I work in Gary, at one of the steel mills. I drive by most of these places daily. I am always amazed by the architectural details of all of these amazing buildings and facilities. I always wonder what it was all like at its peak, before I was born, I was born in 1971. The decay has been ongoing, my entire life. I was born in a Gary hospital and I went to Pittman Square elementary. Both are gone. Lew Wallace was a short walk from my childhood home. It recently closed and a state of decay has already started to become visible. Man, how I would love to be able to see it all at it's peak.

@gibbyswife9218

2 жыл бұрын

@Robert D. I was fortunate to grow up in Gary in it's thriving Glory Days when all the good things you heard about Gary when it was at it's prime, is very true. I grew up in Glen Park in the 1960's. I went to Franklin Elementary School. If we hadn't moved, I would have attended Lew Wallace. (You know the area well !!) There used to be so many good things about Gary that those who never had the chance to experience those Golden Days, could ever imagine. There aren't a whole lot of us left that remember Gary as a great place to grow up, way back then. The best stories come from Gary's own citizens. I'd love to hear more of your stories, too, if you ever want to share them. Gary people are special in our own way. Oh, how I wish I had pictures of Broadway from back then. I really want to Thank You for sharing your story! When you are young, you can't wait to "be older" and "get big". When you are "older" and "big" (lol) you yearn for those long ago childhood days. I hear and can see some places are gratefully getting cleaned up. Even in some places, whole blocks at a time! I sure hope Gary can be renewed in the near future. Thank you for your time.😊

@gibbyswife9218

2 жыл бұрын

Oh! The Steel City Storm Channel here on KZread is making some great new changes with new videos all the time. It's going to be a lot of fun👍

@jaysmith179

2 жыл бұрын

Look up Steel City Storm. He did a lot of these places. He went inside.

@rodneytrawick2202

2 жыл бұрын

I ,too, was born in Gary . Gary Methodist Hospital in 1974

@danielreynolds6498

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story of your home town .. can you tell me what happened to Gary to send it into a slow decay .. seems so sad buildings .. businesses.. and people’s homes where families grew up .. just Deteriorating .. what happened to Gary ?

I grew up in Gary when all of those places, schools, churches, hospitals, were thriving and beautiful. I remember field trips to the Gary Post Tribune building as a kid and eating lunch there as an adult. The Foot Ball O-Rama at Gilroy Stadium. Every weekend going to the Palace Theater. My sister and son graduated from Lew Wallace. So sad. But I still love Gary.

@Nate-ln1qk

3 жыл бұрын

And you always will love Gary, It will never leave you I know I'm from Flint Michigan

@jonijacques2453

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nate-ln1qk ❤❤❤

@gibbyswife9218

2 жыл бұрын

@joni jacques 🙋‍♀️ joni I am from The Steel City Storm Channel We have commented to each other before. I just wanted to say Hi.😊💞

@jonijacques2453

2 жыл бұрын

@@gibbyswife9218 Hi, I'm fine. How are you? Thank you for reaching out! I really appreciate it!

@gibbyswife9218

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonijacques2453 Yes, of course! Thank you! I sure wish more people understood Gary's transformation. I really liked your positive input. There is a much bigger picture of the story of Gary, many have not known. There was a different Gary that existed here. It was a great place to live. I will always love Gary, too. It's my Hometown. 🙋‍♀️TTYL , joni 🙋‍♀️💞

Both my husband and I were born in Gary in the 1930's. I was born at the Methodist Hospital, and my parents moved to Hammond shortly after my birth. My husband was born at his home on Fillmore Street in the Glen Park area, and lived in the house until he joined the Navy in 1956. Both of my parents and husband went to Lew Wallace School (K - grade 12). For numbers of hears Lew Wallace School was one of the top rated schools scholastically in Indiana. How sad to see it now, as I believe it is scheduled to be torn down. This video was so sad -- I can remember when Gary was a very nice city.

