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Ghosts of Gary: Interview with WTHR NBC 13 Indianapolis
In the fall of 2014, I was contacted by WTHR Indianapolis reporters Jeremy Brilliant and Steve Rhodes about a segment that they were doing about the abandoned buildings in Gary, Indiana. They asked if I would come along and if I wouldn’t mind being interviewed. The segment aired March 18th at 5:30pm EST in Indianapolis.
Miller Beach in Gary, Indiana
The Miller Beach neighborhood of Gary, Indiana along the shores of Lake Michigan as seen in the fall of 2014. Marquette Park and the Gary Bath House and Aquatorium can also be seen in this photo.
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Aerial photo of downtown Gary, Indiana
The City of Gary, Indiana, located in Northwest Indiana along the shores of Lake Michigan. This aerial photo of Gary, Indiana was taken over Broadway Ave looking north towards downtown Gary and the U.S. Steel mill. Gary is known as the Steel City because it was started primary because of the steel mill.
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Chicago Skyline from Miller Beach in Gary, IN
Photo of the Chicago skyline as seen from Miller Beach in Gary, Indiana. View more photos of Chicago.
The Palace Theater in Gary, Indiana
The view from the balcony of the Palace Theater in Gary, Indiana. The Palace Theater was a popular place to see a show in the mid-20th century, however it was closed in the mid-1970s and never reopened again. Today, the theater sits empty and rotting in the middle of downtown Gary on Broadway Avenue and is a popular place for urbex photography, even drawing in wedding crowds that want unique photos.
The Mood Graph of Gary, Indiana
The Mood Graph, as depicted by an anonymous graffiti artist in Gary, Indiana. This photo was taken inside of the former Gary Union Station which closed in the mid 1950s and still stands today just one block from the central downtown Gary district.
The City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana
The stained glass windows inside of the City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana.
Rotten, decaying piano abandoned Church Gary Indiana
An old, rotten piano with a single plastic rose in the abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. The City Methodist church closed in the early 1970s and still stands today, decaying with old artifacts inside like this old piano.
Empty abandoned church room in Gary, Indiana
An empty room inside of the abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. This room appears to be a former church room with a fireplace. The fireplace marble and facade was salvaged long ago, the ceiling has all but collapsed, and various debris lies all around. The City Methodist Church is a popular place for Northwest Indiana urban exploration, as is most of Gary, Indiana.
City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana
The City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana has become a popular place for urban exploration photos in Northwest Indiana and is a favorite for urbex photographers. The church closed in the early 1970s and has been abandoned ever since. Some stained glass remains, but most of the inside of the church has been salvaged and only stone, brick, and some wooden structures remain.
Urban Exploration of Gary, Indiana – Old Broken Chair
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Old used film in the Palace Theater, Gary, Indiana
During my urban exploration of Gary, Indiana, I found some old used film lying on the floor of the projector room in the Palace Theater. The Palace Theater in Gary, Indiana has been closed since the mid 1970s
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Old, abandoned train station in Gary, Indiana
The long abandoned Union Station in Gary, Indiana. Union Station was once the main hub for incoming immigrants who came from the east coast to work in the steel mills around Gary, Indiana. This train station has been abandoned since the late 1950s and has stood empty for over fifty years. Check out more of my urban exploration photos taken from across the country!
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Palace Theater – Urban Exploration in Gary, Indiana
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City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana – Urban Exploration
Gary, Indiana is a fascinating place to be as an urbex photographer. There are many buildings that are still standing and in complete disrepair. Be sure to check out my photos of Union Station in Gary as well as photos taken at the former post office and the Palace Theater on Broadway in the heart of downtown Gary.
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Palace Theater in Gary, Indiana – Urban Exploration
The Palace Theater in downtown Gary, Indiana has see it’s heyday. The theater closed in the mid-1970s and still stands today as a symbol of a money-strapped city in decline. Many famous acts have played at the Palace Theater and although many believe the the Jackson 5 once played on the stage, in reality, there is no record of Michael Jackson and his brothers ever having played at the Palace Theater. Check out my other urban exploration photos from Gary, Indiana!
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Gary, Indiana Union Station Abandon Train Depot
The Union Station building on Broadway just north of 4th Street in downtown Gary, Indiana has been abandoned for decades and still sits today, crumbling between the railroad tracks and the Indiana Tollroad. This once beautiful building loaded and unloaded passengers headed to and from Chicago and east towards New York City. The ornate structure is seen in detail in the photo below.
