Comments on: Ford Proving Grounds, Dearborn

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:57:28 +0000

The building with the Ford logo on top is actually not part of the Proving Grounds, it’s Ford’s Conference & Event Center: http://www.cec.ford.com/

Formerly, the awesome Spirit of Ford museum.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:47:27 +0000

I used to work right across the street from that building; it's the Ford Motor Company Car & Historical Museum. The Proving Ground did used to be an airfield; Henry built it in 1924. Interestingly, Ford has apparently done the "logo from the air" thing for quite a while, as seen in that article.

By: repsac

repsac — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:41:31 +0000

If you look closely, going at angles from the large + sign near the middle of the picture, you can see the remnants of the airplane runways from when this particular plant produced planes for WW2.

By: Ravaaron

Ravaaron — Tue, 03 May 2005 04:21:33 +0000

w00t ford owns

By: Luc

Luc — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 05:24:08 +0000

I can imagine a lot of companies will start adding a big logo on their roof to advertise as satellite shots like this get more popular…

By: Pierre

Pierre — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:00:05 +0000

Just northeast of the “Ford” roof sign, between Village Road and Michigan Avenue is Greenfield Village, which contains a large number of historical buildings spanning several centuries, most of which were reconstructed at this sight. Well worth a day’s visit!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:50:29 +0000

Placemark: Just north of there / Google Earth

That’s a lot of parking!