https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/categories/chapter-9--the-hunt/Recent content in Chapter 9 — The Hunt on Chicago ChroniclesHugoen-usFri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/posts/the-hunt/Sat, 28 Jul 1990 20:19:00 +0000https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/posts/the-hunt/<p><em>East Side Bar / <a href="https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/locations/the-torch/">The Torch</a> / Miller Beach / Kendrick&rsquo;s Auto</em> <em>Gary, Indiana</em></p> <hr> <p>The water main had Broadway looking like a wound. Orange cones in standing water, utility trucks parked at angles that blocked two lanes, and the sodium lights out from Fifth to Ninth so the strip looked the way Gary would look if everyone finally gave up and left. <a href="https://chicago-by-night.pages.dev/sable-price/">Sable</a> took Ridge Road east instead, and the city changed under the tires the way it always changed when you drove toward the lake &ndash; the buildings got smaller, the lots got wider, and the air coming through the cracked window carried something green and sandy that didn&rsquo;t belong to the Gary she knew.</p>