These images from an abandoned high school in Gary, Indiana, are the last I’ll be posting…until I make another trip up there to do some more urbex. I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before, but it always amazes me how a city can close a school due to financial problems, but leave EVERYTHING behind. It makes […]
The abandoned Gary Screw and Bolt Factory is a testament to better times in the town of Gary, Indiana. In its day, Gary was home to many different industries, and economic success eventually led to beautiful architecture around the city. However, like in many American cities and towns, the industry left. Today, Gary has fallen
There are an estimated 7,000 abandoned properties in Indianapolis, from the huge former RCA plant on East Michigan Street to a small house across town in the 1000 block of Udell Street. This abandoned factory in Indianapolis has since been torn down. -from a FOX59 article on August 25, 2015 For tips on how to improve
I’ve received some reader comments on my April 8, 2016, post Architecture of Indiana | Indianapolis Central Library. I always research my posts, but apparently I got this one wrong. It has come to my attention that although the title and accompanying images are for the Indiana Central Library, the text describes the Indiana State Library.
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
