Michigan Central Station (photos)

[lucky7]

hey there. ive been without internet for a week. just got it back a couple hours ago.

anyhow, went to MCS last weekend. effing amazing. though i am severely dissapointed my shots didnt turn out as well as i had hoped. the building was built in 1913, and abandoned in 1988. if you've seen the movies, 'four brothers', 'the island', or 'transformers'. youve seen this building.

read more here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station

though surrounded by an 8' fence, and razor wire at the top, its really easy to get into. there are atleast 4 different entrance points from what i understand. anyhow, onto some pics.

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this room dwarfs you. it really takes a few minutes to take everything in. if i had a wide angle lense, you could really get a feel for the size of this bitch.

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nearly any noise you make, echoes like 4 fucking times in this room. holy crap.

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rumor has it, 'catfish' is the nickname of a bum that lives in this building. this was painted ALL over the place.

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i was too big of a nancy to go up in the upper floors. that shit was HUGE. my crazy ass buddies were sitting on the roof with their feet dangling off the edge...

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'street fighter' shoe..bitch.

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i really wish this turned out better. took a 30 second exposure to get anything to show up. the stairwell was PICH BLACK. i had to use my flashlight shined on the focal point, just to get it to focus.

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pretty easy to see this shit is old as fuck. exposed to the elements, the paint flakes right off the walls. i get covered in shit when i crawl up steps. im a pussy when it comes to heights, so i kiss the walls. lol

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this place is uber impressive. its really hard to grasp it unless you've stood in there. again, my photos are not great. but some of you guys seem to enjoy when i post.

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more cool paint.

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i did muster up some juevos to climb up this little guy. haha.
shortly after, i was greeted by 2 dudes with baseball bats... no idea who they were. but they were ready to fight if i had a gun or something.

its odd. i came across 3 different groups, then the one i was with. they all ditched me and headed to the roof. effing bastards. i was left to fend for myself... wich is kinda....scary as im sure you can imagine. you NEVER know what lies around the next corner. i guess thats what i like about it so much. im chicken shit of most things in life, except doing this recently.

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i would just like to re-iterate. i took this shot on the 2nd floor. those fuckers that came with me were SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE ROOF.....feet dangling overboard.

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oldskool switchboard?? not sure, but thats my best guess. no wires ofcourse. scrappers stole all the copper shit already, so who knows what it is.

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a different room. a bit smaller than the other room with the cathedral ceilings. my asshold buddy jim was standing up in the rafters, yelling obsentities at me.. apparently im a pussy. i dont climb in rafters from 1913. call me a pussy all you like.

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i followed a group of ppl i met there for the first time into the basement. half of it was PICH BLACK. you couldnt see my cock if i whipped it out down there... (insert tiny penis joke here). they had 2 pansy ass flashlights that were the equivilent of a lighting a bic lighter in the middle of a room with no windows. they would have been lost without my baller ass LED flashlight. rofl. i followed them because they had 2 cute girls with them. i appeared to be the hero, lighting their way.

anyhow, there were 2 levels in the basement. but the bottom one was COMPLETELY filled with water. smelled horrible, but i couldnt act grossed out, or scared. [2 cute girls] haha.

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found some doors on the opposite side of the building, after exploring the darkness for about 30 minutes. apparently some bum calls this place home. there were pictures like this one all over the room. baller recliner too!

anyhow, these dudes all left out the door, and i couldnt get back to the main level unless i walked my ass back through the darkness up the steps... i was alone this time. instead of 6 of us, it was just i. and afterall, 1 IS the lonliest number indeed. as i found out. took me 15 minutes to find my way. getting lost down there would have been a nightmere. FUCKING nightmere. i turned off my flashlight for a second, just to reconfirm how dark it was. holy effing hell. i scared the shit out of myself. i may have pissed in my pants a tad, but im not 100% sure. didnt matter, i was getting the fuck out of the basment!

after MCS, we went to the 'dequindre cuts'. just an old railroad track that went under all the roads. but i saw the most baller shit ive ever seen.
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i didnt take shit for pictures, as i was fucking exhausted. hung over + 30lb bag + steel toe boots + sweating my nuts off from all the walking, i was cashed...

[lucky7]

today was a new day!
on a whim, my buddy grant an i decided to check out the old michigan book depoitory. id provide a link to wiki, but i dont know the official name of the place. as we were walking in, a bum followed us into the building... as i said in my last thread. you have to watch eachothers backs. some of those fuckers are sneaky as shit... he was nice and said hello, but you never know for sure..

the first floor was pretty much completely empty. nothing really to see, and it was pretty dark. 2nd floor had MOUNDS of books EVERYWHERE. ive never seen so many books in my life. old school books from '83. as ive said in my other posts, checking the dates on things makes it that much cooler.

