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This April 4, 2017 photo in Detroit shows the vacant Packard car plant on the city's east side. Fernando Palazuelo's optimism, and $405,000 at a tax foreclosure auction, appeared to resuscitate life in the rusted iron lung of the hulking and crumbling car plant. That was more than three years ago and promises by the Peruvian developer to replace the symbol of Detroit's urban decay with bright apartments, busy shops and art galleries have yet to rise from the building's rubble. (AP Photo/Corey Willams)

This April 4, 2017 photo in Detroit shows the vacant Packard car plant on the city's east side. Fernando Palazuelo's optimism, and $405,000 at a tax foreclosure auction, appeared to resuscitate life in the rusted iron lung of the hulking and crumbling car plant. That was more than three years ago and promises by the Peruvian developer to replace the symbol of Detroit's urban decay with bright apartments, busy shops and art galleries have yet to rise from the building's rubble. (AP Photo/Corey Willams)

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