Here's what the Wika-wika-pedia tells us about it.....
The Packard Automotive Plant is a former automobile-manufacturing factory in Detroit, Michigan where luxury Packard cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana.
The 3,500,000-square-foot (325,000 m2), plant was designed by Albert Kahn and is located on over 40 acres (0.142 km2) of land on East Grand Boulevard. It included the first use of reinforced concrete for industrial construction in Detroit.[1]
The Packard plant was opened in 1903 and at the time was considered the most modern automobile manufacturing facility in the world with skilled craftsmen who practiced over eighty trades.[citation needed] The factory closed in 1958, but the buildings remain standing as of 2012. The City of Detroit has pledged legal action to have it demolished or secured.[2] Portions of the upper floors of several small sections in various buildings have been demolished and lay in ruins in the wake of several aborted attempts at full-scale demolition over the years. Owing to the reinforced concrete construction, almost all but those small sections remain structurally sound.
Since its abandonment, the plant has served as a haven for graffiti artists, urban explorers, paintballers and auto scrappers. Scavengers have extensively stripped the buildings of wiring and other building materials. A number of the outer buildings were in use by businesses as recently as 2007; however, in 2010, after renting space in the plant for over 52 years, the last tenant, Chemical Processing, left in favor of nearby suburban Madison Heights.[3]
It's sad to see the city look like this in certain spots. but you (miss Cali) turned it into a site to see. it looks beautiful. We have talented people here in Detroit and another talented person from another state bring this talent to life......AMAZING MISS LADY.
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