Cars left in parking lots were broken into. Wind-blown red cups drifted onto exit ramps. Shards of glass were scattered across busy streets and sidewalks.
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The artist can’t understand why anyone would be offended that he posted a Nazi reference on a windowless overpass of the abandoned Packard Plant.
The cost to demolish six houses, level trees, till the land and clean up discarded tires and trash: just $200,000.
Ice accumulated a fire gutted an abandoned apartment building in Detroit Saturday morning.
The boulevard is lined with abandoned buildings and homes, new public housing and a few schools and churches.
With a bit of courage and muscle, we ascended the building, often using a precariously hanging fire escape, getting a rare glimpse of the interior.
On the east side, an abandoned dollar store and vacant house along Chene also were targeted with the same erratic paint patterns, presumably from a fire extinguisher packed with paint.
Thieves stole mausoleum doors, gates, stained glass windows, marble and other contents. About 12 mausoleum were ransacked.