A look at the Belle Isle Zoo site, where excavator mulchers and wood grinders are clearing years of overgrowth before the building demolition begins - Photo from Nov. 11, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A look at the Belle Isle Zoo site, where excavator mulchers and wood grinders are clearing years of overgrowth before the building demolition begins - Photo from Nov. 11, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A look at the Belle Isle Zoo site, where excavator mulchers and wood grinders are clearing years of overgrowth before the building demolition begins - Photo from Nov. 11, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A look at the Belle Isle Zoo site, where excavator mulchers and wood grinders are clearing years of overgrowth before the building demolition begins - Photo from Nov. 11, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Nov. 17, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Nov. 17, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Nov. 17, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Nov. 17, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Nov. 17, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Nov. 17, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Nov. 17, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Nov. 17, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Nov. 17, 2025

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org