Parry-Shaw Apartment Complex Sept 2015

mookster · Oct 8, 2015

Gary is littered with thousands of abandoned houses and empty lots where they once stood, as well as a few larger apartment complexes in the downtown area. Sandwiched between an equally large closed shop/office building and the remains of a car dealership which still displays a fantastic metal Plymouth/Dodge sign on the front wall are the crumbling relics of the Parry-Shaw Apartments. Once upon a time these would have been some of the most prized apartments in Gary, smack bang in the centre of the steel city but as with all of Gary's decline, white flight brought rapid de-population and these apartment blocks were left abandoned.

I first explored this place last year but didn't take many photos - along with a second apartment block called the Ambassador which is hands down the most dangerous, unstable place I have ever explored. In the last couple of months the entire road the Ambassador Apartments are on has been shut off and the whole building fenced off due to serious concerns about the building's stability. The whole top floor is bowing outwards and large parts of the exterior brickwork have already fallen to the ground. But I digress. Other than a slightly dodgy staircase this one is nice and stable and very photogenic, it's interesting seeing how all the different apartments have faired over the years.