From cars to homes: Vacant Packard Plant to get new life?
It would be a fitting new chapter for a factory that has come to symbolize Detroit’s decline.
Explore crumbling remains of newly bought Packard Plant
Over the past two months, we’ve chronicled what’s left of the plant – blocks of crumbling buildings, ravaged by scrappers, fire and extreme weather.
Scary shopper, super creep: Shopping while female in Detroit
I jumped and let out a slight squeal. This guy was right up on me. Again.
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.
Willie Horton to be honored at old Tiger Stadium site
Organizers will re-create the most famous, storied defensive play in Tigers history.
Bold scrappers cause partial collapse at Packard Plant
Firefighters perused the debris for a scrapper who had become pinned in the debris.