The Albert Kahn designed Packard Auto Plant opened in 1903 and made Packard automobiles until 1956. During WW2 the plant made engines for Mustang fighter planes. A young Betty White actually filmed a experimental tv show at the facility in 1939, and the AMC TV show Low Winter Sun filmed there in April 2013. . It closed in 1958, but was used by squatters, techno DJ, and others throughout the years. The decaying building was bought in 2013 by Spanish investor Fernando Palazuelo, It was purchased for $405,000 on December 12, 2013. Palazuelo would sell the building in 2020, but would fight the city of Detroit in October of 2021 when the city deemed the remaining buildings hazardous and ordered many of the lots torn down over Palazuelo's objections.

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Sourch This reporters Docmenters.com coverage of the Detroit City Council Public Health and Safety committee meeting where the first decision was made by the council to raze the plant.

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Images of the Packard Plant

Credit The Packard Plant Project website.

http://packardplantproject.com/