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I KNOW WHO I AM

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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS

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AROUND INDIANA.

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THIS WEEK'S ENDANGERED INDIANA

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TAKES US TO HENRY COUNTY WHERE

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ANOTHER BLOCK OF NEW CASTLE'S

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PRE-CIVIL WAR DOWNTOWN SQUARE IS

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IN DANGER OF DEMOLITION.

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KNOWN AS THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX,

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THE NOW VACANT BUILDING WAS

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CONSTRUCTED TO MATCH THE CITY'S

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HISTORIC COURTHOUSE THAT SITS

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JUST ACROSS THE STREET.

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AROUND INDIANA REPORTER

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MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE FROM

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NEW CASTLE.

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>> IN MOST CASES, NEW CASTLE IS

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KNOWN FOR ONE THING.

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>> GO GET 'EM, TIGER.

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>> HOOSIER HOOPS.

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FROM THE WORLD'S LARGEST HIGH

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SCHOOL GYM...TO HOMETOWN

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HERO...AND OF COURSE HOME TO THE

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INDIANA BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME.

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WHAT MANY DON'T REALIZE, THOUGH,

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AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, THE

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CITY OF NEW CASTLE WAS A VIBRANT

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ECONOMICALLY THRIVING COMMUNITY,

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THANKS, TO THE GAS BOOM.

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AND ALSO THE CENTER OF

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MANUFACTURING PROWESS, PRODUCING

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EVERYTHING FROM CARS TO CASKETS.

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>> THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT

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DURING A TIME WHEN NEW CASTLE

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WAS EXPERIENCING A REAL BOOM.

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WE HAD THE LARGEST AUTOMOBILE

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FACTORY IN THE WORLD.

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IN THE 1900s, NEW CASTLE WAS ONE

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OF THE FASTEST GROWING IN

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INDIANA.

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>> ONE THE GAS WELLS DRIED UP

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AND MAJOR INDUSTRY MADE ITS

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EXIT, THE CITY FOUND ITSELF ON A

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DOWNWARD SPIRAL, THE EFFECTS

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EVIDENT EVEN TODAY.

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>> WE'VE LOST AN ENTIRE BLOCK OF

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DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS TO

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DEMOLITION.

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IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN WHAT

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WE HAVE LEFT.

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>> HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SO HAVING

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A BUILDING COME BACK TO LIFE

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WOULD -- MEAN A LOT FOR OUR

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DOWNTOWN.

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>> NOW FOR A QUICK TOUR.

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>> THIS IS THE THIRD FLOOR.

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AND.

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>> CORRECT.

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>> WOW, THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF

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BOXES FULL OF RECORDS.

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>> COUNTY RECORDS FROM GOING

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BACK 20 AND 30 YEARS AT LEAST.

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>> WHEN DID THIS BECOME VACANT?

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OVER TIME?

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>> OVER TIME.

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PROBABLY LAST FIVE YEARS IT HAS

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NOT BEEN USED, IT'S BEEN SITTING

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EMPTY, IT'S A BIG STORAGE AREA

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FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

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>> THIS THIRD FLOOR IS

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ABSOLUTELY GINORMOUS.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS MORE

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RECORDS IN WHAT I THINK USED TO

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BE AN APARTMENT, AND AS YOU WALK

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THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE IT IS

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DIRTY, BUT THIS BEAUTIFUL

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ANTIQUE TILE THAT WOULD HAVE

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BEEN HERE WHEN IT WAS FIRST

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BUILT.

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THERE ARE SO MANY LITTLE

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INTERESTING UNIQUE FEATURES IN

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THIS BUILDING THAT ARE KIND OF A

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WINK AND A NOD TO THAT TIME.

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LET'S SEE.

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OH.

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>> THIS BUILDING HAS A LOT OF

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POTENTIAL.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, TIME IS RUNNING

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OUT.

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>> I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT

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WHERE WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE A

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DECISION MADE WITHIN THE NEXT

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FEW MONTHS.

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>> THEY'VE BEEN SITTING EMPTY

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LONG ENOUGH NOW THAT WE'RE

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WANTING TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON

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IT AS QUICK AS WE CAN TO TRY TO

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GET SOMEBODY INTERESTED THAT

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WANTS IT.

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WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY

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PUTTING UP FOR AUCTION.

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>> THAT BUILDING COMING BACK TO

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LIFE MEANS THAT NEW CASTLE IS

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COMING BACK TO LIFE.

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I OFTEN THINK THAT THE WAY YOUR

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DOWNTOWN LOOKS INDICATES THE

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HEALTH OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

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SO IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF VACANT

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EMPTY BUILDINGS BOARDED UP,

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PERHAPS THE HEALTH OF YOUR

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COMMUNITY IS LOW.

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HAVING A BUILDING ALIVE AGAIN I

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THINK WOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF

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WHERE OUR COMMUNITY IS.

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BECAUSE I FEEL THAT NEW CASTLE

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AND HENRY COUNTY IS ALIVE AGAIN.