Abandoned Packard Plant sells for surprising $6 million
The symbol of Detroit’s industrial decline attracted 111 bids from around the world.
Packard Plant bids reach $225,000 as auction ends today
Whoever buys the lawless wasteland will incur hefty costs for a property that is constantly on fire and crumbling.
Group tours at Packard Plant? Visitors placed at risk
For whatever reason, the risks aren’t deterring opportunists from profiting off of group tours of the cavernous ruins.
Tourists carjacked while taking photos at Packard Plant
The carjacking is just the latest attack at what has become a lawless wasteland on Detroit’s east side.
Police: Packard Plant isn’t our problem, despite scrapping
DPD denies evidence of a brazen, dangerous scrapping operation that is putting motorists and residents at risk.
Bold scrappers cause partial collapse at Packard Plant
Firefighters perused the debris for a scrapper who had become pinned in the debris.
World-famous Kronk Gym knocked out by neglect in Detroit
Hopes of reviving the building vanished with the death of legendary boxing trainer Emanuel Steward.
Will Packard Plant see new life? Plans comes down to wire
Time is running out for a developer to transform Detroit’s symbol of industrial decline into housing, restaurants, retail space, offices and a hotel.
Crime lab becomes hideout for armed robbers, thugs
Brush Park residents and Tigers fans are getting robbed, sometimes at gunpoint.
Vigilantes are attacking graffiti writers in Detroit
Fed up with the inundation of graffiti, some Detroiters are taking matters into their own hands