Mises à Jour de Forbidden-Places

C'est un endroit magnifique et unique... un de plus en moins...
J'ai beaucoup aimé la vidéo, la musique.

J'ai moi même une affinité toute particulière pour le milieu industriel, et pour les industries abandonnées... C'est assez rare de trouver autant de machines en aussi bon état (tout est relatif, bien sûr, je n'aimerais pas avoir à m'en servir...).
Pour répondre à Roland... Que dire ? Il n'y a pas besoin d'être poète pour aimer la poésie. C'est un plus, c'est tout. On peut aimer quelque chose sans être spécialiste. L'essentiel réside dans l'ambiance.
Je les remercie en tout cas d'avoir fait ces photos. Celles là et et toutes les autres... et de nous faire découvrir ces endroits.

I want to start by saying that I can not imagine growing up anywhere other than Gary, In. Gary has a lot of good people. I truly feel that is one of the misconceptions about Gary, In. Everyone is poor, on drugs or a high school drop out. Gary has a lot of history and a lot of really successful people came from Gary. I just do not understand how Gary can be surrounded by Steel Mills in the city and the surrounding areas, but poverty and lack of jobs are so prevalent. From what I have seen, Gary has had the poorest management of a city (City officials). So many of the city officials have cared for nothing but themselves and continued to rob the city blind. The public schools are TERRIBLE. How does the government think that a city is going to flourish when no one even cares about the education of the youth. In addition too, the police! The police department is as crooked as the criminals that they encounter on a daily basis. All in all, I think a firm federal investigation needs to be done in the city (city officials and the police department). Next, get competant people in these positions to help clean the city up. Once the city is clean and crime is down, the mayor needs to figure out ways to bring businesses into the community. Part of the reason why there are so few jobs is because of the crime. Business men and women opt out of putting their businesses in the city because they cannot afford the insurance (due to crime). Clean up the streets, busineeses will come, people will have jobs and you will have fewer people hanging in the streets causing havoc and bringing the city down. Last, education!!! Focus on the public schools system. Kids cannot learn with outdated books and classroom sizes of 30-35 kids. That's too much for a teacher to handle and be effective in their teaching. Also, focus on ways of getting drop outs back into school (go door to door, speak with their parents; find out what's going wrong in the house hold that a child has to drop out of school. STOP just marking them absent!!!!! Get involved!!! Go to the church for help! Church goers (true church goers) want to be involved; they want to find ways to help and make an impact in their communities. Enough said!!!

Please for the gramatical errors.
All white people did not move out of Gary.
A question for you. Are you saying a white dominated world is the answer to our problems? Do you include women as part of the solution or the problem?

Normal does not mean having whites as neighbors. Believe or not some folks don't give a dam who moved away only that what they can bring to the table is gone. You thinks that the only normal blacks walk around or live with or try to be white or something? No hate to tell you this but your not the solution or the problem and if you can't be of some use your persona non grata. Our caustic relationship over the last couple of hundred years is. The extremes of the human spirit is the problem. A lust for authority and negative self perception is the problem. If your taught and learn to be so negative and expect only negative things you tend live a self fullfiling effacy. Lower expectations are not a inherited genetic trait it's a learned one. Just like being a bigot. We are lawyers, architects, military soldiers, doctors, politicians, engineers, scientist, chefs, police, and much more. Altruistic behavior is the highest form of civilized behavior.

I had to work the katrina hurricanes down here. I can tell you from experience that when a person needs help they look for it. They don't care what color the hand that helps them is.

je suis razi enfin et la voi ferre et la je suis conbler je suis natif de la valler bedous familles

beziade et j ai peur con bepruise ma valler avec sette route et merci pour les photos mercie

I was raised in Gary all my life and Yes there are some parts of Gary you wish they would continue to tear down, however I have been living in Fl for 4 yrs now and where I am reminds me of Gary. The run down buildings are everywhere you go. Someone needs to find interest and put money back into the city. It is enough(money) to go around. They cater to the people, if the people want it they should get it.

Winston---If Blacks are as capable of living normal lives as you state they are--why didnt they? After most Whites left Gary and it became a majority Black city, Blacks had the opportunity to show the world what a Black city could become. You had a Black mayor. A Black Chief of police. A Black city council. The Blacks controlled Gary and its budget. What happened? Cant blame Whitey because we werent there.

Nous avons la meme passion ! je suis originaire de Charleroi et donc beaucoup de vieilles construction abandonnées. J'en connais 2 ou3 qui pourraient vous interesser. Perso je fais ça seule et a l'arrache, j'aimerais beaucoup faire partie de vos escapades ...

See you

Barb'

All of you that are dissing Gary, come on now. It's rough there I must admit but there is some good there also. You can't judge the city by some of the people that live and act out there. I remember so much positive. I remember being able to walk to Sunday School and Vacation Bible School without fear in my heart. I remember being able to play with my friends all day in Beckman Field until the street lights came on not having to worry about who would try to hurt me. I remember climbing trees on Pierce Street, yes across from Delaney Projects and not fearing for my life. I remember the tent revivals at Pilgrim and not being afraid. I remember every elementary school teacher I had, that wasn't afraid to put me in place if need be. Times have changed and people have changed. It's not just Gary, its every where. Life is hard now. We see if most in small towns like Gary, because of its size. I hate that the town my grandparents grew up in, the town my parents went to school in the town I was birthed in is slowly disappearing. I take my children there at least once a year to see where their mommy comes from. I am proud to be from Gary and will always be proud. Don't be ashamed of your roots. If you are then you should be ashamed of yourself. Jeffri and Eric, Pilgrim MB Church is still going strong and is still a pillar of the community. Take you fiance' home and be proud of where you are from. Gary will live again.

I lived on 21st and Washington, 21st and Jefferson, 21st and Hayes. I went to St Monica, Garnett elementary, Tolleston Junior High, and Lew Wallace. I am 50 years old and know Gary. I left because I had a sister that needed me and I needed a change. My difficulties were no different than anybody else's. I experienced racism and threats. I had dogs loosed on me going to Lew Wallace, bricks thrown at the bus in Hobart, and people accusing me damaging their property when I was there doing maintenance. I worked as a bartender in a pizza joint not 20 miles out of Gary and had the KKK leave their business cards on the bar. Some situations make it obvious to assume whom does what. Prejudice is not the sole providence of one race, gender or creed. Nor should anyone assume that all the happens is because of one race, gender or creed. That's bull. The only guarantee I've learned is that you will fail if you quit trying. I moved and never gave up. I can only hope that others find a way to keep up the struggle. By the way I still call Gary home and have relatives there! They still see hope. My path has led me elsewhere to make living and I don't blame that on anyone. It would make no sense. I determine my destiny. I go back now because I choose to. Not because of my color but because of my history and family. I respect your choice but that does not make it a decision maker for me.