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>> it is one of the most beautiful cities in america. it speaks of those industrial-age dreams of an endlessly glorious future. the people who built these structures, they were thinking big. >> they were. >> they were looking at a new rome and they built it, actually. its awesome here. ♪ ♪ >> maybe the worm started to turn here. the packard automotive plant. opened in 1903, it was considered the most advanced facility of its kind anywhere in the world. huge. epically proportioned. i mean 3.5...

That guy was steel. that guy was a doctor. this was what made america. the road started here. the automobile. frozen peas started here. credit on a mass scale started here. >> what was this like just before this? 20 years before? >> it was insane. in this one it was like twice as many people here. this is a consequence because all the whites went. they took their money. they took their factories. the black middle class maintained for a while. then it got too rough for them. so theres little pock...

That guy was steel. that guy was a doctor. this was what made america. the road started here. the automobile, frozen peas started here. credit on a mass scale started here. >> what was this like just before this? 20 years before? >> it was insane. there were like twice as many people here. this is a consequence because all the whites went, they took their money, they took their factories. the black middle class maintained for awhile, and then it got too rough for them. so theres little pockets o...

That was rubber. that guy was steel. that guy was a doctor. this was what made america. the road started here. the automobile, frozen peas started here. credit on a mass scale started here. >> what was this like just before this? 20 years before? >> it was insane. there were like twice as many people here. this is a consequence because all the whites went, they took their money, they took their factories. the black middle class maintained for awhile, and then it got too rough for them. so theres...

This was what made america. the road started here. the automobile. frozen peas started here. credit on a mass scale started here. >> what was this like just before this? 20 years before. >> it was insane. and this is when it was like twice as many people here. this is a consequence because all the whites went, they took their money, they took their factories. the black middle class maintained for a while. and then it got too rough for them. so theres little pockets of ferrell hippies and older b...

That guy was a doctor. this was what made america. the road started here. the automobile. frozen peas started here. credit on a mass scale started here. >> what was this like just before this? 20 years before. >> it was insane. and this is when it was like twice as many people here. this is a consequence because all the whites went, they took their money, they took their factories. the black middle class maintained for a while. and then it got too rough for them. so theres little pockets of ferr...

That guy was a doctor. this was what made america. the road started here. the automobile. frozen peas started here. credit on a mass scale started here. >> what was this like just before this? 20 years before? >> it was insane. in this one it was like twice as many people here. this is a consequence because all the whites went. they took their money. they took their factories. the black middle class maintained for a while. then it got too rough for them. so theres little pockets of feral hippies...

>> wow. if i were from detroit, would i be eating this with my hands or with a fork? >> probably with your hands. >> thats delicious. >> the building completely empty. >> empty. unbelievable. >> the white one is being rehabbed. theres money coming in. the one next to it on the right is completely empty. this is 140 square miles. so youre going to get tall grass. >> it is one of the most beautiful cities in america. it speaks of those industrial dreams of an endlessly glorious future. the people ...

Within five years. >> within the last five years? >> yeah. >> wow. if i were from detroit, would i be eating this with my hands or with a fork? >> probably with your hands. >> thats delicious. the one straight ahead with the green roof. >> the building completely empty. >> empty. unbelievable. >> the white one is being rehabbed. theres money coming in. the one next to it on the right is completely empty. this is 140 square miles. so youre going to get tall grass. its back to the wild. >> it is o...

>> within the last five years? >> yeah. >> wow. if i were from detroit, would i be eating this with my hands or with a fork? >> probably with your hands. >> thats delicious. >> the building completely empty. >> empty. unbelievable. >> the white one is being rehabbed. theres money coming in. the one next to it on the right is completely empty. this is 140 square miles. so youre going to get tall grass. >> it is one of the most beautiful cities in america. it speaks of those industrial dreams of a...