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Packard Plant

August 31, 2024 - A view at Buildings 13 and 27, which are expected to be incorporated into future development plans for the site.

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Building 13 during sunrise/moon set on August 20, 2024

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March 28, 2024 sunset going through Building 13.

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Fall colors by Building 13 in October 2022.

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Sep 29, 2022

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Building 13 rooftop view on Aug 6, 2022

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Building 13 rooftop view on Aug 6, 2022

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View from Building 13 looking north at the corridor between buildings.

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View from Building 13 looking north at the corridor between buildings.

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Buildings 1, 2, and 3 with Building 5 peeking out in the center of the picture.

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August 6, 2022 - view at E. Grand Boulevard and Building 27 from Building 13 (Administration Building)

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May 13, 2022 - Detroit firefighters were called yet again to extinguish a fire set to a stolen car at the Packard Plant.

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A view at the east facade on Feb 2, 2022

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Spectacular sunrise on Apr 30, 2022

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Apr 30, 2022

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April 30, 2022

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A late night view at the east facade on Feb 2, 2022

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View at the east facades on Nov 28, 2020

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Packard Automotive Plant, Detroit - Skywalk between Building 13 and Building 1 on Nov 28, 2020

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Packard Automotive Plant, Detroit - A view at Building 1 on Nov 28, 2020

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The plant had a network of underground service tunnels.

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Near Building 1 in November 2020, a tree consuming a Fire Hydrant!

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November 2020

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November 2020, looking Southeast.

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November 2020, looking South.

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November 2020, looking southwest

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A Nov 2020 view from Building 21.

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A 2020 aerial view of the once-thriving but long-abandoned Packard Automotive Plant

Photo from the Library of Congress

A 2020 aerial view of the once-thriving but long-abandoned Packard Automotive Plant

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A Nov 2020 view from Building 19 looking south.

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Nov 14, 2020

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An April 2020 view at the Administration Building from Frontenac Ave.

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March 29, 2020

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March 29, 2020

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Looking west in March 2020.

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Looking Northeast on March 29, 2020.

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A view at the Administration Building in March 2020.

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Looking west in March 2020.

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December 2019, looking west from Canton St.

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Building 92 almost entirely collapsed in March 2019.

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Building 92 almost entirely collapsed in March 2019.

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Building 92 almost entirely collapsed in March 2019.

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March 9, 2019 - looking west at Building 92 (left) and Building 38 (right).

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Looking north on Concord Ave. in March 2019.

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An early morning view at Building 92 in March 2019 - looking west.

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Looking at the west facade of the North part of the plant in Feb 2019.

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The Packard Motel in Feb 2019.

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Looking northwest in Feb. 2019.

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An early morning view at the east facade of Building 35 in 2019.

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A February 2019 view of the surroundings on the east side of the Packard Plant. Building 35 is on the left.

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A February 2019 view of the surroundings on the east side of the Packard Plant.

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A view at Building 92 in Feb, 2019.

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The Boulevard Bridge a day after it collapsed on January 23, 2019.

Building 92 on July 16, 2017.

A 2017 view at Building 92 (left) and remnants of Building 90a on the left.

Graffiti in Building 38 in 2017.

Looking north from Building 37 in July 2017

Looking west toward Building 92 from Building 35.

A view at the rooftops of building 34 from building 33.

A 2017 view at the Boulevard Bridge from the northwest corner of Building 27.

Packard Automotive Plant, Detroit - A 2017 view at the Boulevard Bridge from the northwest corner of Building 27. 2017 view at building 34 in the center of the image.

Looking north in 2017, with remnents of building 90a on the right and Trinity Cemetery on the left.

Near Building 34 on former Bellevue Ave. - Photo from 2017

Packard Automotive Plant, Detroit - Looking north from building 92

A 2017 view of the remnants of Building 90a, which once served as a crane-way for unloading railroad cars that pulled inside. This building was linked to the shed-like Buildings 47-52, where machining and body & frame work for Packard's truck division took place.

View from the 4th floor of Building 92 in July 2017, looking north.

A telelens view from building 92 looking north.

Looking South in July 2017

A 2017 view from the highest point at the Packard Plant (Building 5), looking southwest. The rooftop of building 5 had already collapsed at the time.

Rooftop view from Building 21 looking south

The Boulevard Bridge in July 2017

View at Building #5, the tallest building in the complex, looking northeast. To the left (west) of #5 used to be Buildings 7, 8, 9, and 23 which had been demolished by the city in the late 1990s.

The bridge over East Grand Boulevard on March 15, 2011.

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