Michigan Central Station
After a couple rather uneventful Sundays in which we weren't able to easily get into any buildings, we decided to go for an easy win and headed down to the train station. Upon arrival, we saw a bunch of guys on crotch rockets doing a photo shoot in front of the building and some people up on the roof. Once inside, we crossed paths with numerous people, including some idiot kids that were throwing bricks and busting out whatever bits of windows they could find that weren't already smashed up. Apparently, we missed a Macomb Community College photography professor and his class of 20-30 students, all traipsing about the station.
Here's an old picture of the front, from the first time I entered the building several years ago.
We know some people have been bitching about how many people are running urbex blogs and posting ways to get into buildings, and we agree to some extent. We don't care much for the graffiti either, except on the windows; painted windows are better than broken ones, right? Still, since the only way any of us will ever get to see most of these buildings is by creatively entering sometime before their ultimate demolition, we'd like to spell it out just exactly how you get into MCS.
Drive down to Mexicantown in southwest Detroit and park down on Bagly St. near Saint Anne St. Look for a storefront named "The Ocho". It's a Mexican themed sporting goods store. There's a manhole in the street directly in front of the store and it's easily opened. Remove the cover and slide inside; climb down 15 feet or so until you reach the bottom. From there, it's just a matter of following the arrows spray painted on the walls, and a few minutes later, you'll end up in the backyard of the property.
Drop us a line and let us know how it goes.
I hesitated before putting the next photo up, but figured my face is plastered all over this site: shooting guns with Cambodian soldiers, hanging in caves in Belize, and being sacrificed* to the gods on a Mayan alter in Uaxactun, deep in the Guatemalan jungle.
*ok, so he was just a 12 year old with a wood stick, and you can only see my boots.
The complete gallery: HERE.
Here's an old picture of the front, from the first time I entered the building several years ago.
We know some people have been bitching about how many people are running urbex blogs and posting ways to get into buildings, and we agree to some extent. We don't care much for the graffiti either, except on the windows; painted windows are better than broken ones, right? Still, since the only way any of us will ever get to see most of these buildings is by creatively entering sometime before their ultimate demolition, we'd like to spell it out just exactly how you get into MCS.
Drive down to Mexicantown in southwest Detroit and park down on Bagly St. near Saint Anne St. Look for a storefront named "The Ocho". It's a Mexican themed sporting goods store. There's a manhole in the street directly in front of the store and it's easily opened. Remove the cover and slide inside; climb down 15 feet or so until you reach the bottom. From there, it's just a matter of following the arrows spray painted on the walls, and a few minutes later, you'll end up in the backyard of the property.
Drop us a line and let us know how it goes.
I hesitated before putting the next photo up, but figured my face is plastered all over this site: shooting guns with Cambodian soldiers, hanging in caves in Belize, and being sacrificed* to the gods on a Mayan alter in Uaxactun, deep in the Guatemalan jungle.
*ok, so he was just a 12 year old with a wood stick, and you can only see my boots.
The complete gallery: HERE.
