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As Gary Rebuilds, a Black-Owned Landmark Is Fighting to Survive

The meetings had been going well. For months in early 2025, attorney Macarthur Drake and his family met with Gary officials about the future of downtown Broadway. The conversations centered on how the city planned to protect Drake’s building at 487 Broadway while demolishing the vacant structure next door. Four meetings. Maybe five. Each one […]

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