Re: Packard Plant

Posted by tom abel On 2023/12/7 14:42:44

was just giving reasons on why we should restore anyting whether a 41 packard sitting in a field or the plant it came from. once a car is crushed or building torn down thats it their gone for good.if elon musk or some other billionare wants to donate money to fix up the plant i say go for it.be carefull about terms like urban blight or decay. detriot is nothing but urban decay.however i have seen some historic buildings there have been restored recently such as the union station project and others.i dont feel that demolishing the packard plant would be that much of an improvement. remember one day a millenial or gen z government official may tell you to crush your 30s packard because its decay or damages our planet etc. as for memories they can age well or poorly,but for me i'd rather drive my car or walk into a small piece of restored packard plant than to just have a memory of them. im no building engineer so its not in my bailiwick to decide wether the building is salvageable or not.but over the years there were cars i was told to crush because they were not restorable but i restored and drove and enjoyed them anyway.its funny how memories of things change especially the further time moves us away from them.