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Monday, October 15, 2018

Ford demands millions from taxpayers to rehab icon of Detroit's blight

Automaker’s plans come at a $740m price, of which taxpayers would cover $239m, and insists public assistance is necessary

For three decades, the 18-story, beaux arts Michigan Central Station sat vacant on downtown Detroit’s edge, a hulking, decaying symbol of the economic struggles in the city around it. Today, as greater downtown rebounds, it’s one of the last vestiges of an era the city is trying to put behind it.

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