In the summer of 2018, Ford Motor Company purchased the historic Michigan Central Station, designed by Grand Central’s Warren and Wetmore, in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, hoping that the adaptive reuse of the existing structure would launch a full revitalization of the once-thriving neighborhood. Ford soon thereafter contacted PAU to create a 100-acre urban plan for the Station and its surrounding communities. Situated near active and de-commissioned rail lines, a large underutilized public park, and a major thoroughfare with grassroots retail community, the site has the opportunity to become a prime node in Detroit’s archipelago of urban districts. By concentrating short term investment in the Station, which has been redesigned by Quinn Evans, and the adjacent Albert Kahn building, redesigned by Gensler, the plan encourages moments of spontaneous interaction and collaboration not only between Ford employees, but also other tenants, academic partners, and the public. Throughout the plan and in concert with community desires, once vestigial spaces have been reconceived as multipurpose public places, such as a dedicated area for food trucks during the week and a farmer’s market on the weekend. Directly behind the station, and in accordance with the plan, historic train platforms are being repurposed as a public park designed by Mikyoung Kim, but with the potential for future train service preserved. The station recently re-opened to great fanfare, a harbinger of Detroit’s ongoing renaissance, as well as a gratifying reminder of the power of sensible, place-based planning.