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The Once and Future Packard Plant Site

The Once and Future Packard Plant Site

by Albert Kahn Legacy admin | Feb 18, 2026 | News, Preservation, Uncategorized

By John Gallagher – For the Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation. Albert Kahn was still a young man when he designed Detroit’s historic Packard Plant at the dawn of the 20th century. The sprawling industrial site that emerged from Kahn’s drawing table did more than establish...

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