Ralph Waldo Emerson School

Abandoned Ralph Waldo Emerson High School | Urbex Photography | Gary Indiana | Image by Indiana Architectural Photographer Jason Humbracht

Abandoned High School | Gary, Indiana | Urbex Photography

jhumbracht@gmail.com / April 5, 2016

There is no shortage of abandoned schools in Gary, Indiana; at last count there is the wreckage of 21 former public schools amongst struggling Gary neighborhoods. At one time, these former public schools were the nucleus of thriving sections of the city, nearby residents and former students recalled. But that’s a bygone era. Now, vast […]

Abandoned | Gary, Indiana

jhumbracht@gmail.com / October 4, 2015

When I think about Gary, Indiana, a couple of things come to mind… It’s the boyhood home of Michael Jackson, and also home to many lakeshore steel factories. Then there’s that song from “The Music Man” that keeps repeating, “Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana.” And now the song’s stuck in my head! More recently what