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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 •

 
PHOTO BY JEROME RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.COM

Since its abandonment, the plant has been a haven for graffiti artists, urban explorers, paintballers and auto scrappers, and much of the wiring and other building material has been scavenged.

 

 
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In one incident, vandals pushed a dump truck off of the fourth floor.

 
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The Packard Motel is located at 1500 E. Grand Blvd., across the street from the former Packard Plant.

 
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Karen Nagher, the executive director of the nonprofit organization Preservation Wayne, stated that she was irked to see people come from "all over the world" to poke around Detroit.

 
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"Piece by piece, they're disassembling those buildings, making it harder and harder to restore them."

 
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Despite many years of neglect and abuse, the reinforced concrete structures remain mostly intact and structurally sound as of 2013.

 

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