Bill Ford: I couldn't give up on Michigan Central Station renovation

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Bill Ford, 67, executive chair of Ford Motor Co., is the great-grandson of founder Henry Ford. He is also the visionary behind the resurrection of the train station at 2001 15th St. in Corktown, abandoned since 1988. The site is seared into the memories of soldiers - and their families - who went off to war and came home on those trains.
The grand reopening is set for June 6 and expected to draw tens of thousands of onlookers just the first day.
Ford spent $950 million to develop the 30-acre campus, transforming and redeveloping multiple properties in Corktown, according to a company spokesman.
Despite the costly and overwhelming obstacles, Ford said he never could have given up and shut down the effort begun after the company purchased the train station back in 2018.
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@jays.4254 Месяц назад

Thank you Mr. Ford This is so much more than just the train station, it's about Detroit. What a wonderful thing you did!

@kentalanlee 28 дней назад

Agree. The whole Ford family has done so much for America, and the world. Thanks Bill. Showing possibilities, and leading our imagination! It's truly remarkable.

@svenlundergard1 28 дней назад

Our modern day HERO! What a gift you've given to the city of Detroit and all its people. THANK YOU!! Magnificent!!

@erik548 24 дня назад

how? they saw the state of Michigan buy galley cars to get the detroit/ann arbor commuter rail project off the ground and quickly bought up the logical eastern terminus and tore out all the track to prevent it from happening so we have to buy more cars (how they make money). now the tax payers are paying 3k a day to store cars in owasso because we wont have passenger tracks at the station

@Detroittruckdoctor55 17 дней назад

@@erik548wow 3k a day, sounds like our state government is inept

@erik548 17 дней назад

@@Detroittruckdoctor55 well we would have been using them for profit by now, but the station tracks are gone, so we cant

@greeneyedwarlock882 Месяц назад

This INCOMPREHENSIBLE restoration on a truly unimaginable scale is NOTHING SHORT OF SUPER HUMAN!!! Thank you Ford, a billion times over for completing this gargantuan, world-class and mind boggling task and making Detroits' star shine like a SUPER NOVA on the world stage!!!❤‼‼‼

@svenlundergard1 28 дней назад

Very well said!!!

@T-41 28 дней назад

Thanks Mr. Ford ! Awesome accomplishment that will benefit many future generations .

@1aikane Месяц назад

Great job! Thank you for saving our heritage. A wonderful contribution to your community.

@shannonwood9392 Месяц назад

Thank you Mr. Ford - what an amazing project. Kudos to you and the Ford Motor Company. You've put a great deal of pride back into the community!

@sonyamull3599 28 дней назад

Thanks to all the hard hats, the engineers, the designers, the runners, the food preps, the everyone who helped to make this happen!!!!! Thanks Bill Ford, for your vision and for putting your money where your mouth is!

@CharlesHarrington-fg3im Месяц назад

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF US WHO LOVE ARCHITECTURE! ❤

@venom5809 28 дней назад

He did a great job, it looks great.

@thomshin2460 Месяц назад

So glad to see Detroit coming back, thank you sir.

@blackmoom Месяц назад

Thank you, Mr. Ford 👍👍. What a tremendous accomplishment.

@katrussell6819 Месяц назад

Thank you, Mr Ford. You have saved a wonderful landmark that will add a great deal to the city. Can't wait to get inside!

@KCCardCo Месяц назад

A good place to put a historic car(s) on display.

@jamesdillon3320 Месяц назад

Good on you Mr. Ford !! Your families benevolence for the great city of Detroit Michigan and your penchant for picking empowering regions is well established and is a great asset to a progressive city , that has endured and seen it all. Detroit has collectively survived so many false starts and is a showpiece in Michigan. Greetings from the Canadian shores of Lake Huron!! All the best to you and yours!! GIDDYUP!!

@aldivot2368 Месяц назад

Thank God Mr. Ford had the foresight to reatore such a beautiful piece of architecture! Well done and congratulations to Detroit and Mr. Ford!!!

