Gary, Indiana recent comments:

I think it closed.

What's highlighted on the map is the location of the old stocking factory (now demolished). The Amtrak station was across the street from the stocking factory on Broadway, not Massachusetts St. Remains of the old concrete platform is still visible if you know where to look.

do you have team pictures???

I need junedale pictures for the years of 1977, 1978, 1979 please let me know how to find them, thanks in advance

does anyone have pictures of the teams

I ordered the book on Gary In. There was nothing in the book about ST.John Hosp.I wanted to know about it, because I was born there.

My guess is you never graduated high school

My Grandparents lived in Marshalltown, it was really nice growing up there, I walked to preschool by myself, everyone knew each other and looked out for one another!

I love this gym! Kids are always in, and there is a steady crowd every time I'm there!! They hold many summer activities or the youth no to mention many adult fitness classes for adults

junedale was a great park. I played there from age 7 until age 15. the senior league world series were there in the 1960s into the 1970s. great memories.

Gary, Indiana is the birth place of all the Jackson children to Joseph and Katherine Jackson, which includes the Jackson brothers who were known as "the Jackson 5" later renamed as "the Jacksons" (as Randy joined the band after Jermaine left). one of the brothers named Michael Jackson had a successful solo career that made him famous worldwide and earned him the nickname "king of pop".

BTW to answer your question, the East Side Branch Library opened in May 1930, and closed in the early 90s. The 2 sites I just found on this library, don't give an exact month and year when this library closed.

Demolished, as of Fall 2012.

I remember how every summer, my grandmother who lived at 1211 Wayne St., had to put up a barricade to keep the Illinois people from parking illegally in her driveway. They would come to Wells St. Beach, Marquette Park, Lake St., and when all the public beaches filled up, they would start parking all along streets where parking was banned. Some repeat offenders, knowing if they parked in marked no-parking zones along the major streets, would park in private driveways, in front of people's homes, and if property owners tolerated them to park, they would usually leave litter everywhere. Some engaged in boorish, unacceptable behavior - and that was WITHOUT booze! Even though there was an alcohol ban on the beach ("no open containers"), many still brought booze and this kept the police busy during the day in the summer. Since my dad was a cop, had a take-home car & usually worked nights, he would park it at his mom's and that usually spared the whole block of unwanted guests!! (LOL)

What is labeled as a 'fishing pier' was properly named "Marquette Bridge" when I was a little boy, back in the early 1970's. It was so names because it is in the shape of the Cross, in memorial of Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette, one of the first European explorers of this area.

This bridge was a steel suspension bridge built & maintained by the Marines at the old Reserve base at Lake Street Beach. When the base was shut down, and the engineer battalion there left, the public service projects done by the Marines (such as dredging the Lake Street boat ramp) all came to an end. The city was unable to pay for the upkeep they used to get for free. As a result, bridges to the island fell into such a state of disrepair that they were condemned; first the Japanese bridge fell apart and into the lagoon. Now the steel suspension bridge, a marvel of Marine engineering, has finally fallen into a similar state of disrepair. Additionally, the artificial island to which both bridges are supposed to connect, has submerged under rising lagoon waters. It needs several tons of rock, sand and dirt to fortify the island enough so that visitors can step off the Japanese Bridge onto the island.

Actually only one bridge is "The Japanese Bridge". The other bridge was a steel suspension bridge built & maintained by the Marines at the old Reserve base at Lake Street Beach. When the base was shut down, and the engineer battalion there left, the public service projects done by the Marines (such as dredging the Lake Street boat ramp) all came to an end. The city was unable to pay for the upkeep they used to get for free. As a result, the Japanese bridge fell into such a state of disrepair that it was condemned; eventually it fell apart and into the lagoon. It wasn't until the late 1990's before enough funds came available to rebuild it and the new one is far sturdier than the original. Now the steel suspension bridge, a marvel of Marine engineering, has finally fallen into a similar state of disrepair. Additionally, the artificial island to which both bridges are supposed to connect, has submerged under rising lagoon waters. It needs several tons of rock, sand and dirt to fortify the island enough so that visitors can step off the Japanese Bridge onto the island.

Wrong! These brick buildings are commercial businesses that post-date the establishment of the CSS&SBRR station two blocks south! The tracks you see here running along Miller Avenue are the C&O/B&O 'Chessie System mainline (now CSX). You may be thinking of the C&O freight station on the west side of Lake Street. It was restored, moved 30 feet North, and adjoined to Miller Pizza Co. Stop in, get a slice, and enjoy the memorabilia that decorates the dining room (the old dispatcher office). There is a model train that runs along the wall near the ceiling, and goes outside over the patio when the weather permits it!

I remember when this library branch was about a block north in what is now a lawyer's office, and this branch moved into a former grocery store's vacant building in the 1970's. The current building broke ground in the 1980's.