History Behind a Midwest Town
Posted By admin on January 11, 2009
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Did you know that an industy or company could develop a community or city? In most of the Midwest this was a common practice, hence the development of the community of East Chicago, Indiana.
The city has a history of being described as the “Twin Cities”. This description was due to the city being divided into as east and west sides by the citizens at the time of inception. The east side was known as Indiana Harbor and the west side was known as Sunnyside.
East side was comprised of Inland Steel and several other industries, and the west side was comprised of 140th Street North, south of Columbus Drive, west of Alder Street, and east of Cline Avenue.
The city grew and it 1920 had a population of approximately 36,000. It was in 1920, that the section of Sunnyside was developed as a new community in Indiana Harbor. This new community was comprised of 100 duxplexes that still stand today. The homes were owned and rented to Inland Steel employees. The rent was reasonable, so there was always a waiting list.
As times and financing changed, so did the ownership of the development, in 1963 the Purdue Calumet Development Foundation took over operation of the development. The Development decided to sale the duplexes in 1969 with Inland employees getting first choice on the purchase of the homes.
With the sale of most of the homes, there was a need to develop more homes in the area. In 1970, 38 homes were built. With another eight homes being added to Evergreen Estates in 1974.
With the growth of Inland Street, the company committed to renovating the 100 duplexes in 1971. This renovation was named the largest renovation in Midwest history. The homes received many upgrades at the time to include upgrades to the plumbing, electrical wiring, and heating.
In those days, the companies were involved in your life to make your life better on and off the job. I think that we may be headed by to those times. Remember history has a habit of repeating itself.
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