Editing Gary, Indiana (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Arts and film===
[[File:Budding Film Industry in Gary, Indiana.jpg|thumb|''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' being filmed in Gary]]

[[Meredith Willson]]'s 1957 Broadway musical ''[[The Music Man]]'' featured the song "[[Gary, Indiana (song)|Gary, Indiana]]", in which lead character (and [[con man]]) Professor Harold Hill wistfully recalls his purported hometown, then prosperous.  Hill claims to be an alumnus of "Gary Conservatory of Music, Class of '05", but this is later revealed to be another of his lies. The City of Gary was not founded until 1906. Willson's musical, set in 1912, was adapted both as a [[The Music Man (1962 film)|film of the same name]] released in 1962, and as a [[The Music Man (2003 film)|television film]], produced in 2003.

The 1996 urban film ''[[Original Gangstas]]'' was filmed in the city. It starred Gary native [[Fred Williamson]], [[Pam Grier]], [[Jim Brown]], [[Richard Roundtree]], and [[Isabel Sanford]], among others. Since the early 2000s, Gary has been the setting for numerous films made by Hollywood filmmakers. In 2009, scenes for the remake of ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' were filmed in Gary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/may/01/entertainment/chi-talk-nightmare-follomay01 |work=Chicago Tribune |title=Featured Articles from the Chicago Tribune }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Scenes from ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' wrapped up filming on August 16, 2010.<ref>"[http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/article_5e017c1c-afc4-5254-8078-33a9743c9a83.html 'Transformers' set in Gary explosive]". ''The Times of Northwest Indiana'' (August 17, 2010). Retrieved on March 22, 2011.</ref>

The [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] documentary ''[[Life After People]]'' was filmed in Gary, exploring areas that have deteriorated or been abandoned because of the loss of jobs and residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.co.uk/shows/life-after-people/series-1/videos/life-after-people-episode-2-gary-indiana.html|title=Shows|work=HISTORY|access-date=July 24, 2011|archive-date=November 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123221425/http://history.co.uk/shows/life-after-people/series-1/videos/life-after-people-episode-2-gary-indiana.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In [[John Mellencamp]]'s 1985 song, "Minutes to Memories", an old man on a bus, recalling his humble life, tells the young man beside him, "I worked my whole life in the steel mills of Gary."

On [[Beyoncé|Beyoncé’s]] 2024 Grammy Winning Album of the Year, Cowboy Carter, song “YA YA”, Gary is mentioned as the intermediary stop on a 3 city tour along the [[Chitlin' Circuit|Chitlin’ Circuit]].

===Historic places on the National Register===
{{Main|National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Indiana}}The following single properties and national [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]]s are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:
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* [[American Sheet and Tin Mill Apartment Building]]
* [[Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute]]
* [[Combs Addition Historic District]]
* [[Emerson High School (Indiana)|Ralph Waldo Emerson School]]
* [[Eskilson Historic District]]
* [[Gary Bathing Beach Aquatorium]]
* [[Gary City Center Historic District]]
* [[Gary Land Company Building]]
* [[Gary Public Schools Memorial Auditorium]]
* [[Jackson-Monroe Terraces Historic District]]
* [[Jefferson Street Historic District (Gary, Indiana)|Jefferson Street Historic District]]
* [[Knights of Columbus Building (Gary, Indiana)|Knights of Columbus Building]]
* [[Lincoln Street Historic District (Gary, Indiana)|Lincoln Street Historic District]]
* [[Horace Mann Historic District]]
* [[Miller Town Hall]]
* [[Monroe Terrace Historic District]]
* [[Morningside Historic District (Gary, Indiana)|Morningside Historic District]]
* [[Polk Street Concrete Cottage Historic District]]
* [[Polk Street Terraces Historic District]]
* [[Theodore Roosevelt High School (Gary)|Theodore Roosevelt High School]]
* [[Barney Sablotney House]]
* [[St. Augustine's Episcopal Church (Gary, Indiana)|St. Augustine's Episcopal Church]]
* [[Van Buren Terrace Historic District]]
* [[West Fifth Avenue Apartments Historic District]]
* [[St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church and School]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.lcms.org/st-johns-evangelical-lutheran-church-receives-historical-designation/|title=St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Receives Historical Designation – Indiana District LCMS|access-date=November 18, 2020}}</ref>
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===Public libraries===
[[File:Gary (45997074204).jpg|thumb|Gary Public Library and Cultural Center in 2019]]
The Gary Public Library System consists of the main library at 220 West 5th Avenue and several branches: Brunswick Branch, W. E. B. DuBois Branch, J. F. Kennedy Branch, Tolleston Branch, and Woodson Branch.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.gary.lib.in.us/hours&locations.htm |title=Locations & Hours |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101130853/http://www.gary.lib.in.us/hours%26locations.htm |archive-date=January 1, 2009 |website=Gary Public Library System |access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> In March 2011, the Gary Library Board voted to close the main library on 5th Avenue and the Tolleston branch in what officials said was their best economic option. The main library closed at the end of 2011. The building now houses a museum.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gary's main library closing|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/4585159-418/garys-main-library-closing.html|access-date=March 31, 2011|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=March 31, 2011|author=Christin Nance Lazerus}}</ref>

Lake County Public Library operates the Black Oak Branch at 5921 West 25th Avenue in the Gary city limits.<ref>[http://www.lakeco.lib.in.us/location.htm  Lake County Public Library – Locations and Hours]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225092136/http://www.lakeco.lib.in.us/location.htm |date=December 25, 2008}}</ref> In addition, [[Indiana University Northwest]] operates the John W. Anderson Library on its campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iun.edu/~lib/ |title=Library – Indiana University Northwest |publisher=Iun.edu |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004082726/http://www.iun.edu/%7elib/ |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>