breathtaking transformation.
i remember when it was still open.. kinda sad to see it in that shape now..
It's sad to see such a beautiful piece of architecture left to ruin like this.
Nice video! Is it my imagination that an 18 wheeler is going backwards @ 4:05 of the video or do I need to lay off the hippie lettuce? haha!
Hello. Good eye! Yes, that truck *IS* going backwards, and so is the rest of the traffic. You spotted a little cinematic trick: That segment of the footage is being played backwards in the finished video. :)
Congratulations... You are the first person to have spotted that!!
I went in there in the winter of 2014 and the basement was about 6 ft deep in water that was frozen pretty cool
very cool use of a drone. I visited in 2001 when I drove over the road. Tiger stadium was still there and some rickety old houses. I hope to return again.
Thanks for the compliment. The Station actually looks better now. They installed new windows to seal the structure and protect from the elements.
Why did they quit using the station it is a much nicer looking bldging then the newer Amtrak bldgs
Glad Ford bought it . Looks like an office building anyway.
I've been in, on the roof over a dozen times. Almost got killed by homeless people throwing cinder blocks one night many flights. It's a cool ass place. We had to break in. After our 6th trip they fenced it down hard so we had to break through the fence to get in.
Nice place to film a terror movie! hahaha
very nice video.. Thumbs up
damn that is absolutely insane... who would build a concrete railroad station so high... arrogant hubris of a city
Arrogant? It used to be a regional head quarters for the New York Central Railroad. The floors were used by railroad employees. Not sure how that is arrogant.
Couldn’t build a class building like this in USA or UK now . 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Just putting the glass back would cost heaps!!!!
already done
How did they deal with the wind?
If/when the they restore the station what are their plans for it? Yes, I would love to see you shot another video to see what progress has been made
Ford just bought it. New research campus. 5000 jobs.
This train station is sooooo haunted.
When I use to drive by it coming from Grand Rapids I would cringe
I wonder why it had some many floors?
Wondering why the flag would be flying at an old abandoned building. Also wondering why the port-a-potties are spotted around the outside.
I've stood on the exterior side, toes over the abyss, framed by the unlighted window behind me.
I usually do vertical in cave exploration so I was comfortable being up there a few hours before
sunrise. Us old folks were worse when we had all our teeth and sang too loud in church.
Would love to have seen a fly-through the building. Could have been great use of drone.
John C What If it crashed or stopped working though. Never could’ve retrieved it
Beautiful building, it's just a shame of where it's located.
I used to visit my cousin who lived on 16th street near this station...it was closed in the 1940s.
Closed in 1988.
I like how steady the drone is! Makes for a very good video. Could you pilot the drone into the building itself, or do you have to stay line of sight for the remote control to work? Thanks, I live here and have been inside 10 years ago when it was still wide open. Pretty spooky back then when I heard voices. Decided to leave rather than confront someone.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! It was a lot of fun creating it.
To answer your questions: I have a video monitor that I watch while flying the drone. I see exactly what the camera sees. So I am not looking at the actual drone while it is flying. In this case, I was in a parking lot about ⅓ of a mile away. Theoretically I could have flown it inside the station, but that would have been extremely dangerous for the drone. Easy to bump into something you can't see, ya know?
I have always had a fascination with the station (I used to go exploring inside many years ago), so of course it was tops on the list of places to film with my Drone!
Thanks for the comments!
Actually Michigan Central Railroad, Headquarters and station.
The billionaire who owns the building recently installed windows. You couldn't get a drone inside anyway.Part of some attempt to renovate the building.
Ford is planning on fixing up the building
We'd love to use just a small clip from your video in a video compilation we are making about Detroit/Michigan. Would you give us permission to do that? It will just be a few seconds, probably 3:15-3:25 showing some of the urban decay, then we will be showing some of the cool things to see/do here now.
They should just restore it back to a railroad station but if not then maybe a yard or yes a university expansion
Film a current one. its currently undergoing renovation by Ford. Restoration. etc.
the people that can't afford houses should just squat in these nice buildings and fix them up.
Safe to explore?
Nice. Who is the soundtrack by?
The song is Miracle by Blackmill
we used to go from Chicago on the Deluxe Motor Stages bus because it would let us off at 16th street where this station is...Greyhound would not let us off so Greyhound, in my book, you are not worth it :) ha !
what possible use could the top two floors have... not to mention all that useless office space. it looks like there is new construction on the room too... one small box of a little room building... housing... what? telemetry or weather or radio equipment?
It would cost more than the building is worth to put the glass back in!!
Ford just bought it and several area buildings. Constructing new research campus. 5000 jobs.
all the glass has been redone and the roof sealed, the 3 level basement pumped out. This place is going to look amazing when Ford moves in.
Because detroit was too late in responding to the influx of better cars from abroad..it is now a bankruot city..evolution says ..adapt or die...too bad ..the building was beautiful
It's an impressive building. I'm surprised it's not been utilised in some way. What an amazingly inventive way to explore.
Thanks for the comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. Sad that the building hasn't been re-purposed yet, but I still have hope that one day they will come up with a new use for it. Fortunately, it is still structurally secure, so it's not at any risk of collapse. And with new windows being installed this year, at least it will be weather tight again.
What were all those rooms used for? Seems very big for just a railway station.
