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Spiffed-Up Central

Seen in Detroit, Michigan.

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Jackson Belt Line, a Small Prototype for Any Era - Part I

Where is the Jackson Belt Line? Although it has “belt line” in the name, the Jackson Belt Line is more of a short industrial branch line. The line diverges from the Michigan Central (MC) within the of Jackson Michigan at a point originally called Jackson Junction which is within the yard limits near where the MC roundhouse and shops were once located. Satellite image with the Belt Line location…

[teameagleworks]

Today was a very good day.

We went to tour Michigan Central Station, and it was spectacular. This train station was the main transit hub in Detroit from 1914 to 1988. If you aren't from here, it's important that you know it was owned by a local billionaire who just let it rot. It was in horrible shape, flooded, every window broken, and pillaged of all of its relics.

But, while it was a sad broken building, it was also home to tons of amazing graffiti art. Ford bought the building in 2018 and began a huge undertaking of restoring it. I could write pages about all the amazing restoration. Thousands of people put in millions of hours. I figured all the graffiti was lost to the renovation.

I was so excited to see that they saved an entire hallway of the original artwork, and I saw this exhibit today.

Here is the text if it's hard to read:

GRAFFITI PRESERVATION

From 1988 to 2018, Michigan Central Station became an important location for graffiti artists who made the building their canvas. There was great respect for the graffiti found in The Station, including early work from Detroit's own Fel3000ft- who says he learned and honed his craft here - and many other prominent artists.

As The Station changed hands, previous owners took steps to remove the graffiti, in some instances damaging the building's walls through improper cleaning techniques. Under Ford's ownership, the significance of this art was not lost on the restoration team. Local artists helped to assess each piece and to ascribe credit to the creators of the graffiti art where possible. The College of Creative Studies documented the work for archival purposes Italian Renaissance art experts who specialize in fresco preservation advised on how best to remove panels of fragile plaster for safekeeping

The guidelines for landmark restoration required that The Station be returned to its original state, but it was important to the team that some of the art remain in place to preserve this chapter of the building's life. They successfully argued for permission to keep some of the graffiti intact, and as you leave through the southeast exit, you will find a hallway where some original graffiti remains.

I love this vibrant city, and I'm excited that if we have to have everything owned by billionaires, that we switched this building to one who has reverence for Detroit and all that makes it beautiful.

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Michigan Central Depot in flames, 1913

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Fisher Freeway, Michigan. (March 2010)

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Corktown - Detroit, Michigan; 2018

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1975 JT Mast June 12R

A Penn Central southbound with 3 F7A's has passed through Town Line Jct. in Dearborn, Michigan and is waiting at Schafer Tower for a signal to head for Toledo - June 1975.

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Tonight’s reward for dealing with my Father starting to argue politics with my BIL, my sister complaining about having to have diversity at her work place for neurodivergent people while just being Gen-X and getting your work done. My BIL stating that every other country in the world calls Alzheimer’s Disease, Type 3 diabetes. (If there’s any truth to that please enlighten me).

This quadruple had me at bourbon.

So I get to engage Dad tomorrow for lunch. Hopefully I’ll just have my cousin, and her family from here on out this week.

Oh yeah, my 85 y.o. Aunt is saying she’s ready for the home, and having many problems every day. So I guess Thursday I’ll get to tour some facilities where she could go and live.

I really didn’t want to come here this week, but I guess I made the right decision.

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

A bill filed in the Michigan House would take the first steps toward limiting the impact of any potential future central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the state.

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/money/michigan-bill-would-take-first-steps-against-a-cbdc

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Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Michigan

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[wickedwitchofthenorth]

My film won an award at the Central Michigan Film Festival! It’s an extremely specific category, “best Michigan student documentary short.” But I’ll take it.