Detroit razes big eyesores, looks to redevelopment (Video)

(5 Jul 2022) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4387185 ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 26 May 2022 1. Various of crews demolishing a series of vacant row houses Annotation: Detroit has razed more than 20,000 vacant and abandoned houses since 2014, when it exited the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Annotation: But the city's ongoing war against blight is far from won. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 April 2022 2. Various of a vacant business, including a fence held together by rusty chains Annotation: Detroit still is home to scores of deteriorating apartment buildings, car washes and other large vacant eyesores. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 April 2022 3. A vacant car wash 4. A vacant school ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 May 2022 5. A vacant auto plant Annotation: Including vestiges of its automotive past that are massive and expensive to demolish. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 April 2022 6. Various of the vacant school, including signs that warn against trespassing and suspicious activities ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 May 2022 7. The vacant auto plant 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Antoine Bryant, Detroit planning and development director: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "It's something that we have to deal with a lot with our industrial footprints. They take up a lot of land. But one of the things that the city is going to aggressively look is: How can we add to the city as opposed to just taking away?" ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 April 2022 9. The rear of the vacant school Annotation: Detroit and cities across the U.S. are looking to rid themselves of deserted monstrosities and open up the resulting spaces for redevelopment. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 26 May 2022 10. A sign indicates that people should stay away from the site of the old row houses 11. A worker unspools some caution tape ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 May 2022 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Antoine Bryant, Detroit planning and development director: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ "There's an opportunity for us to now refocus. We're still addressing that, still addressing the residential capacity that needs to be demolished, but now it gives us an ability to transfer and really address some of the largest eyesores that dot across this entire city." 13. Various of the vacant Packard plant Annotation: Chief among them is the Packard plant. ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Detroit 7 May 1959 14. STILL of the Packard plant Annotation: The factory was built in the early 20th century and turned out high-end cars for the well-to-do into the 1950s. ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: New York 12 December 1945 15. STILL of New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia looking over a Packard Deluxe clipper model ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 May 2022 16. Various of the Packard plant, including a stuffed bear hanging from a rope as well as a chair and hard hat Annotation: It was considered one of the city's automotive jewels, but now is among the most notorious examples of "ruin porn" in the nation. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 May 2022 17. Business owner Crystal Glass looks at the Packard plant while speaking to a reporter Annotation: Crystal Glass runs a social club in the shadows of the Packard. Annotation: She wants it gone. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 11 May 2022 18. Various of both the exterior and interior of the Packard plant 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Crystal Glass, Detroit business owner: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++ 20. The Packard plant Annotation: The old plant is among 100 large structures identified by the city to be torn down or renovated for future use. ASSOCIATED PRESS Detroit 26 May 2022 Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6e3ca1680f4a4801b5bbc47baef6f037