I am from there and don’t live there now but that area over the bridge that you think is so beautiful which it is it’s called a lagoon. We used to take her to bargains there and when the lagoon froze, we would ice skate and toboggan over the water. Thanks for sharing.
I've been there. Since U.S. Steel owned five miles of the southern shore of Lake Michigan, we has to go east to the part of Gary known as Miller to get to Marquette Park and the shoreline of Lake Michigan.
Marquette Park was good back then I remember in my early thirty's Marquette Park had those Fest in Miller by the beach all those vendors and those shows they had the last show that was there in Marquette Park was Frankie Beverly and Maze it started to rain but they stayed on stage for a break then twenty minutes later they continued that show I mean they tore that stage up with there back in the day hits it was a good evening after the rain ended I will never forget that last show in Marquette Park. I wish they could bring those times back .
Gary has an incredible amount of potential because of its location on the southern tip of Lake Michigan, at the crossroads of the nation. But sadly, due to its legacy and the people who run the place, it will never be realized.
When the 2 owners sold out US Steel, the money that supported the city left with them. They were the biggest contributors to the city of Gary, since it was named after one of the owners. Most people do not or did not realize that the steel mill is what kept Gary In, so beautiful. When they left, everyone was left to their own devices, There was NO financial support from anywhere else.
@@cherylsmith4102 Gary Works is still the largest steel mill in North America, few of the people who work there live in Gary though. Due to decreased demand and automation they employee far fewer workers than they used to, but the same can also be said of all of the other mills in the area. If Gary's demise were simply the result of a downturn in the steel industry, then the other cities in the Region, especially East Chicago, In., should have suffered the same fate but didn't. That's not to say everything is sunshine and roses, but they adjusted to the new reality. In many ways Gary had more going for it than the other cities and towns in the region which fared much better in the end. Gary's downfall was far more complicated than most people realize and was mainly due to racial strife and racism on all sides. An unfortunate legacy which haunts Gary to this day.
Regarding "dead plants and weeds," most decideous plants are dormant in winter. They turn brown and become green again with new growth in Spring. Many of the "weeds" are plants native to the region which is the most botanically diverse in temperate regions of this planet. Please try to learn something about our natural environment.
@EZ Rider what's wrong with this video,it sounds okay to me if it's the content well to each their own if it's that he didn't start urbexing soon enough, look at the title of the channel It says Essen Vacations. Or is it he didn't go to the grungeir parts of Gary if that's the case not all urbexers go nor do they need to go to grungest parts of their town, again the name of the channel is Essen Vacations if you want urbexers to go to the grungest parts of town there several that do namely a channel called The Proper People go to some grungy places. Bros Of Decay also go to some grungy places.
I lived in the Old School House Mansion on Lake st for a few year's and was at the beach every day even in the winter. Good camping in Beverly Shore's.