@robertchristie9434 Месяц назад

Way to go, Bill. I have numerous fond memories of the train station. As a young man it was a treat for the eyes to take numerous dates there for coffee & snacks& walk around to take in the architecture. When I was drafted into the Army in 1966, everyone left from this station to Fort Knox, Campbell or Sill for basic training. I shocked my parents before boarding the train by kissing a gorgeous brunette girlfriend goodbye "Sailor & Nurse style" from the WW2 Life magazine photo. What a thrill. I also left in this station on New Year's Day 1967 on a train to report to Fort Carson Colorado due to overbooked flights out of Metro airport & saw parts of the country where there were no roads. Great memories.

@k.gspianoworldjourneyschan437 29 дней назад

Way to go ford!! When i was young and stupid, i got in there and walked about and seen the damage 1st hand. And in 2018 , hearing Bill fords overseeing the new construction , i knew it would be grand! So congratulations Bill Ford.

@user-vu5dt9lb4d Месяц назад

Awesome job Mr. Ford, with the new bridge, the downtown area is looking great. Thanks

@johnchambers8528 Месяц назад

Thanks for saving and repurposing an abandoned great train station to a new use. I did get to see this as a train station on my first visit to Detroit in the 1970’s. I was starting to look run down even then. The last time I visited Detroit it was no longer the train station but an empty deteriorating building symbolizing Detroits days of decay. Detroit has now made much progress to become a great city again. This project is helping in an area other than downtown that also should bring pride to the area around it. I hope it has another long life as a useful building and even possibly a reuse by Amtrak as a train station again.

@501rivet Месяц назад

..smart responsible man leading a company that supports its American community and city of Detroit, Michigan.

@MarcusAurelius7777 Месяц назад

Complete waste a money if you are a business owner - A TRUE FORD DECISION - CRAP COMPANY CHEAP STUFF

@501rivet Месяц назад

@@MarcusAurelius7777

@3markaw Месяц назад

@@MarcusAurelius7777 What do you know ....... a nobody.

@MarcusAurelius7777 Месяц назад

@@3markaw This area is a SHITHOLE - DO NOT MOVE TO THIS AREA or work here unless you cannot afford to live anywhere else - trust me

@3markaw Месяц назад

@@MarcusAurelius7777 You are talking to someone who lives in the Cleveland area AND grew up in NYC during the big decline. I certainly know what holes are. When I bought real estate in NYC everyone thought I was nuts and told me I should be moving out , not into that hood. What I paid for in the early eighties is now approaching ten times what I paid for it. I see long term possibilities. I don't dwell on all of today's problems ( of which the whole midwest has many...not only Detroit ) .

@BeerHunter1953 24 дня назад

The Ford family has done so much for the people of Detroit. Countless families have benefited greatly by the good works of the Ford family. From employment opportunities to family healthcare. Detroit would be far less without the hard work and generosity of the Ford family and Ford Motor Company. Bill Ford Jr is a great leader and true gentleman.

@LightupRuntz Месяц назад

Wow look at that skyline really painting the city in a good light for once.

@Superteastain 28 дней назад

Dudes a hero! Can't wait to go and visit

@KallyReeder Месяц назад

It's beautiful! Fabulous work by Mr. Ford and his team. ~Sean & Kally of Detroit

@janetprice85 Месяц назад

Good to see Detriot coming back.

@WINCHANDLE Месяц назад

Thx for justifying my 3 Fords now, and 4 in the past. Fords are the best American cars!

@mtoscano343 Месяц назад

Way to dream big Mr Ford! Thanx!!

@user-cc6nb5th6x Месяц назад

It broke my heart to see the station in its dilapidated state. Thank you, Mr. Ford.

@paulgilliland2992 28 дней назад

Wow this is a special place and without Bill Ford obviously this place would never have gotten the funding.

@UseTheForce52577 Месяц назад

Skilled trades deserve a KUDOS

@markamytraver5762 9 часов назад

A beautiful building and I am glad that Ford has restored it. I hope it is successful.