Gary, Indiana was once the center of economic development in Northwest Indiana as U.S. Steel began to grow and expand along the lakefront in the early part of the 20th century. Today, the population of Gary has dwindled down to only about a quarter of what it was only fifty years ago (approx. 80,000 residents). There is very little economy and the population continues to plummet. However, there is a glimmer of hope in Gary’s eye.
Recently, a new administration has taken over in Gary. Newly elected Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson is dedicated to doing something about the large number of abandon buildings that are crumbling throughout the City of Gary. One can only hope that something can be done to save some of Gary’s historical buildings, such as the Union Station building, which has a stone facade that is largely intact. While the restoration cost would likely be considerable, Gary needs a foundation to start on and a rich history to remember.
Gary, Indiana continues to be a dream for Northwest Indiana photographers and for many other photographers as well! Gary has been used in recent years in several films, including scenes for Friday the 13th that were filmed at an abandon church nearby in downtown Gary.
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President Obama at Gary Roosevelt HS in Northwest Indiana
In April 2008, then Senator Barack Obama made a campaign stop at Roosevelt High School in Gary, Indiana as he made one of several campaign stops in Northwest Indiana before eventually defeating Hillary Clinton and winning the Presidential primary and then later the Presidential election in 2008. President Obama made several trips to NW Indiana during the 2008 Presidential campaign, including a stop at a Schoop’s Hamburgers in Portage and a stop at Munster Steel in Munster, IN and on Halloween, just days before the general election, I witnessed President Obama in Wicker Park in Highland give one of his last public speeches before being nominated as President-Elect of the United States of America.
The 2008 democratic primary campaign was a heated battle between then Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton that lasted well into the months of June. During the campaign season, both candidates came through Northwest Indiana visiting prospective voters in the upcoming 2008 Indiana primary election. When this photo was taken, I had already seen Hillary Clinton at the Hammond Civic Center and in the next month would meet President Bill Clinton at Villa Cesare in Schererville after a brief speech while he campaigned for his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, in May 2008.
Copyright 2008 – Joey B. Lax-Salinas / JoeyBLS Photography
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Urban Photography in Northwest Indiana
This is one of many rooms inside of the City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. The City Methodist Church is a popular place for urban exploration photographers to come and take photos and explore the ruins of old buildings. Gary has long been popular as a place with old abandoned buildings that are virtually open to the public.
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Urban Decay in Northwest Indiana by Joey B. Lax-Salinas is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.joeyblsphotography.com.
Northwest Indiana Photo Gallery
Browse through photos taken across Northwest Indiana! All photos are available for purchase as a photo print and also available for commercial licensing. View vibrant aerial and ground photos of Northwest Indiana communities including many market photos of local festivals and parks.
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The Mood Graph – Urbex Photography
The mood graph measures time over mood in the abandoned Union Station in Gary, Indiana.
Old Staircase in an Abandoned Building
An old staircase in the abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. The City Methodist Church has been the site of several movies including Transformers 3 and Nightmare on Elm Street.
An Old Chair in an Abandoned Room
Empty Chair in an Abandoned Building
An empty chair in an abandoned building in Gary, Indiana, found while doing urban exploration photography in Northwest Indiana. This photo was taken in the former City Methodist Church, which has been closed since the early 1970s.
Old 1970s Broken Television Set
Graffiti Art in Abandoned Church
Gary has become a popular place for urban exploration, particularly with photographers due to the large number of abandoned buildings within a close distance and the easy accessibility of these structures.
Urban Exploration Graffiti in Abandoned Buildings
Graffiti lines most of the walls inside of the long abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. This building has been abandoned since the early 1970s and has become a popular place for urban exploration in Northwest Indiana, bring in photographers from thousands of miles away to take photos of the many abandoned buildings in Gary. View more photos of urban exploration Gary, Indiana including more from the City Methodist Church.
Old Chair Blanket – Urban Exploration
Abandoned Bathroom in an Old Church
Abandoned Classroom in an Old Church
An abandoned classroom in the former City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. The former church closed in the early 1970s and the building has been vacant ever since. This was likely a church classroom of some type. View more of my photos of urban exploration in Gary, Indiana including more photos from this church.
Old, Abandoned Theater Auditorium
An old, abandoned theater auditorium, once known as the Seaman Auditorium in the City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. I took this photo in October 2012 while doing some urban exploration photography in Gary. The City Methodist Church has been closed for over forty years and this theater stage has sat abandoned ever since. Check out more of my urban exploration photos from Gary, Indiana as well as other places around the country!