Never been anywhere near Gary. Wanted to compliment the creator on a beautiful, professional production. Ideal soundtrack for the morbid reality of each new scene. Highly entertaining - thank you 💥

@artofexp

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated. Will be visiting the Motor City soon and hope to do a similar video.

Graduated from Lew Wallace in 1955 at that time Gary was a wonderful thriving community to grow up in.I moved out of state in 1962 but came back on a yearly basis as I still had my immediate family living in Glen Park.It was so sad to witness the rather rapid decline of my once thriving home town.My parents have since passed away but still have a sister that lives in Crown Point so I still get back once a year for a visit.I was so very very sad to see the once beautiful Lew Wallace closed. So many happy memories there .

I've been to Gary a few times and seen some of these locations inside and out. You did a fantastic job with the drone and the way you put the video together looks great thanks for the aerial tour.

@artofexp

2 жыл бұрын

Gary is amazing but sadly losing some of these historic places. Lew Wallace was demolished in November.

@RogueExploration

2 жыл бұрын

@@artofexp The auditorium was demolished sometime last year the place that had the pink piano. I heard rumors Gary Methodist is slated for demo too

You have done an amazing job both in compilation and photography. The biggest surprise for me was the US Post Office; most gut wrenching were the schools.

@davidmelnick9480

2 жыл бұрын

I went to Aetna elementary from 1966-1972! Kennedy king Jr. high from 1972-1974 ! And wirt high school from 1972-1976 and moved to phoenix, Arizona!

Brings tears to my eyes...

US Steel employed most of the city and paid good wages and benefits that could support a family. Gary produced, for a long time, the majority of our steel. In the 70s, foreign competition, automation and newer technologies and materials led to the departure and those who could afford to leave did. It is sad for many reasons...you see the rust belt cities, many of which were one industry towns, become ghost towns but also for the palpable loss felt driving through (btw if you don’t live here, drive quickly, keep doors locked and stay on the main open roads; just be respectful) it is apparent an exodus beginning in 1970 based on graphics seen in signage and architecture. Not many updates beyond new gas stations and fast food.

@artofexp

2 жыл бұрын

Great post. During that time period Gary also experienced White Flight to nearby areas such Merrillville. Gary did add the Genesis Center in the 1980s to try and boost tourism but only had 1 major event - Miss America 2001.

Sad to se this beautiful old buildings destroyed.😔

@artofexp

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame too because nothing will happen with most of these properties. They just aren’t needed in Gary anymore and are too far gone.

@jaysmith179

2 жыл бұрын

Folks started voting Democrat and this is what happens

imagine if the jackson 5 never existed, maybe michael jackson would be still living there as a regular person moonwalking around

You can thank Richard Hatcher.

Wow, Thanks for this!

Thanks! Gary was beautiful in the 70s.

My father taught Shop Class in Gary from 1928 to 1959 at the three high schools shown in this video. I can't imagine how sad he'd be at what has become of them if he were still alive. Such a shame.

@realnamehidden0160

11 ай бұрын

Hey I explored every highschool in Indiana Gary, I found and kept pictured that date back to the 1945-1960s also in some I found 1970-1990 also in Horace I searched deep into the dept below I found this disturbing chamber room that felt very negative vibes then on walls it had written messages about being raped.

Fantastic drone shots!

Took the bus from Miller to Gary on Saturday mornings. For the matinees at the Palace Theater. I like the Drone work.

@mikeknuckles6430

Жыл бұрын

We lived in Milllerthen moved to Ryan subdivision where we build a home

I was married in that abandoned church.

I went to Emerson in my Freshman and Sophomore years before it closed in 1981, graduated from Horace Mann.

@artofexp

Жыл бұрын

There’s a video of Emerson on the inside also on this channel

@realnamehidden0160

11 ай бұрын

I explored Horace Mann and let me tell you it was disturbing. The more below depts you explore the more you will find.

My parents moved to Gary in 1961 from Harlan Kentucky. I went into the service in 1968 Gary was booming. When I returned in 1972 the town was starting to fall apart.

