Wells Street Beach (Gary, Indiana)

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  jspence (guest)

  I grew up @ 1117 well st. that the 3rd house toward the bch from oak st. It was awesome !!!!!!!!1 alot of fun times in the dunes, Me and kirk named uno boob hill.

  18 years ago | reply | hide comment
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  HoosierMinuteman

  I remember how every summer, my grandmother who lived at 1211 Wayne St., had to put up a barricade to keep the Illinois people from parking illegally in her driveway. They would come to Wells St. Beach, Marquette Park, Lake St., and when all the public beaches filled up, they would start parking all along streets where parking was banned. Some repeat offenders, knowing if they parked in marked no-parking zones along the major streets, would park in private driveways, in front of people's homes, and if property owners tolerated them to park, they would usually leave litter everywhere. Some engaged in boorish, unacceptable behavior - and that was WITHOUT booze! Even though there was an alcohol ban on the beach ("no open containers"), many still brought booze and this kept the police busy during the day in the summer. Since my dad was a cop, had a take-home car & usually worked nights, he would park it at his mom's and that usually spared the whole block of unwanted guests!! (LOL)

  13 years ago | reply | hide comment