A piece of history went up in smoke yesterday as the Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit burnt to the ground. A once mighty plant that was home to Ford's historic Model T and Studebaker's plant before they moved to their South Bend home in 1928. The fire was more devastating for the few businesses that were located in the big brick warehouse including a local family meat wholesaler. Detroit is in the midst of trying to preserve the remnants of "The Motor City" and this is one more blow to that effort.
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DGTLLVR @ Dec 18th 2005 10:32PM
I was in Detroit last year for two weeks. It's really sad how the entire downtown area is completely in ruins. There are so very many building there with real history. It would be a spectacular place with just a little investment from a few companies. The land is cheap and if the city council would pull their heads out for a second, I'm sure there would be generous tax breaks. It's sad that Detroit is losing a little more of it's history while they let the entire city just fall apart.
Hodgedog @ Dec 18th 2005 10:32PM
Sad
theautoprophet @ Dec 18th 2005 10:32PM
Correction: the Studebaker plant and the Model T plant are different buildings. The Model T plant survived, the Studebaker did not. See my blog article.
Adam @ Dec 18th 2005 10:32PM
this is sad even for a chevy lover. Any way, this is a sign of things to come. This could have significance to the ford fires. Hey go to fordfires.com