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A Tour of the Soon-To-Be-Demolished Packard Automotive Plant

• E. Grand Boulevard & Concord Street • Detroit, MI • Dec. 27, 2013 •

 
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The 3,500,000-square-foot plant was designed by Albert Kahn and is located on over 40 acres of land on East Grand Boulevard on the city's east side.

 

 
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It included the first use of reinforced concrete for industrial construction in Detroit.

 
PHOTO BY JEROME RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.COM

The Packard plant was opened in 1903 and at the time was considered the most modern automobile manufacturing facility in the world with skilled craftsmen who practiced over eighty trades.

 
PHOTO BY GLORIA RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.COM

The factory complex closed in 1958, though other businesses operated on the premises or used it for storage until the late 1990s.

 
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A number of the outer buildings were in use by businesses up through the early 2000s.

 
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In 2010, the owner of the last remaining lessee, Chemical Processing, announced his intention to vacate the premises after 52 years.

 

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