AJ Miller building Bellefontaine, Ohio

Mike Stevens

Mike Stevens

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I went by the old AJ Miller and Co building in Bellefontaine, Ohio today. The old 3 story part of the building is still standing. Looks the same as it did when we visited a couple years ago. My few contacts in Bellefontaine have promised to let me know if and when this part of procar history is scheduled to come down. We were told it was going to happen. Just not when. We will try to keep all interested parties up to date concerning this building.
Mike
 
Packard Plant. Detroit. MI

Not to hijack Mike's Thread But I was Watching the Detroit TV News and They said that the Packard Plant will be Demolished Soon. The New Owners Have Been Acquiring the Needed Permits. It Will cost 6 Million Dollars to Tear the Building Down.



Russ
 
the Packard plant

Russ,
No problems here. I hope someone around the Detroit area gets some decent pictures of the Packard plant before it is gone.
Mike
 
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Mike, glad to know the A.J. Miller building is still there. It's a nice place, I'd hate to see it torn down, though I really don't know what anyone would do with the place.

As for the Packard plant, I visited there after the Flint meet last year. It's in sorry shape, all of it. I took "good" pictures of what was left, but it's so ramshackle, the "good" pictures really aren't that attractive. And the complex is massive. I hate to see that go, too, but there's no saving it at this point, and for safety sake, it's probably better off torn down.

Indeed, the whole neighborhood around the Packard plant is like a ghost town. Very few cars on Grand Boulevard, which runs through the plant, which was once the "grand" boulevard of Detroit. There were tires and debris on the side streets, and no people visible. The houses and adjacent buildings are mostly vacant, except for a nearby firehouse. It was like "Life After People", very sad.
 
Packard Plant

Welcome to Detroit, a third world country. What you saw is mostly all over the city. There are some nice areas, but they are between bad, bad areas of the city. Detroit's hey days are long over and will never ever come back regardless of what you hear or see.

Even though the owner of the Packard Plant said he will tear it down, he has yet to obtain the necessary permits and their is a question if he has the proper funding to pay to have it tore down. He or the company says that the scrap metal in the plant would pay it off. However, the plant has been striped for years that their is a question about the value of the scrap metal that is left in the plant.
 
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