@robertsullivan3877 29 дней назад

Look forward to seeing it and walking through it.

@daveharp8431 11 дней назад

I admit I broke into that place in 2001. I was with two friends. We did no harm. Just wanted to explore. You have done a magnificent job of restoring it. Kudos

@tombranham9637 Месяц назад

Cool logo at the end! I was able to work on this project it's nice to see it finished where I have so many pictures of it being built out. Congratulations Ford great job!

@brucebeamon5460 Месяц назад

This IS A GOOD STEWART for the city of DETROIT ( My opinion )

@horizon42q Месяц назад

Good job Bill

@aaronchandler2380 25 дней назад

What a great American, thank you Mr. Ford.

@stizelswik3694 Месяц назад

My grandfather (r.i.p. c.1960's) worked there from the time he came to America until he retired MANY many many years ago. Knowing that it is being renovated and rebuilt would "put that spark back in his step" if he knew.

@dennismoore8351 20 дней назад

I always loved this building. Even in its horrible state. It is such a beautiful building.

@maestromecanico597 Месяц назад

Bravo.

@l4ndst4nder 17 дней назад

The building looks incredible! Also so happy to hear that the building will be a bridge between Corktown and Mexicantown. Having a nice walk between the two neighborhoods would be huge for the area.

@elbarto152 23 дня назад

You have to give Bill Ford and the Ford Corporation macho credit for accomplishing and taking this on.

@davincisghost9228 6 дней назад

Spectacular Mr Ford, spectacular...plus nice shoes! 😁

@zhourong9093 Месяц назад

thank you Ford.it's amazing

@jaygatz4335 Месяц назад

Great vision and follow-through! The icing on the cake will be if there is some kind of rail service from the station.

@stevenstpierre7061 Месяц назад

Excellent

@mattmacpherson1033 Месяц назад

I had my first real job there in 1983. Conrails Detroit HQ was there at the time.

@dojocho1894 10 дней назад

as a combat vet I finally found something I can be proud of as a american..those worker's were all amazing......

@AnnMitt 23 дня назад

😳 almost a billion dollars to restore 😮. Kudos to Ford and all the workers.

@KCCardCo Месяц назад

Maybe Bill can get the original benches reinstalled.

@markdc1145 Месяц назад

Detroit is not coming back any time soon but it's still nice to see this beautiful building saved from further decay. Hopefully there will be funds available to keep it in good shape for a few decades.

@Superteastain 28 дней назад

I want to work in that space.

@MrJimmysez Месяц назад

Well, that's great! Now can Bill focus on making a nice, simple stylish affordable vehicle... why not? Hey, it worked back in the day. Maybe try it again. Give it a shot.

@scottascotty Месяц назад

is it possible to have passenger rail service restored to this AWESOME TRAIN STATION ???

@AdrianMunch Месяц назад

It’s only taken 3/4’s of century for Detroit to realize its former glory. “Detroit has been hung with a few nicknames over the years, but it’s probably been a few years since you heard it called the “Paris of the West.” Okay, I know. You’ve never heard it called that. But in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century, before “Motown,” “Motor City,” and more recently, “Murder City,” people called Detroit the “Paris of the West.”

@jdtankvideos2584 Месяц назад

Can we take a Tour Detroit train station and Can anyone do RU-vid videos about that place we just asking my friend and we can't wait for the Grin opening

@kradius2169 11 дней назад

0:45 ... Wow!

@davedave5787 Месяц назад

Awesome project!! My main concern is taxes, and up keep costs is this a viable investment for Ford folks??

@KallyReeder Месяц назад

It might become an amazing tourist attraction, especially if they get commuter rail going between the airport, The Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Rouge Factory, Windsor, and Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti. Imagine all that combined with the hotel, new Michigan Avenue transit link to downtown, and the autonomous and E.V. public displays and testing platform at Michigan Central. Mr. Henry Ford Jr. is a visionary and this is an amazing time to be in Michigan and Detroit. As long as the community continues to embrace the train station, the future looks promising. Supporting and restoring public transit and non-gasoline powered automobile vehicle options to the station, as planned, could really change the narrative of the Detroit legacy of Ford, too. From past discussions, Ford didn't just jump into this renovation and campus.

