The Detroit skyline during an epic sunrise - photographed from the Lee Plaza rooftop

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

First floor detail

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Room with a view

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The Fisher Building, seen through a hallway and open window in one of its apartments

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Front entrance detail

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Lee Plaza roof construction

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Roof construction detail

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Main staircase

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Incinerator in basement

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

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

The Lee in March 2023

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The Grand Boulevard entrance

By Sabrina Fitzwilliams for HistoricDetroit.org

The Grand Boulevard entrance

By Sabrina Fitzwilliams for HistoricDetroit.org

The main entrance of the Lee Plaza

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The hallways are filled with crumbled speed block and plaster as scrappers have left no wall un-destroyed.

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Life goes on outside the Lee as scrappers bring the landmark only closer to death.

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The gorgeous color of the Lee's exterior brick

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What once was a bathroom, destroyed by vandals and scrappers

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Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

Looking into a room through one of the holes punched through a wall by a scrapper

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Scrappers have destroyed every single floor and nearly every single wall in their quest for metal.

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

Time has stood still in some spots in the Lee.

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

Most of the rooms are still filled with furniture, though they have all been relieved of their copper plumbing and valuable metals.

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

Once one of the most iconic shots in all of Detroit ruin porn, someone finally put the piano in the ballroom out of its misery.

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The ballroom of the Lee Plaza

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Most of the ceiling rosettes in the dining room have been stolen or vanadlized.

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One of the only remaining ceiling rosettes in the dining room

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The dining room, off the Peacock Alley

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The ballroom of the Lee Plaza

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

Beauty among the devastation: The lobby ceiling of the Lee Plaza.

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The top of the Lee Plaza

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The top of the Lee with the Fisher Building in the distance

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The Detroit skyline peeks through the roof of the Lee Plaza

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

The ballroom of the Lee Plaza

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The Lee Plaza's ballroom

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

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

The lounge located off the Lee Plaza's lobby

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A detail of the ballroom of the Lee Plaza

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A ceiling detail in the Lee Plaza

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The entrance to the Lee Plaza's ballroom

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Peacock Alley in the Lee Plaza

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

The roof of the Lee Plaza

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The Fisher Building and Cadillac Place, seen through a hole in the roof of the Lee Plaza

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The Lee during sunrise on Aug 10, 2024

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The Lee Plaza from a distance on April 7, 2024.

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