See my Packard Plant photo gallery here: freaktography.com/abandoned-detroit-packard-plant-2022/

@karenmilligan5597

2 жыл бұрын

The shots are awesome.

@davids9520

2 ай бұрын

Old news. See it now.

Very interesting The Packard plant is the reason I exist, My Mom left South eastern KY during World War 2 to work in Detroit in the Packard Plant, My Dad also came to Detroit to work as A securty guard at the Packard Plant, I was born in september 1944

I think the coolest thing was the tree growing around the fire hydrant. I remember seeing this place on "mysteries of the abandoned"

Detroit will always be The Car Capital of the World 💚😍😍😍🙏☀

There is something oddly beautiful about these places. Such interesting history too. I hope someone like a photographer documents the graffiti and overall sites. I would absolutely buy that book. Put current pictures next to the photos of what it looked like when it was in use.

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@christopherfortunato6018

Жыл бұрын

I could see bringing stylish old Packard autos to photograph among th ruins.

@christopherfortunato6018

Жыл бұрын

This is like going to Rome to see the Colosseum or other ruins.

@wildestcowboy2668

Жыл бұрын

​@@Freaktography You don't have to be afraid in Detroit however if u go to Memphis TN you could get ur AZZ whooped just walking up

I found Detroit to be a very sad place, to know it was once a thriving place and now it looks like a nuclear explosion went off, it is definitely cool to see all the abandoned buildings and imagine what it once was.

@ClaytonHartin

Жыл бұрын

Detroit made the US win WWll. GM produced tanks,jeeps,guns, and large trucks

@wildestcowboy2668

Жыл бұрын

​@@ClaytonHartin true that but then the baby boomers ruined the country.

@aimeekrieg9932

Жыл бұрын

Detroit was so awesome years ago, mainly the Auto industry made us. The Motor City was all that with the Big.3

@davids9520

2 ай бұрын

Things have changed.

I love how you give a narration during the video and also the music for this fit it perfectly. What a great video Dave. Keep these ones up

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much Nicole!

This place is amazing and I love the pictures that showed the old days thanks again for your amazing work

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Been to detroit many times when i was a kid. My great aunt lived close to detroit. I heard of this packard factory where homeless were living. Read it online somewhere. Thanks for the video

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

We need a government that has the ability and willingness to return the American auto industry to its former glory.

@Biosynchro

3 ай бұрын

The government won't be able to do anything except encourage a restoration. What they can do is get out of the way.

@benjaminschneider4555

2 ай бұрын

There was never a glamor of the automobile industry, there was only a gloss of cars, with too much chrome, too many tailfins and engines that were way too big

@benjaminschneider4555

2 ай бұрын

and unrealistically low government fuel prices

@Biosynchro

2 ай бұрын

@@benjaminschneider4555 And amazing cars. Although the 1970s models were awful.

@benjaminschneider4555

2 ай бұрын

The US auto industry probably destroyed itself with too much influence over politicians.

I really love the documentary style narration you did for this video! It makes it seem like something on National Geographic!

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks so much

The shot of the construction hat on top of the recliner is such a great shot. It's something hauntingly, beautiful about abandoned things, especially houses and buildings.

I realize I’m probably overthinking it, but I work in the automotive industry and seeing this video, makes me feel a little sad, thinking of a place that was once thriving and provided 40,000 jobs is now nothing a empty shell of its former self

Very nice video Dave. Photography and narrative and even the background music captured the sadness and the ambiance very nicely. Man can be so wasteful. Well done.

@lorrainebryan7552

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks William

Fantastic historic explore Dave. Wow! I love ruins and this is the ultimate ruin. Any updates about the demolition? 🤪 😜 gotta be careful here. Awesome Dave.

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much Claire

Yeah Detroit is coming up though!! Some places you don’t want to go but others are being put back together. A change in leadership and money coming in the area has changed a lot. There are big cities that have crime and vandalism everywhere

@Dallas_K

Жыл бұрын

Detroit has been "coming up" for 50 years. I got over it and left for Florida 15 years ago.

@mollendinousa

Жыл бұрын

Detroit coming up? 😂 some areas are nicer because it's getting gentrified.

Very nicely done! Good narration and subtle background music. I like how you included photos of the plant in its heyday juxtaposed with current footage, as well as the inclusion of things that happened there over the years. Good job!

