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The Detroit skyline during an epic sunrise - photographed from the Lee Plaza rooftop
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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First floor detail
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Room with a view
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The Fisher Building, seen through a hallway and open window in one of its apartments
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Front entrance detail
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Lee Plaza roof construction
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Roof construction detail
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Main staircase
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Incinerator in basement
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The Grand Boulevard entrance
By Sabrina Fitzwilliams for HistoricDetroit.org
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The Grand Boulevard entrance
By Sabrina Fitzwilliams for HistoricDetroit.org
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The main entrance of the Lee Plaza
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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The hallways are filled with crumbled speed block and plaster as scrappers have left no wall un-destroyed.
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Life goes on outside the Lee as scrappers bring the landmark only closer to death.
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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The gorgeous color of the Lee's exterior brick
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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What once was a bathroom, destroyed by vandals and scrappers
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Looking into a room through one of the holes punched through a wall by a scrapper
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Scrappers have destroyed every single floor and nearly every single wall in their quest for metal.
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Time has stood still in some spots in the Lee.
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Most of the rooms are still filled with furniture, though they have all been relieved of their copper plumbing and valuable metals.
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Once one of the most iconic shots in all of Detroit ruin porn, someone finally put the piano in the ballroom out of its misery.
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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The ballroom of the Lee Plaza
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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Most of the ceiling rosettes in the dining room have been stolen or vanadlized.
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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One of the only remaining ceiling rosettes in the dining room
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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The dining room, off the Peacock Alley
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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The ballroom of the Lee Plaza
Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org
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Beauty among the devastation: The lobby ceiling of the Lee Plaza.
Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org
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The top of the Lee Plaza
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The top of the Lee with the Fisher Building in the distance
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The Detroit skyline peeks through the roof of the Lee Plaza
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The ballroom of the Lee Plaza
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The Lee Plaza's ballroom
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The lounge located off the Lee Plaza's lobby
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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A detail of the ballroom of the Lee Plaza
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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A ceiling detail in the Lee Plaza
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The entrance to the Lee Plaza's ballroom
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Peacock Alley in the Lee Plaza
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The roof of the Lee Plaza
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The Fisher Building and Cadillac Place, seen through a hole in the roof of the Lee Plaza
Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
