186 Comments for Packard Automotive Plant

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The volume of demolition debris here would be staggering.
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It's beautiful how the debris has shaped the erosion. That pipe clamp had a cool effect.
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Maybe the design department had the "Azure Blue" mixed in 1953? Planning ahead for 1957.
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If there's a place to see in Detroit, it's Packard! Thanks for the great post! The Packard plant project web site has not posted any new news clips since March of 2015. I wonder if it's running out of steam? Looky! August 2016 article in the Detroit Free Press with lots of info and hopes that work may start soon! http://www.freep.com/s...nt-detroit/87913012/
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Damn! And here all I was seeing was a few pipes. I had no idea! :o) "Dirty but happy, digging and scratching". Have you been spying on me?
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Massive piers on the left. Must had been some really big heavy pipes on those.
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Yeah, go kart races! The floor load specs on this place are amazing.
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Sniffing the paint just didn't have the same effect so they started shooting it up.
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I don't know who would dare, but the catwalk is a lot worse now I believe. Much bigger holes in it.
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Yeah, look at it all! At Packard! Amazing. Oh wait, this was 2007.
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Seven panes of glass at Packard that are NOT broken? Nooooo, really?!
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The one on the left has a STD.
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Every block around this place was packed solid with houses. Many thousands of families were supported by this monster complex for decades. What's left now? Oh look, there's some firewood on the floor to keep warm at night. Sleep tight, don't let the zombies bite.
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The massive reinforced concrete construction of this place made demolition a daunting task. Giant solid monolith complex that was made to be there forever.
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Those are tiny hot air balloons piloted by fleas.