Comments on: Ruins of an abandoned church – Gary, Indiana http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/ City Eyes in Writing Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chicajones http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Chicajones Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:58:18 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1232 Abandoned buildings fascinate me. I love your blog. One of my favorites sites has been; http://www.opacity.us/ Thank you for this. You can do something some of us only dream of. Abandoned buildings fascinate me. I love your blog.
One of my favorites sites has been; http://www.opacity.us/
Thank you for this. You can do something some of us only dream of.

]]> By: Barb Cameron -Ottawa http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Barb Cameron -Ottawa Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:09:57 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1228 One of things I love incorporating into my photographs is the surrounding architecture. Beautiful old church. One of things I love incorporating into my photographs is the surrounding architecture. Beautiful old church.

]]> By: Fred N-Lake Station http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 Fred N-Lake Station Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:47:07 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1217 Also, I should report, there is a very large section of bricks near the front entrance, in which seedlings have taken root about 20 feet up. They have compromised all of the 84 year old mortar which once held the joints solidly. The entryway could cave in at any time now. While it is an amazing structure to photograph, it is extremely dangerous to enter this building. And I didn't even mention the murder rate in this place once called "The City of the Century". Also, I should report, there is a very large section of bricks near the front entrance, in which seedlings have taken root about 20 feet up. They have compromised all of the 84 year old mortar which once held the joints solidly.

The entryway could cave in at any time now.

While it is an amazing structure to photograph, it is extremely dangerous to enter this building. And I didn’t even mention the murder rate in this place once called “The City of the Century”.

]]> By: Fred N-Lake Station http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1216 Fred N-Lake Station Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:38:19 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1216 Two friends of mine and myself walked right in last weekend. There is a chain-link fence around the building, but the fence near the front door has been removed as I write this. We live here in NW Indiana. I think it hasn't been torn down yet because 1) It sits next door-about 15 feet away from an occupied high-rise Senior Citizen complex-The old "Hotel Gary", and because of that, 2) It would cost much more than any other building in the City to demolish. Two friends of mine and myself walked right in last weekend. There is a chain-link fence around the building, but the fence near the front door has been removed as I write this. We live here in NW Indiana. I think it hasn’t been torn down yet because 1) It sits next door-about 15 feet away from an occupied high-rise Senior Citizen complex-The old “Hotel Gary”, and because of that, 2) It would cost much more than any other building in the City to demolish.

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 Tiffany Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:51:57 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1172 hey did you have to talk to someone to go into the church or is it open to the public. I ask this because i want to go and see t his church. Please write back. hey did you have to talk to someone to go into the church or is it open to the public. I ask this because i want to go and see t his church. Please write back.

]]> By: Faith Alone: 7 Stunning Abandoned Churches at Geeker http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 Faith Alone: 7 Stunning Abandoned Churches at Geeker Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:10:15 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1161 [...] via cityeyesphoto, [...] [...] via cityeyesphoto, [...]

]]> By: Catherine Todd http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 Catherine Todd Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:15:28 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1160 Gorgeous; thank you so much for posting these beautiful photos. I want to be THERE. I want to be HERE. Gorgeous; thank you so much for posting these beautiful photos.

I want to be THERE. I want to be HERE.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 Kyle Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:26:50 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1159 Anna, thanks for visiting, I always love hearing from people who appreciate this place and have had contact with others who experienced it when it was fully functional. There were plans thrown back and forth of all sorts of plans for the church. I haven't heard anything particularly recent about it being demolished, but in the past few years there have been murmurs of it possibly becoming a ruin garden. The second I hear any new news about the place I'll be sure to post it. Anna, thanks for visiting, I always love hearing from people who appreciate this place and have had contact with others who experienced it when it was fully functional.

There were plans thrown back and forth of all sorts of plans for the church. I haven’t heard anything particularly recent about it being demolished, but in the past few years there have been murmurs of it possibly becoming a ruin garden. The second I hear any new news about the place I’ll be sure to post it.

]]> By: Anna http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1158 Anna Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:08:00 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1158 Oh, I forgot to ask: I read that the church is going to be demolished. Does anyone know if that is true? Oh, I forgot to ask: I read that the church is going to be demolished. Does anyone know if that is true?

]]> By: Anna http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Anna Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:06:06 +0000 http://www.cityeyesphoto.com/blog/2008/02/25/urban-exploration/#comment-1157 Oh my goodness...I am awed to see these photos. Thank you for having the curiosity to find this gorgeous place and to share these photos. A lady who is now gone once told us that she attended CMC. She remembers that the choir would come out on the upper floor balcony singing, surrounding the congregation below, and then walking down the stairs. She said it was like Heaven. One day, I keep telling myself, I am going to get in my car and see this place for myself. I'm really touched that you--and the others who are writing in--care about this blessed place. To God be the glory! Oh my goodness…I am awed to see these photos. Thank you for having the curiosity to find this gorgeous place and to share these photos.
A lady who is now gone once told us that she attended CMC. She remembers that the choir would come out on the upper floor balcony singing, surrounding the congregation below, and then walking down the stairs. She said it was like Heaven. One day, I keep telling myself, I am going to get in my car and see this place for myself. I’m really touched that you–and the others who are writing in–care about this blessed place. To God be the glory!

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