Detroit's Packard Plant Demolition. August, 2024, Update: One Section To Go! No More Rooftop Trees!

[@wolfiethedog76]

People want to save this and that about this plant but have ZERO practical ideas for reasons why. You can't save everything....

[@chamberizer]

Good Riddance you say? It was a part of Detroit's Heritage. My father worked there during WW2 making Merlin Engines. I have heard the structure was built really strong. Too Bad is more like it?

[@1940limited]

Agreed.

[@RogerMudd-gh4ms]

Another ugly, empty lot. But, I like industrial ruins.

[@wk7060]

Very sad to see a piece of history go.

[@THEM-BONES-1]

Hope they save the water tower. Iconic symbol IMHO.

[@davids9520]

At some point, you'll need to do a before and after photos of the demolition on the Packard plant.

[@roywhitman7109]

Truly amazing how much area that plant covered!!

[@CTCDetroit]

My Father worked for Packard in the 1950s.

[@garywelker8398]

We went thru the same thing in Kenosha Wi. I worked there for 42 years for AMC, Renault and Chrysler. Now it's all gone. The Lakefront plant turned into high dollar condos and a park. Main plant is finally being transferred into a " BEAUTIFUL " something, IDK !

[@TheMW2informer]

I’m not happy to see it go, there goes the cities history, same thing happened in my city, turned their back on their heritage and what built the city.

[@cooltwittertag]

The heritage turned its back on detroit first

[@gregsmith7428]

Packard closed in 1956 and it's taken 68 years to finally tear it down. Talk about speed!

[@jumo5893]

The wheels of bureaucracy turn slow🤣

[@jamespn]

It’s about time, the Packard plant was closed in 1956.

[@707camel]

I never comment, but your videos are very informative and amazing to watch. I love watching the changes to the city slowly rising like a Phoenix.

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Hey_Its_J_ay]

I know that most people are happy to see it go but I'm a little sad. I would have loved to have seen it but it's gone. It was part of the great cities history. Thanks for at least showing us Frankai, I do appreciate your videos on the Packard Plant.

[@SpecialK1147blackbutterfly]

I completely understand what you're saying about the plant..sad but hopefully have a happy ending . We know things change. Nothing stays the same . Love Detroit 💕 comeback

[@1940limited]

I'm sad to see it go,all those jobs, the industry itself. imagine what it must have been like when that plant was humming.

[@Hey_Its_J_ay]

@@1940limited So true, the rich history. I know it was an eye sore but looking back at videos at once it was, it was a very cool industry that supported a lot of people. Wish I could have seen it.

[@kevinguitar1224]

I wonder why Greenfield Village hasn't taken the water tower. Would be a great addition to their collection. Unless they tried and were denied!

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

The plant has been privately owned, so maybe yes.

[@andrewcrawford4635]

I’m glad the tower is still in place. It would be great if it can be saved and placed somewhere else. So many water towers that were in Detroit have been destroyed.

[@larrysorenson4789]

New, huge, fabulous “Justice Center”. Must have cost hundreds of millions. What a beauty. Then you drive last it through residential areas where every house is abandoned, burnt out, half standing. And the little businesses in brick buildings are all gone; glass broken out, graffiti, and windows boarded up. Weeds everywhere. They must need lots of justice there.

[@michaelanthonyvideos]

It’s a good narration, Frankie!

[@gillgetter3004]

I believe the last cars rolled out in the year I was born 1958.

[@ScottyToaster]

That water tower is magnificent. Sure do wish it could be saved. Thanks for the update.

[@louislamonte334]

It's still sad that they couldn't have reused these historic structures in some way.

[@hemibeep]

What does the orange paint represent?

[@cyrysvonnachtseite4546]

The footbridge collapsed onto the road a few years ago

[@ronnieperdue2977]

Born in Alabama we moved to Cincinnati Ohio and then Detroit Michigan east side of Detroit Michigan remember walking by the old Packard plant many moons ago Ludington new company was further down farmer jack young barbecue etc . Remember them days and times

[@kenscholfield5936]

Use to deliver there years ago for an Electrical Company we did business with. I wonder where they could have moved to or if they are still in business.

[@grahamcombs4752]

I worked in the Packard plant in the late seventies after graduating from WSU. At that time it was owned by United Technology's Essex Automotive division. At this point, yes, time say goodbye to this slumping collection of buildings. At this point the City and Metropolitan Detroit should continue on redevelopment. It was an auto plant not the Coliseum in Rome...