@TOMLittle-kb3qg

11 ай бұрын

About the same timeframe and circumstance, came back to the world, did not recognize Gary, about got mugged buying Christmas at the Village Shopping Center. Applied for a permit to carry next day.

I grew up in Gary. Went to El Dubb and Velt. Then Martin Luther King. Most of my friends were dead before I graduated high school. Gary is cursed. The Grim Reaper owns Gary, Indiana.

I went to the Palace theater on Saturday

Sweet drone footage.

I’d love to go see these places in person (with a group obviously) but I am a bit worried. I’ve heard from relatives that it isn’t exactly the safest place

@bradystechandgaming8923

2 жыл бұрын

yes, gary gets a bad rap, my best recommandation is to go with a friend that has concealed carry

Tragic. Deeply moving and utterly depressing. How can a city recover fro m that?

@2006gtobob

2 жыл бұрын

What's happening right now, for now, several buildings along Broadway have been and are being demolished and completely removed. Sad to see them go, but their usefulness ended decades ago.

@jaysmith179

2 жыл бұрын

Folks started voting Democrat and this is what happens

@mellowenigma8862

2 жыл бұрын

Move out certain demographics. And things will turn around in a matter of months.

Like scenes from an Apocalyptic movie, but sadly, this is real. So sad

I lived in Gary for about a decade and coming from a huge city that had everything to a city that lived in the past was extremely depressing. So many abandoned buildings that are just rotting away instead of tearing them down. I met so many ppl that talked about how it use to be. So sad!!! I'm so glad I didn't stay there and the ppl I knew..... most moved out of Indiana and onto greater things.

When the industries moved out, so did the people who could afford to.

@artofexp

3 жыл бұрын

If you search online Gary Indiana 1950's there's a beautiful picture of the main street in Gary called Broadway jam packed with people, cars, shops and now it's just dead.

@johnthiel7422

3 жыл бұрын

@@artofexp I used to walk Broadway when I was a kid. The big decline started in the late 1960s, and really took off in the mid 70s. Just a shallow form of itself. like I said , when industry started heading out so did the people who could afford to.

@jaysmith179

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnthiel7422 Folks started voting Democrat and this is what happens.

Lew Wallace, after whom the school was named, was from Indiana and was a general in the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war, he wrote a book of fiction called Ben-Hur, which told of life in the time of Jesus in what is now Israel. The actor Charlton Heston drove a horse-drawn chariot in a race in one of the three movies based on the story told in Ben-Hur.

Now I'm depressed after watching that.

Look up Steel City Storm. He did a lot of these places. He went inside.

what kind of drone did u use? im wondering whats a good drone for starting out with aerial photography that's under a few hundred bucks. Awesome work , nice footage of these historic sites. Wont be long before alot of them r collapsed.

@artofexp

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks it’s a DJI Mini 2. Perfect size for traveling.

Was a great city in the 50,s an 60,s .

@jaysmith179

2 жыл бұрын

Folks started voting Democrat and this is what happens

@clifarwood9536

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaysmith179 Well Jay i hate to tell you a fascist President dam sure was not the answer an there always a recession after the republicans have been in so it is not the Democrats Trump had a solid economy thanks to Obama with the pandemic he tanked it before he was out an set up road blocks for Biden because he a sore loser he divided are country an he spent 7 trillion while in office so do not blame the Democrats there was a lot of smart republicans that new Trump was not the man for the job.

@clifarwood9536

2 жыл бұрын

An Safe

Top vidioz broo

This is very Sad to me. I lived in Gary on West 23rd at

Nice😊

I remember the Mayoral election between them Mayor Katz and the infamous Richard Hatch or I was living in Terry town, on the westside, I was walking down the street and suddenly heard a low flying helicopter. I looked up to see and BOOM! A bundle of papers has been thrown from the helicopter, hit the street with such force, they got caught up in the wind of it all and scattered all over the block for quite a distance. They were political cartoons for then Mayor Katz warning what would happen to our beautiful ❤️ city if Hatcher were elected. Boy was Katz right. I am African American and just a child, but I liked Mayor Katz. Too bad he lost and you see what Hatcher did to our once beautiful city.

