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Lozier Motors, Detroit

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 This building has been scrapped down and burnt, obvious from satellite images; the remains later demolished, and this is all that is left of the once large car plant. The effect of the blaze in the office space, the ceiling collapsed to the floor. A miniature pond is forming in this small machine hole, neat. Here is an other building, it's a bathroom. You can't really get to the other 2 floors as the stairs are gone. - Nailhed. “Old Mack.”, https://www.nailhed.com/2018/10/old-mack.html.

Structural polymers LLC, Detroit

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This, is a plain, mostly demolished foam/polymer etc. distributor. Now this building is just a small office space, part of a larger building. This is the most newspaper I've seen in one space, definitely used by a homeless person. Cool view of an other abandoned through the bathroom window, secured with wire. This old wooden sign tipped me off on what the company did.

UAW Hall, Detroit

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 On a lonely road in Detroit lies the UAW Dance Hall, where performers performed and later, scrappers scrapped. The building is pretty hollow, and you couldn't have guessed what it was if not looking up the address. What it looks like behind the weathered wood. A spooky setup has been created around the bar. A couple trusses have been saved from scrapping. Second floor seems pretty plain, not even the graffiti artists are interested. - https://www.nailhed.com/2018/10/old-mack.html

DWSD Warehouse, Detroit

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 In eastern market is a fairly big pipe warehouse being renovated. It was the former Detroit Water & Sewage Department Warehouse which has stood abandoned for a while. The building was recently cleaned out. The loading bay here was massive could've been 30 feet tall? In fact every room feels bigger in this building. Obviously the remains of a boiler space, just pipes and what couldn't reach to scrap or gut. of the original boilers , which look a bit weird compared to the average cylinder. So much has been taken away by now. This room had some small ramshackle rooms and rubble; seen in older images of the building. Apparently a container appeared here recently too. This was probably an office space, judging by the fancier windows, and mazy walls. I found a freezing cold ladder that allowed me to reach a second floor, with access to the roof and a great view of the skyline. Walking back I found a small, tile & brick, coal shed, one of the remains of an old neighborhood t

Sparks-Withington, Jackson

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 An old car factory in Jackson, gone under after WW2. Sparks-Withington turned into a rent/lease warehouse. These are the remains. The classic mill-style saw tooth roof, in this instance a bit extreme, often seen in Albert Kahn architecture; lets in a lot of light depending on which way they're facing Trip 2 What an interesting space. Wonder what it would've been used for, the little red door seems to be untouched, and whatever was in there is long gone. Think that steel bar is a bit overboard for an old flimsy wooden door, which is also practically inaccessible due to the fact the barbed wire fence protecting this area faces a major road, there isn't a single graffito painted, or painted over in this entire area. The former switch-house seemed to be in here, no longer used. Everything is in such perfect condition too. A couple peaks inside the building reveal how empty it actually is. The window in this photo is completely gone, but I never went in on this trip because the

International Metals & Energy Technology, Jackson

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 There used to be a metal alloy company that had a spot in Jackson, this company is British and has a host of locations in many places around the world today. This is the south end of the building, or to the left of the image above. The metal roof-sheds are just the tip of an iceberg of hundreds of roof components used for lighting, ventilation and machinery. This seems to be a wood structure that was cobbled together inside the plant after the building was built, a very odd one too, it's a double story with a balcony and access ladder. Some very modern machines that record pressure and such; with gauges dials etc. These apparently were just been dumped here, they were in a very fine condition when stumbled upon. One of my oddest discoveries. There is a large courtyard in the middle of the building, with a hallway (left) separating it. This is seen on satellite imagery, but it may not have always been empty. There was also a ton of randomly scattered metal junk by the edges and som