How 2 cities revived their train stations and ideas for MCS.
The Free press has a great story on how Kansas City and Nashville revived thier stations and it chould be a models for Michigan Central Station. Story comes with video.
http://www.freep.com/article/2009112...train-stations
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How 2 cities revived old train stations
Kansas City and Nashville could be models for Detroit
BY NAOMI R. PATTON
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
For years, train stations in Nashville Tenn., and Kansas City, Mo., were boarded-up eyesores. But millions of dollars later, they're anything but dingy. What about the Michigan Central Station in Detroit?
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