Flight Paths Project
I-65 Changed All That
"You know, it was a national trend back then for people to leave urban areas and move to the suburbs." https://youtu.be/TkYFpd24xCQ Transcript for I-65 Changed All That Merrillville back, I guess, in the 1800s was called Wiggins Point—its claim to...
No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress
"Why don’t you come to Gary and see what Gary really is?" https://youtu.be/YPOfcFVlWx4 Transcript for No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress You know—city services are based on tax revenue and if you don’t have enough people who are paying...
Should Play Nicer
"Don’t give me this disillusioned, glossy effect of who we are. This is who we really are." https://youtu.be/Q7R6SHcvsR8 Transcript for Should Play Nicer Good neighbors. That’s an oxymoron, isn’t it? I think it is. All the counties in Northwest...
Hold the Line
“These were good people who honestly believed that there was a real problem in terms of the difference between the races.”
Edited by Rebecca Werner. Transcript for Title of Story Well, at the...
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
"The guy who was over the department...said that I might have some problems because they had never had anybody black in the office." https://youtu.be/qKy4UZsE6vw Transcript for Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained When I graduated from high school, I got a job...
The Strike at Froebel
"We were in school one day, the next day when we went back, the entire white population of students were gone." https://youtu.be/YDhAJ6NxNC8 Transcript for The Strike at Froebel I was totally shocked when I moved to Gary. For the simple...
Competition Came In
“What happened with the steel industry is foreign steel.”
Edited by Rebecca Werner. Transcript for Title of Story Bethlehem Steel supposedly came to the Midwest and moved into U.S. Steel’s territory, supposedly after...
Remember Where You Came From
"You can never forget who you are." https://youtu.be/FYjndEmJH4c Transcript for Remember Where You Came From I say to my grandkids all the time, you can never forget who you are, but you have to remember where you come from. You...
Back Then, It Mattered
"So these are things that I kind of learned that I didn’t realize I was learning." https://youtu.be/LNAsOt9SGPA Transcript for Back Then, It Mattered I’m Croatian. And when I was a kid, it mattered. My dad was Croatian, my grandfather, George...