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Exterior of the Packard Plant, left, next to boarded up houses on Detroit's east side, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The factory built in the early 1900s turned out high-end cars into the 1950s. It was considered one of the city's automotive jewels, but now is among the nation's most notorious examples of urban blight. Parts of the 3.5 million-square-foot, 40-acre Packard plant complex will be demolished by the year's end. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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