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 JohnInMi
  
 |  | Packard Plant Fire ?
< on 6/30/2009 2:10 AM >
|  | | | I heard a very brief mention on radio station 101 WRIF this morning that there was a fire at the old Packard complex. Did anyone hear anything to this effect ?
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Stewie
    
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Male
kill your idols
| |  | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 1 on 6/30/2009 2:16 AM >
| | | | Yes, theres a thread on this already but I guess you can't see it. Apparently this one is a bit bigger than the last one but easier for them to fight since it's in a more accessible spot.
> The hierarchy of power dictates that the person with the most power does the least amount of work and retains the highest benefit. |
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yokes
 
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| |  | | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 2 on 6/30/2009 11:10 AM >
| | | | It seems it is set on fire about once a week.
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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GFDtrk7
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 3 on 7/1/2009 8:52 AM >
| | | | Or least once a month, a couple weeks ago the had "smoke showing from quarters" of the closest engine company, I think it was a roof fire again.
9/11/01 all gave some, some gave all. 343. |
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| | | | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 5 on 7/2/2009 6:03 PM >
| | | | http://www.flickr....uniper/3681885870/
| The other night three new blazes were set and 25 percent of the city's fire department fought it over the course of the night. They were still dousing the flames when I visited the next morning. |
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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leviathan-ish
Location: Saginaw, MI
Gender: Female
| | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 6 on 7/7/2009 2:19 PM >
| | | | Posted by JohnInMi
I heard a very brief mention on radio station 101 WRIF this morning that there was a fire at the old Packard complex. Did anyone hear anything to this effect ?
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We need to visit before it all goes up in flames.
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Air
Location: Canada
| | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 7 on 7/7/2009 7:07 PM >
| | | | "It hasn't produced a car since the 1950s but visiting journalists and douchebag photographers use it as some kind of symbol of the auto industry's decline."
http://www.flickr....uniper/3681885870/
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indeed...
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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D'void
Location: The Wild Mid-West
Gender: Male
Give me your $oul
| | | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 8 on 7/7/2009 8:26 PM >
| | | | Posted by Air 33
"It hasn't produced a car since the 1950s but visiting journalists and douchebag photographers use it as some kind of symbol of the auto industry's decline."
http://www.flickr....uniper/3681885870/
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indeed...
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Even though the place didn't produce a car since the 50's many, many auto suppliers did still operate out of there until the mid 80's. Hell there is still one company left there. Not to mention the place DID produce the finest automobiles of the first half of the century & helped the US win the War with it's ability to both manufacture and assemble tanks, boats, planes and weapons.
The reason so many "douchebag photographers" see it as a symbol of Americas Industrial decline is because that is exactly what it is.
EDIT:
sorry 
[last edit 7/7/2009 9:51 PM by D'void - edited 3 times]
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D'void
Location: The Wild Mid-West
Gender: Male
Give me your $oul
| | | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 10 on 7/7/2009 8:57 PM >
| | | | Posted by shotgun_mario
i'm pretty sure that air33 was quoting what was written on the flickr page, meaning whoever wrote that was targeting all of us as the douchebags... sarcasm is difficult to get across with text only communication.
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If that's the case then my bad.
I saw it was a link from sweetjuniper. Dude runs a blog and that would be something he would say. I can't stand him.
Sorry Air33, I didn't read the shit on that link.
/...egg.on.face...\
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SaraBellum
 
Berkshire Hunt
Location: Villa Villekulla
Gender: Female
Coming to a cinema near you this summer.
| | | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 11 on 7/7/2009 9:02 PM >
| | | | Posted by Air 33
indeed...
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While she was quoting from the Flickr page, this "indeed" made me think she was agreeing with them. I don't know, though.
[01:47:56] <GreyDeath> Sara just stares her enemies into submission and eventually madness
"You can either be wise or a bad-ass gangsta, but not both. You must choose your path." ~~metawaffle |
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Air
Location: Canada
| | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 12 on 7/7/2009 9:03 PM >
| | | | No problem, I just caught wind of it from someone who gave me a nudge via PM.
So I guess Packard is like the brickworks or Toronto, or Firestone of Hamilton, except with way more risk.
When was the machinery removed from this place?
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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D'void
Location: The Wild Mid-West
Gender: Male
Give me your $oul
| | | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 13 on 7/7/2009 9:56 PM >
| | | | Pretty much since the mid 70's-80's I guess. There isn't much documentation of that kind of stuff until the mid 90's.
The fires really aren't the thing that's going to make the building un-explorable. It's the freaking scrappers. The place will be crumbled / flattened in 5 years...tops.
again...my bad Air.
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Air
Location: Canada
| | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 14 on 7/8/2009 2:27 AM >
| | | | Posted by D'void
Pretty much since the mid 70's-80's I guess. There isn't much documentation of that kind of stuff until the mid 90's.
The fires really aren't the thing that's going to make the building un-explorable. It's the freaking scrappers. The place will be crumbled / flattened in 5 years...tops.
again...my bad Air.
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Its almost as if they are doing a favor, clearing stuff out. The city seems to want to do shit about it. The scrappers could be a part of the plan. I've run into scrappers a few times here, and they always seem to have keys to the place and have their pick-ups inside...or they are removing stuff like contaminated dirt at midnight via the back access.
I think everyone is in on it. 
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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Wilk
Location: NYC
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 15 on 7/8/2009 3:20 AM >
| | | | Posted by leviathan-ish
We need to visit before it all goes up in flames.
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Your in Saginaw, What are you waiting for!!
Ready for liftoff
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Wilk
Location: NYC
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 16 on 7/8/2009 3:22 AM >
| | | | Posted by D'void
Not to mention the place DID produce the finest automobiles of the first half of the century & helped the US win the War with it's ability to both manufacture and assemble tanks, boats, planes and weapons.
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Mmmmmmm, that's some good shit right there.
Ready for liftoff
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leviathan-ish
Location: Saginaw, MI
Gender: Female
| | Re: Packard Plant Fire ?
<Reply # 17 on 7/8/2009 5:46 AM >
| | | | Posted by Wilky
Your in Saginaw, What are you waiting for!!
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Soon, my pet, soon. Heh!
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