***** The intention for the upper floors was an office tower, like any other office building.
Unfortunately, since the train station is so far away from the "Downtown Detroit" area, most of the upper floors were never leased. As a result, a large amount of the upper space was never used at all.
Well it looks like there is life in the old dog yet :) I think it would make a great hotel.
***** I was told that the floors were practically crumbling and no one was allowed to enter, plus Asbestos is riddled throughout the walls (most likely). But most of my friends have used this building in their graduation photos. I even have a pedestal from the front of the building inside of my foyer.
Black and blue...
Omg I live by Detroit.
+Sedes Villarreal Did you just realize that?
Can someone send me a link on music ? :) Btw. Really nice video man, I love this buildings .. :)
Hi. Glad you enjoyed the video! The station is probably my favorite Detroit building, so I just HAD to make a video of it.
Here's a link to the music. When I first heard the song, I KNEW it was perfect for the station video.
itunes.apple.com/us/album/miracle/id491271894?i=491271895
TheGadgetGuy1 Congratulations you have sensitivity!
José
Brasil
Why not make the building a university? Perhaps an expansion of the U of Michigan?
How about a parking garage for small cars. Build a lift to take several at one time. The humans might need a couple elevators, if these aren't working?
cheeper to demolish than revamp and bring up to modern standards
Timosha21 or Western Michigan University
Built to big in the first place, pointless. A train station is meant to be practical & maybe house a FEW offices, but that's about it. This building will never be used & may as well be blown up & used for hardcore.
If I had the money , I would have it a hotel and half of it a home
Can you get inside ??????
Drony Montana naw. Especially not now! 😐 they’ve been doing work on it.
Not abandoned any longer thanks to Ford. The next Silicon Valley has arrived
how they do graffiti on the top ?
SweetGameplays I guess they use stairs to get there
0:14 шикарное здание.
i like the vid and have subscribed to your channel ...can you tell me about the music....
This and the Buffalo Central Terminal.
It's weird there is a flag blowing in the wind at a decrepit place
Can I use this footage in a music video?
Hello. Send me your email address and we can discuss your music video and work things out.
+Fortified Drastic Got it. Feel free to delete it from the thread.
+Fortified Drastic Are you still interested in my footage? I sent you an email but never received a response.
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how this track called??? It's nice....
you mean "what's the name of this song" its called miracle by blackmill
+madmax2069 It's
Детройт всего скорей наказали за связь с СССР.
Car manufacturing took off, more people started driving, and less took the trains. Thus the results.
Pretty sure the railroad built that station, not "the government"
Karl Dahlquist according to historicdetroit.org: The city forked over $680,619.99 ($14.75 million today, when adjusted for inflation) in condemnation proceedings on Aug. 6, 1915, to acquire the land for the depot and the land in front of it for a park. Yes the railroad built the structure. I adjusted my comment.
Charles Rinehart www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/04/29/michigan-central-station-riverside-park-plans/26563283/ I don't think $5m will go very far
blackmill
Why so tall!? Kinda defeats the purpose of a train station....to get from point A to point B. It's no wonder why Detroit is bankrupt!
Cool video, but too many fading edits. Better to just do a clean cut.
I think Ford owns it now and it's their new electric car design center and ?
Condo!!!!!!!!!!!
Ford just bought it along with several other area buildings. New research campus. 5000 jobs.
Like to see this on it's hey day. Sad to see such a place be abandoned. Shame what has happened to the city of Detroit. Hopefully it be brought back to life. Sad what the crooked politicans did to this city they got rich the city falls to it's knees. It needs better leaders
One other location i can Kaiser tower.
why was it abandoned?
Cars and planes beat trains.
The city went from around 15% Black to around 85% black today. The larger the black population in any given area, the more likely it will look like what you see here.
Because there is no other answer and the question was "why was it abandoned?", which warrants and honest clear answer. You can say Leftist economic policies or unions ruined the city, but none of that matters. The same policies that were and still are in place in Detroit, as well as the unions, can be found in all white areas. But without the same negative results. Cars ad planes make no difference either. The Detroit Central station is the cities equivalent to New York Cities Grand Central Terminal. A large black population simply cannot maintain beautiful infrastructure as has been demonstrated over and over again.
+Aeros802 He was asking why this building went abandoned not the whole city...
So what you are saying is that Michigan Central Station closed because of black people? It wasn't the fact that it is a multi story building designed as an office tower for railroad employees who were consolidated into other offices as Conrail moved offices out of Detroit? It wasn't the fact that the station itself only served four round trip trains a day when it closed in 1988? It wasn''t because Amtrak, a perpetually underfunded entity was asked to take on the burden of a building that was only 10% occupied? It wasn't the fact that Amtrak expanded service north to Pontiac Mi and continued use of the station would require backing up over two miles and then pulling back out to continue north. New Yorks Grand Central Station services literally dozens of trains a day. Amtraks Wolverine Services five round trips. Apples and oranges my racist friend The fact is simple. Except for New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and Washington DC (A black city by the way) most cities cannot support a. viable rail terminal without multi using. Cincinnati Union Terminal, Philly Broad Street come to mind. No. Your honest clear answer is one thing. Racist nonsense.
Please Implode this thing already!
+breezwonder Believe it or not, the train station is finally being properly taken care of. New windows have been installed, and the building is sealed and stabilized. Not yet 'restored', but a good first step!!
@@TheGadgetGuy1 good. Hope to see it running again. I saw this building when I visited Detroit.
Great video, atrocious music.