Packard Factory
the Packard Factory is part of Hamtramck, United States.Interesting places in Packard Factory:
| Trinity Lutheran Cemetery |
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"Brother Al" #1 of 100
Made by ExcuseMySarcasm
I was looking at a REYES piece when I saw a beautiful dog sitting on the corner. I was a bit concerned as the Packard Plant is largely abandoned and isolated. The dog had on a collar but was filthy. I called a greeting out to the dog. He reacted with a ponderous sweep of his tail, but remained serenely sitting on the corner. I took this as a good sign and began to meander over to the dog. As I approached I heard scraping in the street to my right. I looked up and saw an older white man pulling some debris from a pile. At first I thought he was building something to block the road, but then I saw he was just removing a large plastic tarp from the pile. As I got to the corner the dog was overjoyed to have me approach him. His tail was wagging with a fervor that shook his whole body. As happy as the dog was his stance remained very low and submissive. I asked the dog if I could take his picture. This was when Brother Al came over and joined the conversation. Brother Al lives in the Packard Plant with his dog, Knucklehead and another puppy he offered to show me. He told me staying in the plant was just as safe as staying up north in the wilderness. He mostly wanted to talk about Jesus. He was saved at 61, two years ago. He pointed up the street where he had met the man that saved him. A man that supernaturally kicked the heroin habit. This man took Al to a church over on Chene that has biker preachers and all other sorts of characters. This came at a good time for Al as he was wrestling with a drug habit, as well as considering suicide. We talked for a while about religion, and he offered me a copy of the Koran (I had admitted that was one of the few religious texts I had not read). Our talk was occasionally interrupted by passing cars and Brother Al reigning in Knucklehead (who was wandering up and down, and in, the street). I wished Al a safe night and said farewell. He thanked me for listening to his testimony. This picture is #1 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
The Packard Plant in Detroit- abandoned in 1957
Made by Derek Farr ( DetroitDerek )
The Packard Plant first opened ( and built Packard cars ) in 1907 and was designed by Albert Kahn and originally covered 35 acres consisting of 40 connected buildings. The packard building closed in 1957. It is one of the most iconic ( and most frequently visited by photographers ) of the Detroit Ruins. I drive by here every week, and you can actually see an increase in the damage to this building weekly. This plant, located on Grand Blvd, at one time ran around the clock, had 40,000 workers, a grocery store, 2 schools, and a department store within it's complex.
Nick
Made by Keith Emmerich Photography
Just another day at the Packard, while talking with all the scrappers and watching them do there work on stripping the rest of the Packard, Nick decided to repel from about 50-60ft which he sucessfuly landed with just a little burn on his hands, as soon as he landed you could hear the yelling from inside the building that he jumped he jumped!!
Crumbled
Made by Keith Emmerich Photography
Inside the 3.5million sq ft of the abandoned Packard Plant...I shot a picture around this plastic the other day and I kept looking at the wood on the floor and the way the plastic is laying on the pallet and I could not wait to get back and take this picture.
Packard Plant
Made by SNWEB.ORG Photography
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Nearest places of interest:
| Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Fisher Body Plant 21 Heidelberg Project Mt. Elliott Cemetery | Eastown Theatre Gethsemane Cemetery Beth Olem Cemetary City of Hamtramck |
