Renaissance Center station is a Detroit People Mover station in downtownDetroit, Michigan. It is located on Jefferson Avenue at Beaubien Boulevard, attached to the Renaissance Center complex. The station's lobby is located inside the Renaissance Center, on its second floor, with a street-level entrance connected by an elevator; a skybridge connects the lobby to the station structure.
The original Renaissance Center station opened with the system on July 31, 1987, and was built into a large concrete berm separating the Center from downtown Detroit. The station and berms were demolished in September 2002, after which the current station was completed, opening on November 22, 2004.[3][4][5]
The People Mover shut down temporarily on March 30, 2020, due to decreased ridership amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Following the system's May 2022 restart, the station reopened on September 14, 2022.[7]
Public art
Both the original and rebuilt stations opened with tile mosaics created by George Woodman. The original station's work, Dreamers and Voyagers Come to Detroit, consisted of hundreds of multicolored hexagonal tiles, designed by Woodman to connect in infinite combinations.[8] It was destroyed in 2002 with the station's demolition, and Woodman was commissioned to design a replacement work, Path Games, for the new station.[5]Path Games emulates its predecessor, with 2,625 square tiles of similar design.[9]