You did apocalyptic Detroit proud. 👍🏻

Scariest night of my life: 1985- LONG before Google maps and even cell phones, I took a wrong turn on my way to Ann Arbor and ended up right in front of the Packard plant in a pretty shady neighborhood late one night. I have no idea how I made it home that night. Bad memories for me haha

@youcomic6776

2 жыл бұрын

You were lucky

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@youcomic6776

2 жыл бұрын

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@lorrainebryan7552

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have wanted to be in your shoes! Terrifying!!

@_Aurel1a

Жыл бұрын

You 42 😨

Hopefully there is enough time before the demolition for someone to go through and get footage of every part of this huge complex.

One of the prettiest cars ever is a '39 Packard.

This is an awesome video Dave. Myself I wouldn't want to live in Detroit. It's sad that those old vehicle manufacturing plants went out of business as well as several houses that sit abandoned in Detroit.

Wow, glad to see it is not quite as bad (yet) inside as it looks from the outside on the street. My wife and I took a paid/guided tour of the buildings in 2018 when they were still trying to refurbish parts of the complex into office buildings. It has a fascinating history and you did a good job with your video! When we were there they still had a full time security presence.

I mean it sucks to see a piece of history go like that, but I think it would be kind of neat in a way to allow local scrapers to come in and scrap what they can if they want it to go that bad, then just finish the rest with a demo company. Save money while helping someone earn a little bit of money. Had a small city do that here, they knocked an old factory down and allowed people to some in and load up their trucks and trailers with metal or well anything, City said it saved them more money than what it would of cost them to hire a demo company and then get rid of the stuff that could be scrapped. They had another company volunteer and clean up the stuff that wasn't able to be scrapped, kind of neat thing that most places wouldn't even allow you to do.

Super awesome and amazing video ❤🤗❤

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

i loved this one it was cool and the drone was perfect.. thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤ stay safe love ya

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch

The wonders of "Outsourcing can do for our "Beloved country😭

@TatTwerp369

11 ай бұрын

not due to typical automotive outsourcing we think of today, which is a result of globalization. two major factors that point to the downfall of packard are the manufacturing processes of the big three and the uaw. the big three simply could produce more with competitive prices. the uaw strikes caused the plant to shut down for ~1 month altogether - which is catastrophic for automotive manufacturing. packard was forced to accept the uaw’s price hike of $9mil/year (~$113,574,399 adjusting for inflation) when the company was already running on margin thin profits. essentially, the uaw was a large, final nail in the coffin.

The Packard plant is one amazing structure, should I say several 😂 that's beautiful and sad at the same time 👍☮️

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

It really is!

I work in Detroit at a warehouse and it truly is sad passing all the abandoned homes that were once cared for by so many and all the empty lots and streets

There's nothing there anymore. I grew up over there. We explored all the factories in the early 90's. There were still factories on the riverside of Jefferson, up and down Mack, and best of all was the train tracks below ground and the factories that connected to them like the Rickle Malt Co I think it was called. Theres also a river that ran under Mt Elliot by the cemetery, its prob still there. Theres a lot underground everywhere around downtown

wowwww so beautiful 🥰 imagine all the memories made there... So sad how it just sits abandoned now 😪

Been watchin your channel for about a year now great stuff me and my wife would love to explore thanks for the videos great job

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Crazy thank you for sharing about this lost history

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Incredible video and great narrative. Thank you!

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Sad. Look what opportunities we had here. Imagine getting a job right out of high school and then a car and a house. Just like that.

@bucktis9

Ай бұрын

yea what happened to those days

Parabéns pela incrível capacidade industrial de seu povo.

Welcome to the States! If you ever make it to Utah let me know, I won’t try to convert you.

Had many good and also bad times at the Packard Plant.. So sad to see it in the state it's in..

That is haunting video. Grandpa is smiling at a place in Americana ...here but long forgotten.

The plant is FINALLY being torn down. A small portion is suppose to be save and be renovated at a later time. Detroit now can scratched off the list as home of the world's largest abandoned factory.

Awesome video and photos. This location is now one of my favorites. Thank you for your work.

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

2:09 I have to dispute this. I'm born and raised across the river and frequently explore Detroit alone or with a buddy. And no, not just the downtown, New Center or Mexitown areas. Detroit is a city built for 2 million people but only has about 650K. I'll explore large treks of land/area and not encounter a single person.

