Surrounded by Industry, a Historic Community Fights for Its Future – The New York Times

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Surrounded by Industry, a Historic Community Fights for Its Future

The residents of Marktown, a historic district ringed by industrial behemoths in East Chicago, Ind., are trying to stay put, relying on each other in the face of change.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/surrounded-by-industry-a-historic-community-fights-for-its-future/?&_r=0&module=Slide&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-8&action=Escape&contentCollection=Blogs&slideshowTitle=Surrounded%20by%20Industry%2C%20

The houses of Marktown were not exactly what Alyssa Schukar expected to find when she moved to Chicago and started looking for a community project. In an industrial corner of East Chicago, Ind., she came across a tiny, nearly century-old community of narrow streets with gable-roofed homes whose windows faced gardens.