Follow the link and watch the film, it's about 6 minutes but it's worth watching
Today, it is a mouldering ruin, a symbol of what was once a great industrial powerhouse. It's just blocks from the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant where +General Motors builds the Volt today. Time and scavengers are causing it to decompose even as artists and homeless people still occupy it. It's too dangerous for Detroit firefighters to go into to fight the flames that regularly spread.
As with so many other large abandoned properties in Detroit, the owners stopped paying taxes and the city has been trying for years to take possession and finally clean up the mess. Unlike some buildings that could be rehabilitated, this one is just too far gone to save.
The Packard Plant: Big. Ugly. Dangerous.
The Packard Plant, or what’s left of it, stands along East Grand Boulevard — a clear and present danger, an obstacle to redeveloping the near east side, a forlorn landmark for camera crews from aro…
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