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Chamber

Chamber

The massive waiting room, modeled after a Roman bath house. Enormous pieces of the ceiling decoration have fallen off, but most of the debris has been cleared off the floor.

A fantastic historical photograph of the room can be found here.
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Amazing. . .
Amelia
Tue 12-08-2009
Reminds me of Penn Station in Baltimore.
Dylan
Tue 12-08-2009
OHMYGAWD - I LOVE the before and after shots, really makes you think. This looks like it could have been made into a library or some other kind of public place and reused.
eldokid@aol.com
Tue 12-08-2009
so sorry that lovely hanging light fixture wasnt available at the time of this photo, still however a massive grand old space!
LucieLou
Tue 12-08-2009
im speechless.
JAVA
Tue 12-08-2009
This reminds me of some of the great halls. It really was an elegant era.
TootUncommon
Tue 12-08-2009
Could be used as a opera house!!!!
Must have had stunning acoustics!
Canada
Wed 12-09-2009
Michelangelo would have loved this place
nick
Wed 12-09-2009
What a gorgeous space (well, it was anyway).!
Kathy W.
Wed 12-09-2009
GREAT perspective!
jenberry
Thu 12-10-2009
Buildings like this can never be done today, not the same thing at all..
MustaVeri
Fri 12-11-2009
Time has definitely taken its toll =(
Arianna
Fri 12-11-2009
I love the before and after shots too. Id love to have seen it back then.
Jackieb
Sat 12-12-2009
The before shot really puts into perspective how wasteful we are here in America. You would think that keeping the building up and re-configuring it into a purposful structure would have been cheaper than letting it go and then trying to come up with a fix.
pegasus64
Sun 12-13-2009
Unfortunately peg, the funds and prospective tenants that might save this structure do not exist. It would likely cost around $400m to build such a grand structure today, and half that to restore it. No economic infrastructure exists to support it. Zombie abatement alone would be quite costly. Oops.
autoguy
Sun 12-13-2009
THEY NEED TO SAVE THIS!!!!!
Joe
Mon 12-14-2009
Oh well can't see the before pic from work, blocked. So glad opacity's not blocked. I love checking out the great pix when it's slow here.
Graceful J
Wed 12-16-2009
Great stuff!!
igy569
Thu 12-17-2009
Dylan, U got it right
wanderer
Fri 12-18-2009
In England this would be a church and protected from further deterioration
Luis Arroyo
Fri 12-18-2009
Yeah that before pic is just amazing really. It is such a shame....awesome place......great photo Motts!!!!!
blue lamp
Sun 12-27-2009
I love this shot. The vastness of the space makes you feel really small.
binabinaaa
Mon 12-28-2009
what a shame we let our public places get like this. the economy in michigan has gone to the potty now, too, so I don't see any way out for this beautiful old building in the future =(
girljaye
Wed 12-30-2009
I just realized that this is where the music video for "Beautiful" by Eminem was shot. Awesome, i accidently stumbled upon this building in detroit and recognized it from this site, Amazing,
Ludlum
Wed 01-20-2010
I just realized that this is where the music video for "Beautiful" by Eminem was shot. Awesome, i accidently stumbled upon this building in detroit and recognized it from this site, Amazing,
Ludlum
Wed 01-20-2010
Wow, what a difference. This photograph is epic.
Celeste
Thu 02-04-2010
I think the reason why it looks clean is because I heard there is a group of people trying to clean up the place and save it. Just like the good old Buffalo Terminal.
Ozzy
Fri 02-12-2010
yeah they wanna make it like a homeland security/u.s. customs building or something. but once when i had been on the roof for some time, i walked into the lobby on my way out and some dude was there playing a trumpet.
dtones69@yahoo.com
Sat 06-12-2010
Mm, I was thinking of Buffalo Terminal too. Beautiful places, both.
gypsy74
Wed 04-20-2011

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