The big GM plant that used to greet visitors on Woodward Avenue has been demolished, leaving a weedy landscape of asphalt.

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The Cure, meanwhile, wrote a short instrumental called The Weedy Burtons, which featured as a hidden track on their debut album Three Imaginary Boys in 1979.

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"It's much better than a vacant lot that's all weedy, " he added.

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During a helicopter pass over the neighborhood, we saw concrete slabs and weedy spaces where houses once stood.

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Skinny and spotty, Wade would make a natural target at the best of times, but he aggravates the situation by stepping in to protect weedy Emmit (David Dorfman) and earns the mortal enmity of the vindictive Filkins (Alex Frost).

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