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this was the 2nd floor (2nd of 3 floors). we werent really impressed to say the least. just old books. and i dont dig books so much..

we did however, find a bum's house on the 2nd floor. my buddy stepped on an old pallet, and it cracked. someone yelled something from out of a room in the corner. needless to say, we high tailed it to the 3rd floor.

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im becomming predictable. shoes and doorways. they seem to be my subject matter more times than not. ah well..its a hobby.

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3rd floor. holy effing crap. are we inside, or outside? apparently these bitches have been growing a while. i cant imagine they were planted here. rofl. shit was effing sweet.

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the chair was supposed to be the focal point. fucking colorful spray paint. totally fucked this picture up. thought i'd toss it in anyways.

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in the middle of the the building was a room with sweet shit all over the walls. there was alot i didnt get pics of, should have. but there will be other times. im sure the rest of the crew will want to check this place out.

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more colorful paint, and old highschool english books from 1983 all over the floor.

thats all i have from that little trip today. we got there late, and wanted to leave before it got dark. god only knows how many people show up there to lay their head when the sun falls. we were in no mood to find out. remember, there were only 2 of us. both carrying $1,000+ in camera equipment [each of us].

anyhow, we stopped by downtown birmingham. we were fucking around on a parking deck. saw 2 mating bats fall from teh sky. the dude bat was railing the shit out of the chick bat right there on the cement. my buddy took pics. ill steal one if i can. shit was bananas.

i got 2 decent ones out of the deal.

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not much to it, but i like its simplicity.
that, and im a noob to night shots. so practice is always ftw.

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the main road that goes left to right (north and south) in this picture is woodward avenue. really cool history on that road. also where the woodward dream cruise (biggest cruise in the world) takes place every august.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward_Avenue

anyhow. plans for sunday. try and get into broderick tower in detroit. if thats a no-go. then we go to an old abandoned police station. rumor has it, there is all the evidence all laid still from before it was abandoned. from an experienced UE (urban explorer) he says, be careful in that area.. should be fun. hopefully update you guys with new pics early in the week.

again, as always. thanks for looking. hope atleast some of you enjoy them. i know i dig this entire thing.

[Diabolical]

Sweet id love to visit a place like that.

[slw240sx]

great photos. I love exploring old abandon buildings. i am suprised there wasnt a lot more graffiti in there. normally a building like that will be completely covered with great pieces of graffiti.

Jon

[lucky7]

there is TONS of graffiti everywhere. ive just been kinda burned out on snapping pics of it. haha. theres a guy named 'RODEO' that is effing sweet. rumor has it, he has a website. but ive had no luck finding it. but thats the only sure shot. i always shoot rodeo's work. but the rest just depends on my mood. haha.

[lucky7]

went to the train station again today...cops rolled by as we were walking in the front. needless to say, they told us it was illegal and shit. and that we should probably leave. meanwhile they waited by the exit everyone uses.. we saw them out there waiting for us. so we found a new exit around the corner, and booked it. probably saved us from tickets, and fines. lol.

[dirtdiggler666]

that shits fukin bad ass man, what kind of cam are you using?? i wish their were places like that neer me, i just got old burnt down meth labs.

[Matej]

Your shots always make me think of Fallout.

http://fallout.bethsoft.com/images/art/fallout3concept/concept05B.jpg

[lucky7]

yup, that looks about right. lol.

got a few more today. some actual color this time!

some old grade school.
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the gym in the school.
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book depository.
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taco dude.
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no idea what this shit says, but it looks cool as shit.
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train station, from the roof of the book place.
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that old ass school.
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[Farzam]

You'd enjoy trainhopping.

[exitspeed]

Nice shots again. Can't wait til Jan man!

[Yuri]

Is the burned-out Escort still under the train platforms?

[lucky7]

havnt seen it there. but i didnt make it into the building yesterday. cops were gonna arrest us im sure... we got out a different direction. a buddy said he saw someone come in where we came in....and they had flashlights. probably because we didnt come out right away. we decided to take an alternative exit. could have been bad news.

[arkive43]

lol i was expecting moar hard ghey pron shots rofl!!!!

[lucky7]

lol.

fuck it, couple more.
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i call this one, 'De-Toilet'.

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'motor city power violence'. not sure what that means.