[@mitchkelleher7972]

Sad in several ways as the once great Packard's death and its rotting factory is so emblematic of Detroit, a once thriving powerful city that declined, but the hanging onto it is part of the problem. If it could have been revived or reinvented, it would have been sometime in the 60 odd years it's been sitting, but that time is not returning and the building can no longer meet the needs of the present. To turn to meet the demands of the future and reinvent itself, Detroit must look forward and put haunting ghosts like this to rest. It can be tough to face, but all these kinds of things do is hold one back.

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

@mitchkelleher7972 thanks and yes!

[@bulgingbattery2050]

The Packard plant is currently in the process of being demolished.

[@joeyager8479]

Like others, I'm sad to see it go, but it's been mostly abandoned since 1958. In 66 years there hasn't been a viable use for it, though there have been numerous proposals. The final size of the production floor space was 3.5 million square feet. Way more than any one company could use. Over the years many proposals and alternate uses have failed. During that time it slowly deteriorated to the point that it no longer has any viable potential.

[@kpadmirer]

After Packard closed, it was found that multi-story auto plants were inefficient and uneconomical.

[@bulgingbattery2050]

Derelict homes are being renovated/repaired. Some of them are lost causes, while others are not.

[@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ]

Beautiful places, freshly laid asphalt. If I had the opportunity and the means, I would live there.🤩😋

[@1940limited]

What happens to the water tower?

[@markwickk]

It only took fifty years.. Detroit never ceases to amaze me . I'm so very very happy I DON'T live in corrupt Wayne county .👌

[@lafawnodon1889]

"Fantastic,What Ever Is Decided That They Like To Do!"Just Do Something With It Has Been Empty As Long As I Am Old Over 65 Years Old!!!"

[@garydelcourt2791]

How much are they keeping?

[@billfountain856]

I would edit out the first 3 min 45 sec which was just driving to the location. Can you do one final video in early Jan '25 showing the completed project? Thanks !!

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

@billfountain856 Thanks for watching and discovering us. We upload daily featuring different progress updates in Detroit, and yes, we will! We have been back to the plant 3 times since this and progress continues.

[@scottblodgett1536]

What are the crossroads and how do you get there from 94? Or 75.

[@michaelhawkins5530]

The Federal government is paying for the demolition. Detroit has zero dollars to take on a demolition of this size. If the Feds (you and I) didn't pay for this, it would have sat there forever.

[@alleyoop1234]

My 1939 Packard was not built in that plant!

[@davids9520]

Pole Town East needs a new name. Great Woods Avenue?

[@scandalousprogareth]

anything further?

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

Thanks and Certainly! We have been updating the Site regularly, as well as much more in our daily uploads. You're invited to check out our channel and recent videos for a good look.

[@scandalousprogareth]

I found your shorts just after I’d posted this. Thank you for documenting I’m not from Detroit but I’ve visited a few times and the took a look around the plant around a decade ago. I can understand why the people living there want it gone but I’m glad I got to visit and photo before it came down. ​@@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback

[@annamarirabissi141]

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@wm3138]

Gonna be just one more empty lot.

[@l.a.crenshaw5952]

at least the packard plant is gone forever i hope , what a wasteland , it stood emty for as long as i live, 66 years.

[@1940limited]

Where did Detroit get the money to pave roads and build that huge Justice Center?

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

@1940limited since bankruptcy, Detroit has been experiencing balanced budgets and has invested its covid cash wisely.

[@peterjaniceforan3080]

Detroit 👍

[@a.d.ggaming1877]

Wow it’s almost all gone

[@1940limited]

Gone now!

[@samac4750]

Aren’t they going to demolish Detroit all together? We used to build things there but politicians destroyed it

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

​@samac4750 Most of the blight has already been cleared. We invite you to watch more of our videos and see the comeback for yourself.

[@PhantasyStarved]

new pavement in outer neighborhood residential streets WHAT MADNESS IS THIS

[@JagGuy2000]

So if you were one of the stalwart residents that survived the worst of it and still live on those streets as evidenced by the occupied homes that were shown, would you think that all but un-drivable streets were okay?

[@brianandlindafairchild1237]

The old Packard plant looks to be a good candidate for a solar energy farm. Would that be a viable option?

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

Thanks and yes! The madness of road repavement has been happening throughout the city in recent years.

[@1940limited]

How mad is the huge justice center? who paid for that and is it really needed. How big a buildign do you need for justice?

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

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