Demolition of the long-vacant Packard auto plant in Detroit has begun after the current owner ignored court orders to apply for demolition permits.
DETROIT — Demolition of the long-vacantauto plant in Detroit started Thursday as crews began tearing apart an already crumbling exterior wall of the massive structure.
A demolition claw ripped and tugged on decades-old bricks and concrete along the upper floors of the old eastside factory that for generations has been aThe work follows up on a plan by Mayor Mike Duggan to start razing parts of the 3.5 million-square-foot Packard plant complex, which Peruvian developer and ownerThe city called Thursday's work an “emergency demolition.” The plant is among dozens of large structures that Detroit officials have identified to be torn down or renovated.
The Packard Automotive Co. built the plant in 1903, but by 1954, the structure had become obsolete andproduction was being done elsewhere. The company would go out of business a few years later. Detroit took over the complex in 1994 when an investor failed to pay taxes. Another company later took ownership but also would lose the property due to unpaid taxes.
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