Gary has shrunk from a population of 200,000 to around 70,000 and suffered from a host of problems like abandonment, blight and decay ... photographers and urban explorers, hope to express ...

GARY — About a century ago ... Region photographers and urban explorers lament the loss of one of Northwest Indiana's best-known and most-visited buildings but said it was inevitable.

The small city of Gary, Indiana, has endured decades of hard times. More than half of its population has disappeared since 1960, and a third of its homes remain unoccupied or abandoned.