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Old, broken, rotten piano
An old, broken, rotten piano was found during my urban exploration and urbex photo shoot of Gary, Indiana. This photo has been rotting for over forty years inside of the former City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. Check out more of my urbex photos taken around Gary, Indiana as well as other locations across the country.
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Old, Broken Television Set
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Old Rusty Piano – Urban Exploration
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Old Fireplace in Abandoned Church – Urbex Photography
An old fireplace remains in the City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana, over forty years after the church closed it’s doors for the last time. Today, the church crumbles in the middle of downtown Gary, Indiana. This church has been a popular place for urban exploration photographers, also known as urbex photography, because Gary has so many abandoned buildings. Be sure to check out my other urbex photography taken from around the United States!
Best Wedding Photo Locations in Northwest Indiana
Best Northwest Indiana Wedding Photo Locations
Northwest Indiana is a picturesque place to take photos, so long as you know where to take your photos. As a Northwest Indiana wedding photographer, people ask me all the time about Northwest Indiana wedding photo locations, what my recommendations are, and about the places that I have been to and photographed. There are many more places that could surely be added to the list and over time, I may add to it.
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NWI PUBLIC LOCATIONS FOR PHOTOS:
Bailly Homestead / Chellberg Farm – (Porter, IN) – The Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm is a historic settlement in Porter County and is part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The site is located north of US 20 near Mineral Springs Road in Porter, IN, not far from the entrance to the Indiana Dunes State Park. This site features an old settlement house, wooded areas, old farming equipment and more.
Buckley Homestead County Park – (Lowell, IN) – Buckley Homestead is located just east of Lowell, Indiana and south of State Road 2. It is a living farm with a pioneer log cabin, a one room schoolhouse and farm equipment that date back to the 19th century. It is open daily until sunset and is part of the Lake County Parks.
Carmelite Fathers – (Munster, IN) – The Carmelite Fathers is located in Munster, Indiana along Ridge Road just east of White Oak Ave. There are several acres of wooded land filled with tons of religious memorabilia including a large grotto, holy steps, and several other attractions. The Carmelite Fathers has close ties with the Catholic and Polish communities in Northwest Indiana.
Centennial Park – (Munster, IN) – Centennial Park is located in Munster, Indiana on Calumet Avenue just south of 45th St and the CN railroad tracks. The park is a former landfill that was active up until sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s and was converted into a large park, reception hall, dog park and 9 hole golf course with driving range. There is a large retention pond in the middle of the park with several wooden boardwalks and bridges that make this place picturesque. Don’t be dismissed by the fact that this was a former landfill; there is little to no evidence of that era left. A Saturday in the summer can see as many as a dozen or more wedding parties that come to the park for pictures.
Coffee Creek Watershed Conservancy – (Chesterton, IN) – Coffee Creek Watershed Conservancy is located along State Road 49 in Chesterton just north of the Indiana Toll Road (I-80/90). This park and conservancy was built to accompany a large residential and commercial development that was suppose to develop in that area in the early 2000s. There is a creek that runs through the park and much of the creek area has been professionally landscaped with many natural large stones brought in and used. There is also a large fountain and a pavilion in the park, but much of the area is open field and some wooded areas.
County Line Orchard – (Hobart, IN) – County Line Orchard is located just east of Hobart in Lake County on County Line Road. County Line Orchard is a seasonal place for photos and you may need advanced permission in order to take photos here. This place is a great location for fall photos. There are large apple orchards, bails of hay and plenty of other county photos that can be taken here.
Deep River County Park – (Hobart, IN) – Deep River County Park is located just east of Merrillville and north of US 30 at Old Lincoln Highway and County Line Road, about four miles south of County Line Orchard. This park offers many great locations and has quite a few open areas as well as wooded areas. Deep River runs through the park and there are several bridges available for scenic photos. There is also an old brick building that was built in 1876 with an attached Grist Mill and a gazebo not too far away as well. Towards the back of the park is an old sugar shack, where maple syrup is made every March. This is one of my favorite locations to photograph weddings and I think October is the best month to shoot here, although May has a lot of spring beauty too.
Downtown Crown Point Square – (Crown Point, IN) – Downtown Crown Point offers a historic square that surrounds a historic and ornamental courthouse. There is a theater that has a box office window and many other old structures. The Old Lake County Jail, which once locked up John Dillinger and is famous for being the jail Dillinger broke out of in the early 1930s, is located just one block south. The jail is only opened with limited hours and arrangements to take photos here may need to be made in advance.
