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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
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Room with a view
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The Fisher Building, seen through a hallway and open window in one of its apartments
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Front entrance detail
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Lee Plaza roof construction
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Roof construction detail
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Main staircase
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Incinerator in basement
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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 Lee in March 2023
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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.
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The gorgeous color of the Lee's exterior brick
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What once was a bathroom, destroyed by vandals and scrappers
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The ballroom of the Lee Plaza
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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
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The dining room, off the Peacock Alley
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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
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The Detroit skyline peeks through the roof of the Lee Plaza
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Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org
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The ballroom of the Lee Plaza
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The Lee Plaza's ballroom
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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
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A ceiling detail in the Lee Plaza
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The entrance to the Lee Plaza's ballroom
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Peacock Alley in the Lee Plaza
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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
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The Lee during sunrise on Aug 10, 2024
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The Lee Plaza from a distance on April 7, 2024.
Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org