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Description The City Methodist Church of Gary, Indiana was built in 1925 for $1million.

It now stands empty, charred, abandoned for over a decade, and 3 years past due for demolition.

Yet it is the most beautiful church I've ever been in.



The ruins of Gary, Indiana.
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Ireflyfish [2014-10-12 23:22:23 +0000 UTC]

Great shot, and location. Thanks for sharing this one!

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morbiusx33 [2012-09-26 18:28:19 +0000 UTC]

Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: "I seek God! I seek God!" -- As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got lost? asked one. Did he lose his way like a child? asked another. Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? emigrated? -- Thus they yelled and laughed. The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. "Whither is God?" he cried; "I will tell you. We have killed him -- you and I. All of us are his murderers. But how did we do this? How could we drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not plunging continually? Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Is there still any up or down? Are we not straying, as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is not night continually closing in on us? Do we not need to light lanterns in the morning? Do we hear nothing as yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God? Do we smell nothing as yet of the divine decomposition? Gods, too, decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. (Friedrich Nietzsche, excerpt from "The Parable of the Madman", 1882)

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chrusel [2011-01-04 22:20:39 +0000 UTC]

awesome!!! that would be a sensational location for some photoshoots.

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HolyOrphan In reply to chrusel [2011-01-05 01:06:06 +0000 UTC]

They actually used it for the recent Nightmare on Elm Street remake. I haven't seen it yet so I don't know how it came out.

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darkslideyon [2009-12-15 06:39:14 +0000 UTC]

OMG i saw that church on lie after people once instant fav

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HolyOrphan In reply to darkslideyon [2009-12-17 07:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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