Lee Plaza - Pre-Restoration Photos (Interior)
Lee Plaza
A view of the Lee Plaza's Ballroom - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
A view of the Ballroom looking through the Peacock Alley concourse into the Dining Room - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
Looking from the foyer along the Peacock Alley concourse on first floor - Photo from Dec. 13, 2020
A view of the west lounge on the first floor - Photo from Dec. 13, 2020
A view of the dining room before restoration - Photo from Dec. 13, 2020
Looking from the foyer along the Peacock Alley concourse on first floor - Photo from Jul. 13, 2022
A view of the Ballroom - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
A close-up view of the woodwork inside the dining room - Photo from Dec. 13, 2020
A different view of the Ballroom - Photo from Dec. 13, 2020
A view of the Lee Plaza's first floor - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
A view of the Lee Plaza's upper floors - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
The Fisher Building, seen through a hallway and open window in one of the apartments - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
A view of the Lee Plaza's foyer on the first floor - Photo from Dec. 13, 2020
A view of the Lee Plaza's first floor - Photo from Dec. 13, 2020
A view of the Lee Plaza's first floor - Photo from Dec. 13, 2020
A close-up view of some of the detail inside the Lee Plaza's Ballroom - Photo from Dec. 15, 2020
A ceiling detail in the Lee Plaza
A close-up view of the doors leading into the Ballroom - Dec. 15, 2020
A view of the devastation inside the Lee Plaza before restoration - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
Detroit, MI - A view of the devastation inside the Lee Plaza before restoration - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
A view of the Lee Plaza's upper floors - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
A view of the Lee Plaza's upper floors - Photo from Jan. 19, 2017
A close-up view of the Ballroom - Dec. 15, 2020
A view of the Detroit skyline from the Lee Plaza rooftop - Dec. 15, 2020
A view of the Lee Plaza's rooftop - Photo from Dec. 15, 2020
A view of the Lee Plaza's rooftop - Photo from Dec. 15, 2020
The Detroit skyline peeks through the roof of the Lee Plaza
A view of the Lee Plaza's rooftop - Photo from Jul. 13, 2022
A close-up view of the Lee Plaza's roof frame - Photo from Jul. 13, 2022
The Fisher Building and Cadillac Place, seen through a hole in the roof of the Lee Plaza
An artistic view of Detroit from the Lee Plaza rooftop - Photo from Jul. 13, 2023
A view of the Lee Plaza's Incinerator room in the basement - Photo from Dec. 13, 2020
The hallways are filled with crumbled speed block and plaster as scrappers have left no wall un-destroyed.
Life goes on outside the Lee as scrappers bring the landmark only closer to death.
What once was a bathroom, destroyed by vandals and scrappers
Looking into a room through one of the holes punched through a wall by a scrapper
Scrappers have destroyed every single floor and nearly every single wall in their quest for metal.
Time has stood still in some spots in the Lee.
Most of the rooms are still filled with furniture, though they have all been relieved of their copper plumbing and valuable metals.
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.
The ballroom of the Lee Plaza
Most of the ceiling rosettes in the dining room have been stolen or vanadlized.
One of the only remaining ceiling rosettes in the dining room
The dining room, off the Peacock Alley
The ballroom of the Lee Plaza
Beauty among the devastation: The lobby ceiling of the Lee Plaza.