I was a frequent visitor to that station as a child in the late fifties and all through the sixties. Restoring it will be transformative for Detroit and heal a deep wound for the city.
Actually it really hasn't been for the last few years with the rebirth of the downtown. But it was a huge symbol that made it easy for visiting press to snap a shot, what the Detroiter's call 'ruin porn' for their story. Now it's another symbol of the rebirth of the city.
The press is going to have to go out further into the East side neighborhoods for their ruin porn and that's a place that is a wee bit dangerous. Not as scary as the South side of Chicago but scary just the same.
