Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics & US Steel

Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics & US Steel
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781467103145
ISBN-13 : 1467103144
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Book Synopsis Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics & US Steel by : John C. Trafny and Diane F. Trafny

Download or read book Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics & US Steel written by John C. Trafny and Diane F. Trafny and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the era of gigantic shopping malls, big-box stores, and online shopping, the commercial centers of major American cities were located in areas often referred to as downtown. In blue-collar industrial cities such as Gary, Indiana, downtown was the social, cultural, and political center of the community. From the 1920s through the 1960s, people from throughout the Calumet Region flocked to the Steel City's popular stores, theaters, and restaurants by car, bus, and the South Shore Railroad. For many, Gordon's, Lytton's, Sears, and Goldblatt's bring back memories of window-shopping, making layaway plans, visiting Santa, and being asked "May I help you?" by courteous employees. Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics, and US Steel provides a glimpse not only at the stores of yesteryear but also the politics, churches, schools, and of course, United States Steel Corporation and the millrats.


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