Abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana - June 2010. Urban exploration

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Thanks for posting, but PLEASE stop waving the camera around. Hold it still, once in a while.

[slworking2]

@Offshoreorganbuilder NP. Check out my newer (June of 2011) video of this church. I've gotten much better at keeping the camera steady now. :-)

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

@slworking2 Thanks for your newer video. The building is certainly impressive, despite its state of collapse. Very sad to see, not only the end of someone's vision, but the result of such amazing stupidity on the part of the vandals and arsonists.

[slworking2]

@Offshoreorganbuilder Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, very sad that the arsonists destroyed this place. Prior to the fire, this building stood a good chance of being restored someday. More recent plans call for turning it into a ruins garden. Basically, the sanctuary and bell tower would be saved and stabilized. The roof would be removed. The rest of the building would be demolished.

[TriFlow]

Looks like what happened to my old house on Harrison ST... Great video, but really sad....

[slworking2]

@TriFlow Thanks. And I agree - it would be nice to see this building saved. I'm not a religious person, but I do appreciate great architecture and the good things the congregation did for the community.

[blkguyjusttryn]

While I'm sure the history regarding the Pastor and his fight against the Klan may be accurate, Gary was very segregated til the late 50s early 60s. I remember not being able to eat in place downtown. Blacks weren't allowed north of the rail road tracks near 10th after dark, which includes all of the area City Methodist was in, and all of downtown.

[slworking2]

@blkguyjusttryn It's good that lots of progress has been made in lowering discrimination since that time.

[arlichar11]

dang your brave......those stairs not loook safe at all



[slworking2]

@arlichar11 Yeah - I'm quite fearless when it comes to exploring and climbing around on stuff like this. :-)

[TheMrsLammers]

the narration on here is terrible. Just points out the obvious

[8232135]

that part of the roof IS solid enough

[crawlin82]

how come you dident go in there at night? haha j/p, good video!

[justblazemedia]

Great video as always! Keep them coming.

[slworking2]

@justblazemedia No problem. Will do. :-)