The Central Station during sunrise in Nov. 2016

Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Michigan Central Station Winter Festival 3D light show in 2019

Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Tiger Stadium falls, looking west on Michigan Avenue toward Michigan Central Station on April 17, 2009.

Paul Hitz (www.paulhitzphotography.com) for HistoricDetroit.org

Michigan Central Station Sep 2016

Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Michigan Central in September 2018

Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Facade detail shot from Nov. 2016 during blue hour in the morning

Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

On Feb. 7, 2013, a window was installed at the top of the station. A sign of things to come? Or just a tease?

Stephen McGee for HistoricDetroit.org

The grand facade of Michigan Central Station

Keenan Riley for HistoricDetroit.org

A hallway in the office tower

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

The waiting room of Michigan Central Station

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

The cornice of Michigan Central Station

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

Hundreds of thousands of people passed here on their way to trains that huffed and puffed them away to distant locations.

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

The massive waiting room of Michigan Central

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

The ticket windows at Michigan Central Station

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

The lobby of Michigan Central

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

Michigan Central Station is perhaps the most infamous abandoned building in the world.

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

Sunlight bursts through broken glass into the waiting room

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

The waiting room

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

One of the upper floors in the empty office tower

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org; Retouching by Helmut Ziewers

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

The rear elevation of Michigan Central Station as seen from the air

Paul Hitz (www.paulhitzphotography.com) for HistoricDetroit.org

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org; Retouching by Helmut Ziewers

Michigan Central has been ravaged by scrappers and vandals.

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

The front of MCS has been landscaped.

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

The grand window inside the MCS lobby

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

The ticket windows at Michigan Central Station

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Another angle at the North facade ca. 2010

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

The lobby and waiting room of MCS

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Elevator shaft ca. 2010

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

A light display illuminates MCS on Jan 21, 2019

Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

MCS' waiting room

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

The main entrance to MCS

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Lou Peeples (www.pointephotography.net) for HistoricDetroit.org

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Julian Davis (flyinlionfilms.com) for Historic Detroit

Michigan Central Station aerial shot during a stormy sunset in 2015

Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Michigan Central during renovation. Shot from a distant vantage point.

Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

In the fall of 2012, Michigan Central Station's exterior was illuminated with architectural lighting.

Photo by Jon DeBoer for HistoricDetroit.org

The massive windows in the waiting room

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

The ghostly beauty of Michigan Central on a foggy morning

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

MCS as seen from the CPA Building

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

The lobby of MCS lit up at night

Brian Aldrich for HistoricDetroit.org

Michigan Central Station stands alone along Michigan Avenue

Davenport Images for HistoricDetroit.org

Michigan Central in the winter snow.

Patrick Krupa for HistoricDetroit.org

Fog fills a room in the office tower

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org