@mellowenigma8862

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. It is the truth.

Lots of places for ghosts and entities to hang out. Last saw it 10 years ago and it was post-apocalyptic then. I'm amazed that Anybody still lives there.

@artofexp

3 жыл бұрын

I think the hospital would be most haunted. Michael Jackson was born there you never know.

@johnholliday5874

3 жыл бұрын

@@artofexp For sure. If you have ever watched Nuke's Top 5, people are always exploring abandoned places and catch all kinds of creepy stuff.

@toastedprinny

3 жыл бұрын

It's not so bad out here honestly, If you where what places to avoid it's actually not hard to live here... Racism is pretty bad here, but black vs white as opposed to the opposite that people normally hear about. I'm actually tempted to take my drone out again and scout around me since a few places have been torn down and such in an attempt to remove crack houses and other places that aren't in use.

@kryptism

3 жыл бұрын

Have u heard of the Demon House of Gary? Formally owned by Keisha Edmunds!

@johnholliday5874

3 жыл бұрын

@@kryptism Zak Bagans bought it and made a doc about it. So creeped the wife out she couldn't finish it. Then he had it demolished.

Nice footage. Would move to Gary if I could - cheap housing, less people. Gary still has has potential.

@artofexp

3 жыл бұрын

I do hope Gary can turn around. Would be great if some major company invested in the people of Gary and opened up shop there.

@Djack20121993

3 жыл бұрын

@@artofexp i think it will, it's just going to take time

@Nate-ln1qk

3 жыл бұрын

@@artofexp Gary will never come back and if it do it will be full of zombies

@leonardovalladares4315

3 жыл бұрын

gary is a shit hole i would never ever go there again yet alone move there

@kevinxanity4113

3 жыл бұрын

@@leonardovalladares4315 wow I was thinking about moving there I guess not

Look at how the gov.has let this go.i was born and raised there so sad ..

Looks like from s-f movie "12 Monkeys" with Bruce Willis.

It all just sits there and continues to decay. What will ever become of these treasures?

This is what happens when you outsource to foreign countries.

@Nate-ln1qk

3 жыл бұрын

No that is what happens when your city don't diversify

@richardanderson9079

3 жыл бұрын

No that's what happens when you elect Democrats.

@caguck

2 жыл бұрын

good point

@PerfectInterview

2 жыл бұрын

Economists say globalization is good because it lowers the cost of goods for everyone. But they forget to calculate the cost of job loss, property devaluation, crime, and multi generational poverty, which should be counted against any savings realized by importing cheaper good and materials.

@jaysmith179

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nate-ln1qk Folks started voting Democrat and this is what happens

At 6:49 the top of that steaple was copper, some how that copper dome was removed by scrappers. Yes, some crazy people risked their lives and climbed some 60-70 feet to cash in that copper all with out being seen. Stupid people doing stupid things.

@artofexp

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! Someone also climbed the top of the theatre and stole the terra cotta off the sides of the column. You can see the front facing terra cotta remains still at least.

Worked in a sister plant in Gary the company sold it and now is an empty spot

Why doesn't he combine these with the 4k videos of how many used to live there in the 50s...I can't find the link..just saw them.. split screen style

@gibbyswife9218

2 жыл бұрын

@ryan brown I'd love to see the 4k videos!!

Are the Rebels & the Diablos still there? Is union station still the hang out spot for the Rebs?

@artofexp

3 жыл бұрын

Lol only thing around the train station are people checking out the abandoned train station

@martelllynchakatelltudaaka8719

2 жыл бұрын

That was just a movie but you're funny

This is very sad.

GO RAILCATS!!

