Lost building, Detroit, 1958 to 1990
Greyhound Terminal (second)
Demolished in 1990
- Opened
- 1958
- Style
- Mid-Century Modern
- Torn down
- 1990
Designed by Arrasmith & Tyler, Clair Ditchy Associates and Clair W. Ditchy
Greyhound Terminal (second) stood in Detroit from 1958 until 1990. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
A parking garage
7 stories, Mapped as Ally Detroit Center Garage
Detroit's Greyhound Terminal, designed by Arrasmith & Tyler and Clair Ditchy Associates, stood on this spot for 32 years. It came down 36 years ago. Today the spot is a parking garage, mapped as Ally Detroit Center Garage.
- 1958 Opens Greyhound Terminal (second)
- 1989 Closes Greyhound Terminal (second)
- 1990 Comes down Greyhound Terminal (second)
- 2026 Today Parking garage
What is there now
A parking garage
- Today 7 stories, Mapped as Ally Detroit Center Garage Source: OpenStreetMap and County parcel records
- Greyhound Terminal (second) came down Source: Historic Detroit
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
In 1958, in the postwar boom, when Detroit's population peaked near two million, Greyhound Terminal (second) went up.
Clair Ditchy Associates, Clair W. Ditchy, and Arrasmith & Tyler drew the plans, working in Mid-Century Modern.
It is gone now, demolished in 1990, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1958 Built Designed by Arrasmith & Tyler, Clair Ditchy Associates, and Clair W. Ditchy
- 1989 Closed
- 1990 Demolished
- 2026 Today 36 years since it came down
Where it is
130 E. Congress St.
On this map
- 1 Greyhound Terminal (second) This place
- 2 Light Infantry Armory 160 ft
- 3 William Cotter Maybury Monument 240 ft
- 4 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 240 ft
- 5 Gayety Theatre 250 ft
- 6 Ally Detroit Center 280 ft
- 7 Normandie Hotel 330 ft
- 8 Vinton Building 350 ft
- 9 Reid Building 360 ft
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
Clair W. DitchyAmerican architect, 1891 to 1967. Designed Greyhound Terminal (second) (1958)
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McGregor Memorial Conference Center
Monument, built 1958, International Style
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Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Park, built 1960, by William Kapp
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Ford Auditorium
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Huntington Place
Building, built 1960, Mid-Century Modern, by Louis Rossetti
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WJBK-TV Studios Building
Building, built 1956, Georgian Revival, by John L. Volk
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Skyscraper, built 1955, International, by Harley, Ellington & Day
Photo: 42-BRT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
- Light Infantry Armory Structure, built 1886, Richardsonian Romanesque, by H.H. Richardson, demolished 1957 160 ft
- William Cotter Maybury Monument Monument, built 1912, Classic Revival 240 ft
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Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Skyscraper, built 1955, International, by Harley, Ellington & Day
Photo: 42-BRT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
240 ft
- Gayety Theatre Theater, built 1912, by William H. McElfatrick, demolished 1958 250 ft
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Ally Detroit Center
Skyscraper, built 1993, Postmodern, by Philip Johnson
Photo: WMrapids, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
280 ft
- Normandie Hotel Hotel, built 1890, demolished 1927 330 ft
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Vinton Building
Building, built 1917, Arts and Crafts-Romanesque, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
350 ft
- Reid Building Building, built 1896, Romanesque Revival, by Donaldson & Meier 360 ft
Sources
Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.