Although it’s home to the second-most annual murders per 10,000 residents of any city in the United States¹, Gary, Indiana, has made strides to overcome its national reputation as a dangerous place over the past few decades. Case in point: it used to be ranked first²! Despite its perceived standing, visitors brave enough to check out the area of Broadway between Fourth and Fifth Avenues will find a sweet old courthouse in the middle of a downtown that’s slowly on the upswing³.