It must have been a fantastic place to live in the 1950's

The engines you pictured being built during WW2 were the Rolls Royce Merlin engines they were contracted to build for the P51 Mustangs. Amazing history.

I have to correct you on a couple of points.The last car to roll out of this plant was 1954 . The car's then rolled out of a leased plant from Chrysler that was a single story plant in 1955 and 56. Starting in the 1950s, the auto manufacturers were starting to pull away from multi-story plants as they were less efficient . Although , the big three did have a handful of multi story plants that were operated into the 80's and 90's . This original Packard plant actually turned out cars of better quality than the single-story plant that was leased from Chrysler . The plant that Packard leased from Chrysler had many quality control teething problems , and they were not corrected until it was practically too late . By then , Packard was almost out of business. That is when those issues were finally worked out . But as I said it was too late.The tenants that were in this plant we're forced out by the city of Detroit because the then current owner then owed a great deal of back property taxes. The City of Detroit wanted to demolish the entire plant even then , and , has wanted to do so since the early 90"s . Now this debacle with Mr Palezuelo is once again making this a mess .Those tunnels you were in were made for supply of hot water for heating , bathrooms , and manufacturing processes . Also electric power from the powerhouse across the street . .

@Freaktography

8 ай бұрын

thanks for that info!

@vincentconsolo5782

8 ай бұрын

Oh you're quite welcome ! 🙂 GREAT video ! I wanted to make a disclaimer that I didn't mean for that to sound critical . You did a great job ! I interviewed Mr Pajezuelo's Project Manager at their Detroit office in 2015 for my masters thesis about how the small american car car companies called " independents " impacted the city of Detroit , and other states and cities for generations to come to the present day . I flew all the way from Los Angeles to Detroit for this .😄

@brewcrew5854

3 ай бұрын

nice bonus info ! i recall hearing that the Studebaker merger was a bit of a complication as the wheel base widths were different and they wouldnt properly ride on the tracking system at the plant. i operate a shop for perhaps the largest Packard collector in the country if not the world i have seen the best of the best that exist today .literally maybe 100 yards from where i sit

I’m near Detroit and always want to explore Packard

loved this one - what absolute desolation!! Quite a history associated with it. I'm so glad you got this great video in case it does get demolished. My family had an old Ford 'woody' that I vaguely remember then after my brothers birth my Dad came home with a big, black Packard with red leather seats. Wonder whatever happened to that............

Maybe they could turn the packard plant into a museum of some sort?

Great explore and commentary Dave! 👍

I mean to still be standing over 100 years later is pretty impressive.

I used to be one of those people who partied at the Packard . The best times were had there. I have a romantic relationship with it. Watching nature take it back is bittersweet.

Omg I was scared for u being there and I would never go there looks scarry great place foe a Halloween haunt

So cool 😎😎😎 wasn't sure I was going to like but loved the history and some of the art work keep it up your killing it

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

hey thanks

We are all Detroit

Nice coincidence, I was reading through historical documents in my home town of London Ontario. Apparently a sales manager at Packard moved from Detroit to my home town and built a short lived car brand. London Motors LLC. I believe was the name. Sadly it didn't appear to be do to well but its fun seeing the history connect.

I live about 45 minutes north of Detroit. Like everything else that is "ordered" to be demolished, this place is not coming down anytime soon. Detroit can't get around to tearing down all of the blighted houses it needs to...sure isn't going to get this huge job done in a reasonable time frame.

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

ya i laughed at that 90 day deadline!

@xPower4Goodx

Жыл бұрын

I work in that building with the white roof at the end of the plant. They’ve been making progress, but weather and crap like that has been putting some delays on it.

Thank you for not making the music overpowering over the narrator

Very informative thanks

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU

beautiful video

@Freaktography

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Absolutely gorgeous video. I've explored a few abandoned factories, but they completely pale in comparison to this monolith.

Bravo. Well done.

if you listen quietly, you can still hear people saying "ask the man that owns one" ....

Really enjoyed this one 😎

Looks like a good time.

When I explored it in 2002 there was a huge pile of shoes all in boxes similar to what is in this video also must have been a dumping site for tv's in another part just hundreds of tvs stacked up

there's been lot't of demolitian at that place since this video was posted, updates please.

I went there today. They are starting to take it down.

Se les olvidó mencionar que Royksopp utilizó también ésta instalación para la grabación de su video The Drug 👍

Going to be a sad day when it finally comes down. Neat place, though.

