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June 22, 2005

dETROITfUNK — STUDEBAKER RIP

Filed under: Detroit, History, Photography — anton @ 9:27 am


dETROITfUNK

Impressive photo essay of the fire that destroyed the Studebaker building.

Other photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbantiki/sets/482924/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bewareofdog/sets/483562/
http://detroitarts.blogspot.com/2005/06/piquette-fire.html

Last night we lost a precious part of Detroits Automotive history. The City of Detroit owned Studebaker Plant and the connected Piquette Market were lost in a 5 alarm fire.

The Studebaker company occupied this facility from 1910 to 1932.

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  1. I also have photos before the fire here:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/sets/483931/

    Comment by SNWEB — June 23, 2005 @ 3:32 pm

  2. Thanks! It’s nice to have a reference when looking at the destruction.

    Comment by Anton — June 24, 2005 @ 7:23 am

  3. dFUNK has more before pics up on his site now:
    http://www.detroitfunk.com/archives/2005/06/_here_are_the_l.html

    Comment by Anton — June 24, 2005 @ 12:06 pm

  4. urbantiki has some more before pictures here:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbantiki/sets/204380/

    Comment by Anton — June 25, 2005 @ 12:42 pm

  5. dFunk has more pictures of the aftermath here:
    http://www.detroitfunk.com/archives/2005/06/aftermath.html

    Comment by Anton — June 27, 2005 @ 9:07 am

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    Comment by tbsqhwzouv — June 18, 2007 @ 1:00 pm

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