The Old Bus Station

[EastsideAl]

Correct. The Civic Center Motel which took up the Larned side of the station building.

[stasu1213]

Correct. The Civic Center Motel which took up the Larned side of the station building.

D
ddot bus terminal was a block north in Cadillac Square. Does anyone have photos of it during the 70s

[EastsideAl]

D
ddot bus terminal was a block north in Cadillac Square. Does anyone have photos of it during the 70s

Interestingly, there's just such a picture posted at the top of the same thread where I found the '60s picture of the bus station [[the first thread linked by DetroitPlanner above).

This photo can be dated pretty precisely I think by the construction status of the Ren Cen in the background:

[DetroitPlanner]

Interestingly, there's just such a picture posted at the top of the same thread where I found the '60s picture of the bus station [[the first thread linked by DetroitPlanner above).

This photo can be dated pretty precisely I think by the construction status of the Ren Cen in the background:

Cadillac Square functioned so much better back then.
Too bad it looks better now!

[EastsideAl]

Cadillac Square functioned so much better back then.
Too bad it looks better now!

The current Cadillac Square is an enormous improvement over those days. One of the few pieces of really good urban design downtown. That bus station was barren, ugly and nasty, and was exceeded only by the dark, dank horror of the one in Capitol Park.

[DetroitPlanner]

The current Cadillac Square is an enormous improvement over those days. One of the few pieces of really good urban design downtown. That bus station was barren, ugly and nasty, and was exceeded only by the dark, dank horror of the one in Capitol Park.

I agree all that pavement was ugly. The whole area was awful to walk across or drive through.

However, a bus station needs to be close to the job center to be effective. The new location is not quite as convenient for those who work in the offices [[unless they work at the Fed Building or AT&T).

[EastsideAl]

I agree all that pavement was ugly. The whole area was awful to walk across or drive through.

However, a bus station needs to be close to the job center to be effective. The new location is not quite as convenient for those who work in the offices [[unless they work at the Fed Building or AT&T).

Of course, the whole problem could have been solved by building the originally proposed plan...

...but somehow that never happened.

[stasu1213]

Cadillac Square functioned so much better back then.
Too bad it looks better now!

This particular bus structure was razed in 1985 to make room for an ugly dark brownish colored bus structure which was eventually razed fourteen years later

[Richard]

Interestingly, there's just such a picture posted at the top of the same thread where I found the '60s picture of the bus station [[the first thread linked by DetroitPlanner above).

This photo can be dated pretty precisely I think by the construction status of the Ren Cen in the background:

Well ,at least they had some fine Corinthian leather to lounge about in near by.