Packard was a integral part of the arsenal of democracy during WW2, their engines were used in untold eguipment, and their manufacturing capacity built all types of equipment used in the war, they definitely played a big part in the war effort, sad.

A question I have is , Why is the Packard plant so big? It seems that G M or Ford should have a site as big as this. Packard was not making a huge profit during its entire life. It is sad to see a site like this to rot away. Just think if we stopped buying all of the Chinese crap that is imported, ( there is no chance of cutting back on Chinese buying. It is all we have now ). There would be many companies that could move in the plant.

I can't believe it's been torn down now.

go a half mile north east and see the GM EV plant that has been producing millions of vehicles since 1980. It also has been converted to EV. You must understand the auto industry is fluid. Henry Ford founded two failed auto companies before opening Ford Motor Company.

3:24 👁👁 Damn I had to go back three times, I've never seen a🌳with a fire hydrant poking out, or a branch holding a pole...

I visited the plant in 2018, it was being guarded by security and a big redevelopment was planned. I guess the redevelopment never raised the capital to start, which isn't surprising to be honest, the site is too big.

they say they're destroying it now but from what it seems they've only done 1/8 of a block so far

They need to tear all of those unsightly buildings down. This will deter scum from living and dealing drugs.

What is the background music from about 7.30 min ??

This is what evil politicians can do to a thriving city.

Wonder if the Proving Grounds and the "New Engine Plant" (produced the v8 engines for the 1955 and 1956 model years,also some engines installed in Studebaker "Skypower" are somewhere nearby the Packard was probably the best American car during its heyday,although the last years seem to have had terrible problems with their underdeveloped automatic transmission which probably contributed to the demise of the brand,also the failure to update the old but good plant in favor of trying to assemble the cars in an undersized facility that was leased from Chrysler

Sad to see such once a grand place come to what is now this

Visiting the city owned property once was enough to buy my own piece of disused industry. A former brewery. Only yhre freight elevator was functional. Had a good time cleaning it, doing repairs, and out doing solo recreational walks amid the ruins. After a few years I swapped the title and got a fishing shack with a white trash bass boat on the Arkansas River. Why wait for anything better?

@jcee2259

Жыл бұрын

Ruin Porn - As art it solicits a judge from within us and a ruling. Any degree certification I leave to others.

I would like to know more now😂

And my hometown showed a lack of class and vision by not preserving the building and turning it into a museum.

It just tells you how long that site has been abandoned for when a tree has grown around a fire hydrant.

I'm glad I _'Inspired you to get your ass down there and spend a few hours shooting Packard'_ The person who fell down the elevator shaft actually fell at the Grand Trunk Warehouse, the Packard Plant is only 7 floors at it's tallest. I do have a collection of my raw photos in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYOh2saoqbTHmZc.html

@christopherburns6194

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making that correction the kid was at the beaches cold storage place 1921 East ferry the only connection with the packer plant is that the owner of 1921 East ferry also owns the packer and it is Fernando palazzolo

14:50 a pile of shoes? That looks really out of place

The Packard Plant has and will be partially demolished. Part of the building has been rehabbed. And is in use. Why has it taken so long? Owners of the plant have blocked the government. Slowly that is changing. Exploration will be a thing of the past. Demolition goes slowly. They are trying not to effect the surrounding neighborhoods.

what was that tunnel for at 6:31, i could not hear what you said?

@christopherburns6194

Жыл бұрын

That tunnel is a service tunnel for the electrical heating steam utilities

Bruh u might find a random packard in that vast complex

Heading there for 3 days on the 10 of October wanna meet up and explore?

Packard's glorious past, today's saddest story. What world auto globalization have wrought in America.

Taxes are too high making us uncompetitive even with superior quality. Blame your government.

Why hasn’t Ford cleaned that up?

Bro found da hood irl 💀

The female Wayne State University student was my oldest niece mother

Well it was great film photography some of your information was wrong the kid was at the Beatrice cold storage place at 1921 East ferry the only connection is that the packer plant owner on both buildings. The lady that was shot was not at the packer but it was down the street two blocks down and it open field across from a church at 1423 East Grand boulevard not the Packard. I know personally because I am the property manager at the packer plant currently and since 9/2014

It's a great shame that the restoration fell through.

Jimmy Hoffa where are you.

Sad.