Video: Incredible aerial views of Detroit’s train station, Belle Isle, Packard, more
The beautifully captured video features the Fox Theatre, Belle Isle, Michigan Central Station, the Packard Plant and Comerica Park.
Billboards depict Detroit as industrial wasteland ruined by UAW
The crumbling Packard Plant is featured on a billboard aimed at fighting UAW efforts.
Biohazards, medical records languish in abandoned Detroit nursing home
A Grosse Pointe Park company closed the building and left behind bloody syringes, prescription pills, medical supplies and thousands of confidential medical records stacked from the floor to the ceiling.
Plan: Restore Detroit Boat Club, transform into boutique hotel
A Hong Kong-based investor wants to return the historic jewel on Belle Isle back to its original beauty and create a boutique hotel with 100 to 120 rooms and restaurants.
5 crazy videos of thrill-seekers testing limits at vacant Packard Plant
To many, the abandoned Packard Plant is a decaying eyesore that would be better off demolished. But to others, the sprawling ruins are something entirely different. 1. If you’re scared of heights, this video may make you queasy. A few brave urban explorers ascend the deteriorating water tower that stands tall above the Packard Plant. […]
New security at Packard Plant chases away long-time scrappers
Over the past two years, scrappers have grown bolder and more reckless, causing fires, tearing down buildings and trying to topple the enormous water tower.
Historic, newly renovated high-rise in Detroit evacuated after pipes burst
Today’s below-zero temperatures were to blame, causing flooding in the basement of the 34-story building and the loss of electricity.
Urban explorers find dead body inside Packard Plant in Detroit
Photographers exploring the abandoned Packard Plant in Detroit made a disturbing discovery on Christmas eve – a dead body.
Second stage of demo begins on historic Brewster-Douglass project
The Brewsters are the nation’s first publicly funded housing project for black people.
Heidelberg Project reaches fundraising goal of $50,000 following fires
The fundraiser is aimed at protecting the installations of lost art.