How the World’s Tallest Train Station was ABANDONED - The story of Michigan Central - IT’S HISTORY

Around the beginning of the 1910s, when Detroit was starting to grow into a major city, construction of a new railway station was nearing completion. Constructed in the Beaux Arts style, Michigan Central Station was designed by the several of the same architects that had designed New York City’s Grand Central Station. A core in the northeastern US’s mobilization in WWII, and once the tallest railway station in the world, But it now sits empty, abandoned and forgotten, but that may not be the case for long… Edit by Rishi Mittal Script by Gregory Back Hosted by Ryan Socash Index: 0:00 - What happened to Michigan Central Station? 1:15 - The Rise of Detroit’s Michigan Central Station 2:50 - The rise of Detroit and popularity of Michigan Central Station 3:40 - Michigan Central Station during the great depression 4:09 - Michigan Central Station during WW2 5:39 - The down fall of Michigan Central Station (The down fall of American car manufacturing) 6:34 - Detroit riots