The Gary schools; a general account . to the conditions underwhich they live. Through a subsidiary organizationcalled the Gary Land Company, the Steel Corporationwas instnmiental in laying out and building that partof the city which lies mainly between the Grand CalumetRiver, on the north, and the Wabash Railroad, on thesouth—an area of about nine square miles. Modemmethods of city planning were not employed. A checker-board scheme was followed; lots of thirty feet frontagewith a depth of one hundred fifty to two hundred feetwere marked off; the streets all cross at right reservatio
The Gary schools; a general account . to the conditions underwhich they live. Through a subsidiary organizationcalled the Gary Land Company, the Steel Corporationwas instnmiental in laying out and building that partof the city which lies mainly between the Grand CalumetRiver, on the north, and the Wabash Railroad, on thesouth—an area of about nine square miles. Modemmethods of city planning were not employed. A checker-board scheme was followed; lots of thirty feet frontagewith a depth of one hundred fifty to two hundred feetwere marked off; the streets all cross at right reservations were made for park purposes—one oftwenty acres on the east side, another of ten on the heart of the city lies at the intersection of Broadway,a wide thoroughfare running north and south, and FifthAvenue, running east and west. Broadway is the mainbusiness street; the Carnegie Library, the Young MensChristian Association, and the federal post office aresituated on Fifth Avenue on sites donated by the GaryLand GARY II Most of the dwelling houses in this section of the citywere erected by the Gary Land Company and soldon easy terms. Though close together, they are com-fortable, well lighted, sanitary, and attractive. Themonotony is somewhat reheved by other structures—churches, apartment houses, and more ambitious resi-dences, and by the well kept lawns characteristic of thispart of the town. Here dwell nearly one half of thetotal population—local corporation officials, skilled steelworkers, professional and trades people. There is, however, another side to housing in half of Gary, as we have seen, lives in decency andcomfort; not so the other half. South of the holdingsof the Gary Land Company lay a large tract, which wasquickly seized by land speculators who undertook toprovide shelter for the vast majority of Garys unskilledlaborers. Hundreds of ramshackle houses, generallywood, occasionally brick or stucco, were thrown to-gether. Some acc
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