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Home»Posts tagged with»Abandoned Buildings (Page 3)

Exclusive: New Packard Plant owner at risk of losing property over delinquent taxes

By Steve Neavling on June 25, 2014   Abandoned Buildings, Art & Entertainment, Buildings, Headline  

Exclusive: New Packard Plant owner at risk of losing property over delinquent taxes

Peru-based developer Fernando Palazuelo is more than $80,000 delinquent on property taxes and late fees on the abandoned Packard Plant that he purchased six months ago at a tax-foreclosure auction.

Lens on Detroit: Historic Second Ave. undergoes transformation in Cass Corridor

By Steve Neavling on June 19, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Buildings, Headline, History, Lens On Detroit, posts  

Lens on Detroit: Historic Second Ave. undergoes transformation in Cass Corridor

Beginning next week, Second Avenue in the Cass Corridor and Midtown will become a two-way street, a sign of the incredible decline of the street since the 1930s.

Hantz Farms: Massive tree-planting project never intended to be job-generator

By Steve Neavling on May 18, 2014   Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, Headline, posts  

Hantz Farms: Massive tree-planting project never intended to be job-generator

When more than 1,000 people gathered to help plant trees Saturday, only a handful were compensated employees.

Photo gallery: Suspicious blaze devours historic church near downtown Detroit

By Steve Neavling on May 11, 2014   Fire, Lens On Detroit, posts  

Photo gallery: Suspicious blaze devours historic church near downtown Detroit

I arrived at the blaze on Woodward near downtown shortly after the first engine made the scene at 6:20 a.m. Flames were already busting through every window.

Chicago-area investor begins gutting asbestos-laden factory after tiff with city

By Steve Neavling on April 30, 2014   Abandoned Buildings, Art & Entertainment, Headline  

Chicago-area investor begins gutting asbestos-laden factory after tiff with city

The Department of Environmental Quality received complaints that Bill Hults was forcing employees to work around hazardous materials.

Detroit mulls graffiti task force as vandalism gets out of control

By Steve Neavling on April 29, 2014   Crime & Fire, Headline, Police, posts  

Detroit mulls graffiti task force as vandalism gets out of control

At a devastating clip, a new brand of graffiti vandals is hitting Detroit’s small businesses, historic and occupied buildings, freeway signs, church sanctuaries, houses and cars.

9 ways scrappers are destroying Detroit area

By Steve Neavling on April 11, 2014   Investigations, Lens On Detroit, Life in Detroit  

9 ways scrappers are destroying Detroit area

Scavengers are wreaking havoc for a small treasure of scrap metal.

Photo essay: Once-grand Gratiot Avenue in Detroit is deteriorating

By Steve Neavling on March 28, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Headline, History, Lens On Detroit, Photo Gallery, posts  

Photo essay: Once-grand Gratiot Avenue in Detroit is deteriorating

More than half of the buildings on Gratiot Ave. in Detroit are abandoned.

Wow! Extreme skiing at Packard Plant, other Detroit landmarks (video)

By Steve Neavling on December 9, 2013   Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, Headline, Life in Detroit, posts, Sports, The Packard Plant  

Wow! Extreme skiing at Packard Plant, other Detroit landmarks (video)

The exquisitely shot video features extreme, stomach-churning skiing.

Bidder must pay $1.8 million today to buy Packard Plant

By Steve Neavling on November 15, 2013   Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, Life in Detroit, posts, Real Estate, The Packard Plant  

Bidder must pay $1.8 million today to buy Packard Plant

Bill Hults already paid $200,000 in nonrefundable deposits for the 40-acre ruins.

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Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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