Packard Factory to finally come down?

Posted by Kevin On 2012/3/2 6:56:48

I won't believe it until I see it, but the wrecking ball is supposedly coming to East Grand Boulevard. The site for this article contains links to other articles about the plant, as well as a couple of slideshows:http://www.freep.com/article/20120301/NEWS01/120301073

Packard Motor ruins to be demolished
11:35 PM, March 1, 2012

By Bill Laitner
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

The man who Detroit officials say is responsible for the aging Packard Motor Car plant - which has become a worldwide symbol of the city's decay - is on the verge of demolishing it.

Dominic Cristini, who has claimed ownership of the disputed property on the city's east side, has had contractors surveying the industrial ruins for four months and is merely awaiting demolition permits, said Mike Carlomusto, owner of AVC Services in Harrison Township.

"We've got big lights going up next week (and) we're going to put fencing all around it" to keep scavengers out after razing of the historic Albert Kahn complex begins, Carlomusto said Thursday.

"It's 3.3 million square feet. That's a lot to take down," he said, although Cristini expects that the value of recovered scrap metal will cover the millions of dollars for the demolition tab.