The proposed U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel partnership would breathe new life into Gary. Nippon would revitalize Gary Works by ...

Now Gary is a ghost town. Conditions have deteriorated to ... Gary was founded in 1906 for the workers of the United States Steel Corporation. The population peaked at around 180,000 in 1960.

“A company town inevitably depends on the whims and fortunes of its company,” Paige Williams writes, in a piece for the 100th Anniversary Issue. For Gary, that company is U.S. Steel, which is ...