Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
From Bustling City to Ghost Town (PHOTOS) Business Insider. Updated June 21, 2016 at 9:25 AM. gary indiana ghost town. By Dina Spector Gary, Ind., was once the center of American steel production ...
In the 1950 census, Midtown accounted for 97% of Gary's black population. [3] Prior to desegregation, Midtown was a largely self-contained African-American community: because blacks were largely excluded from Downtown Gary, most retail activity was kept within the neighborhood. [4] Coney Island on 25th & Broadway
Black Oak is a neighborhood located on the far southwest side of Gary, Indiana. As of 2000, Black Oak had a population of 4,216, which was 84.7% white. [2] It is Gary's only majority-white neighborhood, and the most recent neighborhood added to the city. Black Oak was annexed in 1976, under the administration of mayor Richard Hatcher. [2]
Gary (/ ˈ ɡ ær i / GARE-ee) is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States.The population was 69,093 at the 2020 census, [4] making it Indiana's eleventh-most populous city. ...
It was one of the first neighborhoods in Gary to be integrated, as upwardly-mobile African-American families moved in from neighboring Midtown in the 1950s. [3] In 1970, the neighborhood's population was 11,825, nearly double what it is today. [4] The neighborhood was the site of Gary's first experiment with urban renewal, beginning in 1963. [5]
This page was last edited on 27 October 2023, at 02:41 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Polk Street Concrete Cottage Historic District is a national historic district located in the First Subdivision of Gary, Indiana. The district encompasses four contributing buildings in a residential section of Gary. The buildings were designed by D. F. Creighton and built by the United States Sheet & Tin Plate Co.
People from Gary, Indiana (7 C, 72 P) R. Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary (2 C, 10 P) S. Sports in Gary, Indiana (1 C, 19 P) T. Transportation in Gary, Indiana (2 C, 34 P)