@iamwill89 Месяц назад

Will it be used for train service? If not what’s its purpose? Hotel? Community space? Restaurants? Condos? Curious to see what they do with the new building.

@generalsnout9607 25 дней назад

office space + retail, restaurants and a "first of its kind mobility testing platform". There's also talk that trains could return to the station but nothing is concrete.

@iamwill89 25 дней назад

@@generalsnout9607 trains should return. I mean it is a train station. Amtrak should invest in the property and give Detroit a real train station again.

@MeMyselfAndUs903 21 день назад

FORD IS THE BEST!

@MeMyselfAndUs903 21 день назад

Let’s get a video of Richard Bardelli…the man “in the trenches”.

@RVail623 25 дней назад

Any chance of Amtrak returning to this renovated train station? If their rent was subsidized or made equivalent to their current Detroit train station.

@danielswords3969 27 дней назад

• Regarding the Ford Motor Co. rebuilding the Michigan train station: The famous quote “Corporations are people too.” may be legally true. The problem is, as people their only moral and legal obligation is greed (expressed as shareholder profits). Yet here is a hopeful example of a major corporation doing something altruistic for a community to which they owe a large part of their heritage. I hope this catches on.

@TheMrPeteChannel Месяц назад

Ford helped killed this station by building cars. Ford bought it back to life. Redemption.

@dickriggles942 22 дня назад

Corny!

@dianeducat2007 Месяц назад

AUTO SHOW!!

@jimjohnson4084 22 дня назад

Whats going on with the stock Bill

@muiscnight 27 дней назад

Modern day Majorian

@gregO00O 24 дня назад

Funny, his family were the main culprits that squashed passenger train transport in Michigan and any public transportation in general locally. Hardly a hero. Have fun with your 300-1500/ month car payment of a vehicle you'll never own, in addition to the 200-500 monthly insurance payment and the fact the State of Michigan will be charging you per mile to drive it. -drop mic

@gc4408 Месяц назад

Your family gave up on the American worker……..which in turn led to the demise of this building…..so glad you felt the need to bring it back ….but not the worker…..

@dennismoore8351 20 дней назад

With so much revitalization, why not redo the auto factories and bring back what Detroit was.

@user-kp9fc3en9c Месяц назад

Is it be bad is Amtrak station

@random13627 14 дней назад

now bring back trains and yes you’ll lose money on it but in return your real estate portfolio can blow up instantaneously if you play the cards, right.

@jodirauth8847 Месяц назад

Considering Ford Corp bought out all the trolley and inter urban train companies and shut down the entire system to build the outer belt highway system to sell more automobiles to make more money to shut down the urban housing community to build subdivisions connected to the highway system to sell more automobiles.

@NewCastleIndiana 25 дней назад

sorry, the local government gave up on it. no reason to support bad policies. use your influence and funds where people THAT CARE will benefit.

@user-pz8yd5jg7y Месяц назад

BORN INTO WEALTH. NEVER HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING..

@sjohnson65456 Месяц назад

So make something of yourself. He's better than the English monarchy/all monarchies bullsh!t birth "rights" based on barbaric times and stolen money/jewels.

@tylerkuite 28 дней назад

Musta earned it in past life I guess

@user-uh4dv2zn5m 26 дней назад

develop high end housing,,, you know that's the answer,, bring in the rich, or try to, lol

@wcsxwcsx Месяц назад

It beats paying that money to auto workers, I guess.

@user-pz8yd5jg7y Месяц назад

DONE WITH TAX BREAKS AT THE EX SPENCE OF POOR BLACK DETROITERS.

@Kitty8791 28 дней назад

expense*

@SenileOtaku Месяц назад

"Click this link for the full story..." and it brings you to a page to buy a subscription. No thanks, other than seeing a train station being restored, I don't give a crap about Detroit.