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Palace Theater to be Demolished
posted by
megafishnd
on
August 30, 2004 at 8:05 am
GARY, IN — According to a report from the Indianapolis Star, Lalosa Burns, spokesperson for the City of Gary, is reporting that City of Gary will be taking bids to demolish the Palace Theater sometime this year.
As local preservationist Erica Davis put it: “It would be a very good venue for a performing arts center or theater. It would take a lot of work. Unfortunately, the city of Gary has the sad tendency to demolish rather than restore.”
In my own opinion, judging from the fact that most of Gary is heavily gang and drug infested, and decaying at the same rate as the unfortunate Palace Theater, I hold little hope of anything being done to save this theater.
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A fairly recent view of the exterior of the John Eberson-designed Palace Theatre can be seen here.
Union Station in Gary is another example of that city’s apathy for its historical architectural treasures. Sad pics of what’s left of Union Station can be seen here.