Posted August 24, 200717 yr LaPorte County Courthouse BPOE Hall-built 1927 First Congregational Church- built 1881 This Italiante house was built in 1875. Barker Mansion- built 1859 St. Paul Lutheran Church- built 1876 Merchants National Bank- built 1926 Old Post Office- built 1910
August 24, 200717 yr Michigan City is in pretty tough shape. Into the seventies it still had a fairly dense, active downtown and Marquette Mall, south of town, was something of a regional attraction. The South Shore station was still open, and passengers could wait indoors instead of standing outside. Washington Park has a nice beach, and the lighthouse is a landmark. I don't know if the zoo is still open; it was teetering on the brink financially, the last I heard. Michigan City was once a port of call for the grand luxury steamers that traversed the Great Lakes and a popular vacation destination for people in the major cities around the lakes. That was before the era of cheap (subsidized) jet travel. Lighthouse Place outlet mall and the Blue Chip Casino attract a lot of people, but I don't think much of that money filters down to the local working-class population. The city has some pretty big depressed areas for its size, and the State Penitentiary is a forbidding presence. Frequent South Shore commuter rail service to Chicago makes the surrounding area popular for residents who can make good money in Chicago and live somewhat more economically in Indiana.
August 24, 200717 yr Wow. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 26, 200717 yr LaPorte County Courthouse Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't LaPorte County's county seat LaPorte? Or is that just a satellite courthouse?
August 26, 200717 yr LaPorte County Courthouse Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't LaPorte County's county seat LaPorte? Or is that just a satellite courthouse? You're right. Here's the courthouse at LaPorte:
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