Downtown Valparaiso – (Valparaiso, IN) – Downtown Valparaiso offers a town square that surrounds a courthouse. The downtown Valparaiso courthouse is not nearly as ornamental as Crown Point’s courthouse; it has a more traditional stone appearance. The square and downtown area, however, is about twice the size of Crown Point’s downtown. There are several alleys and old brick that can be used as backdrops.
Gibson Woods Nature Preserve – (Hammond, IN) – This nature area is located near 165th and Cline Ave on the far east side of Hammond. The Gibson woods is mainly wooded with paths and can be picturesque at various times of the year.
Indiana Dunes State Park & National Lakeshore – (Lake and Porter Counties) – The Indiana Dunes is by far one of the most popular places for wedding, but more so engagement photos. The Indiana Dunes State Park and National Lakeshore stretches from Marquette Park in Gary east to Michigan City, with various points unaccessible due to the steel mills. The majority of that stretch of land, which is roughly twenty miles of lakefront, is open to the public. The best areas to photograph engagements and wedding photos is in the actual State Park. There is a century old bathhouse, the dunes, trails, woods, and the shoreline. Be prepared to get your wedding dress sandy; it’s completely unavoidable to leave the park without sand in your shoes and on the bottom of your dress.
Lake George – (Hobart, IN) – Located in downtown Hobart, this location has limited photo opportunities but is picturesque nonetheless. The best time for photos at this location would be at sunset and just after sunset.
Lemon Lake – (Cedar Lake, IN) – Lemon Lake is a county park located south of Cedar Lake, IN in rural Lake County. Lemon Lake offers a lake, nature trails, woods, and rolling prairies as photo backdrops.
Marquette Park – (Gary, IN) – Marquette Park is the crown jewel of Gary, Indiana and is located in the Miller Beach neighborhood along the lakefront. Marquette Park is undergoing a major renovation currently, but much of the park has been complete. There are views of the marshlands, the lakefront, woods, trails and more all through Marquette Park.
Michigan City Lighthouse – (Michigan City, IN) – The Michigan City Lighthouse has always been a popular wedding photo destination. The lighthouse is located in the heart of downtown Michigan City along the lakefront near Washington Park.
Shrine of Christ’s Passion – (St John, IN) – The Shrine of Christ’s Passion is one of the newer wedding photo locations in Northwest Indiana and is less than ten years old. Located on US 41 in St. John just north of US 231, this location offers a pathway that depicts the life of Jesus Christ with bronze statues representing different times during the life of Christ.
Wicker Park – (Highland, IN) – Wicker Park is located in Highland, Indiana at Ridge Road and Indianapolis Blvd. This historical park has been visited by at least two U.S. Presidents (Calvin Coolidge delivered a dedication address in 1927 and then Senator Barack Obama made his last public campaign stop on Halloween in October 2008). Wicker Park is wooded with old growth trees, has a large golf course, driving range, a public walking trail, and river banks making up the Hart Ditch and the Little Calumet River.
NWI PRIVATE LOCATIONS FOR PHOTOS:
These locations are considered private locations, either restaurants, banquet halls, or other areas that are not public property and permission may be needed in order to take photos.
Abandon Downtown Gary Buildings – (Gary, IN)
Anderson Winery – (Valparaiso, IN)
Meyer’s Castle – (Dyer, IN)
Taltree Arboretum and Gardens – (Valparaiso, IN)
The Lighthouse restaurant – (Cedar Lake, IN)
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President Clinton in Schererville, IN at Villa Cesare – May 2008
As the 2008 Democratic Presidential Race drew closer and closer between then Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton stumps for his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, in throughout Northwest Indiana and made a stop in Schererville, Indiana at Villa Cesare. President Clinton spoke to a crowd of a couple hundred local NW Indiana residents and afterwards shook hands with those he could reach in the front (I was lucky enough to be able to reach out and shake President Clinton’s hand).
All of the major democratic candidates made their way through Northwest Indiana during the 2008 primary season. The first political event that I attended was Hillary Clinton at the Hammond Civic Center which was in March 2008. I also attended the speech of President Obama at Gary Roosevelt HS in Gary the following month as well a speech from President Obama in Wicker Park in Highland, IN on Halloween night months after the Indiana primary and days before the general election.
Video clips to be posted soon!
Copyright 2008 – Joey B. Lax-Salinas / JoeyBLS Photography
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