Quote Originally Posted by Richard View Post
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It looks like crap but as an open space factory and factory only it still has the structural bones where it could be revamped in a timely manner.

It is not the factory that is bringing the city down,it is the city and state that are bringing each other down,other states people are spending billions to build new factories but in Detroit and Michigan, the only view is still a scorch and burn your way to the future,it did not work in the 50s 60s and it will not work again,even more so now when factories are coming back in demand out of necessity.

Its the attitude of it’s the ugly factory that is holding us back,demolish it.

How about,we have this factory,what can we do as a city and state to encourage investors to put it back online.
I don't know what you mean by "scorch and burn" back in the '50s-'60s. Factories closed in Detroit then because of the Big 3 consolidating its power over the independents, cheaper labor down south for parts firms, they were aging multistory buildings, and there was little room to expand.

Companies that want factories go with single story structures. It's been like that for many decades. They also like big buffer zones between the building and the street. It's a lot easier to buy a few acres in Macomb Township or wherever and throw up a sheet metal shed than try to find some structurally stable parts of the Packard Plant and then renovate them.