After years of neglect and decay, Michigan Central Station in Detroit moves beyond its celebrated resurrection to welcome Tuesday the first Ford Motor Co. teams that will begin working as the second tenant of the station’s tower.
This development at the Corktown site at 2001 Fifteenth St., off Michigan Avenue, marks the latest milestone of an innovation district first envisioned by Bill Ford, chair of the 101-year-old automaker that transformed the Motor City.
Seeing Ford workers move into the iconic building, once the symbol of the city’s hopelessness and now a beacon of hope, is a moment native Detroiters across the country have waited to witness…