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Pages in category "Neighborhoods in Gary, Indiana" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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. ...
Downtown West, is a neighborhood in north-central Gary, Indiana. Emerson and Downtown West combine to form what is known as Downtown Gary. It was part of the original plat built by the United States Steel Corporation. It is located East of Grant Street, south of the Grand Calumet River, north of 9th Avenue and west of Broadway.
Gary was founded in 1906 for the workers of the United States Steel Corporation. The population peaked at around 180,000 in 1960. Eventually, overseas competition led to massive layoffs.
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
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]
The toxic water caused basements and streets to flood, and about 30 people suffered chemical burns. [3] [4] In order to stop the flooding, Hammond officials built a 9-foot (3 m) sand dike on 165th Street, under Cline Avenue, along the Hammond-Gary border. [5] [6] 165th Street is one of at least four roads connecting the two cities. [7]
A typical residential street in Aetna. Aetna shares with Miller Beach the U.S. 20 retail corridor, one of the major retail areas in Gary. [5] It is home to a 3.5-acre city park, Aetna Park. Aetna is also near the much larger recreational areas of Miller Beach, such as Marquette Park and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.