Demolition process for Gary’s Emerson and Mann schools underway

Demolition process for Gary’s Emerson and Mann schools underway

With their glory days long gone, Gary Emerson and Horace Mann high schools represent blighted eyesores that conjure up nostalgia and grim realities. Soon, they might be just memories like previously demolished Lew Wallace and Froebel high schools. The Gary Housing Authority, which owns the schools, and the city of Gary are completing state and federal approvals for the demolition of Emerson and Horace Mann, and two adjacent vacant elementaries, …