I wish they listed the years these places closed

@martelllynchakatelltudaaka8719

2 жыл бұрын

IDK the exact dates but the high schools just closed over a decade ago

@alliemarie2005

2 жыл бұрын

@@martelllynchakatelltudaaka8719 that’s wild that it didn’t take long for the schools to fall into such disrepair!

@martelllynchakatelltudaaka8719

2 жыл бұрын

@@alliemarie2005 yeah and it was 6 high schools in Gary

I wonder if any of the Jackson family members have seen the recent videos of their hometown being uploaded to KZread. I know they still visit family there. And they still own the house they where all raised in. I think it is looked after buy there cousin's

Didnt Paula Cooper go to Lew Wallace High School?

@vickymurdoch4383

Жыл бұрын

Yes she did.

I left a like for the video, not for what my hometown has turned into... Very sad...

Should bulldoze the city and return it to greenspace

@artofexp

3 жыл бұрын

I think they bulldoze a certain amount of houses each year there are just so many to keep up with and with so little money Gary does the best it can.

A cleaner place to explore in Gary is the genesis convention center

HAY!! You forgot McCullough

just the first of many other cities.... Gary became unsafe to raise a family there...jobs disappeared...property values plummeted & tax receipts as well......and quality leadership was nonexistent or busy stealing for decades. ie 50s & 60s.

The cash left with the Jackson 5

78%...

ADDRESSES?

Why is this happening?

@jaysmith179

2 жыл бұрын

Folks started voting Democrat and this is what happens

@mellowenigma8862

2 жыл бұрын

White replacement

Could Gary Ind support a major sport franchise as a means to revitalize? Near Chicago and southwest MI. Needs to start somewhere.

@lawrencebraun7616

Жыл бұрын

Have you heard of. 'The Rail Cats?"

I was born in Mercy Hospital. So sad...

They testing down

Разрушение таких городов-это политика проводимая глобалистами.

I bet the Jackson family are glad they didn't have to rely on them factories to have work in their teens. It is hard dirty work! Am so glad they became who they are!

Smh

Rebuild Gary,Rebuild Detroit ! Do not spent money on nonsense war !

America is in decline. That America will never comeback.

Here's a longshot. The state should get behind hosting the summer Olympics. This would be a great way to bring the city back. It's a shame the mills had to get greedy. They destroyed Gary

The robber barons and those after them that helped create this would be appalled what the Baby Boomer generation did to the city they literally designed

Why abondon that place

@artofexp

3 жыл бұрын

All the jobs left

@jaysmith179

2 жыл бұрын

Folks started voting Democrat and this is what happens

@mellowenigma8862

2 жыл бұрын

It was no longer safe for Whites. Whites moved out while a majority of another certain demographic moved in.

So sad all those places empty fells like the end of the world. We can make them full of live get all the emigrants from Califofnia border there to rebuild, work,and live !!

I hate ppl like this....video everything bad about a place smh

@artofexp

3 жыл бұрын

I look forward to your video of the Top 10 Occupied Places in Gary, Indiana then.

@alandobush647

3 жыл бұрын

They only show the bad but Gary has 75%good and 25% bad but no one shows or talk about it because people are buying cheap and preparing to sale or rent high starting next year and I lot of people don't see it because you only see what they promote on here

@latishajackson6915

3 жыл бұрын

@@artofexp Well at least my video would be inspirational, and not roaming around in other people's neighborhoods filming and shamming for views or KZread fam.

@FukcAUsername

2 жыл бұрын

I hate ppl like this that make lil whiny comments about someone elses work. dont watch it then or make a different video instead of b****ing in the comments. Its footage of 10 abandoned historical sites of Gary, its your insecurity that thinks him recording these places is "bad". It was great work, dont pay no mind go this trash .

@denisethomas9938

2 жыл бұрын

@@artofexp The owners of those building abandoned them, leaving the empty buildings to decay. They left and did not look back.

Crime killed the city. Not the steel mill...

@artofexp

8 ай бұрын

The mills closing certainly had an effect on crime