 {{infobox settlement |official_name = city of gary |settlement_type = city |nickname = city in motion, city of the century, gi, magic city of steel, the steel city, city on the move |motto = we are doing great things |image_skyline = genesis towers & gary state bank.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = the genesis towers (originally the exclusive "hotel gary") and the gary state bank building, both located in downtown gary |image_flag = |flagsize = |image_seal = gary seal.png |seal_size = |image_map = lake_county_indiana_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_gary_highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = gary's location in lake county (left)and the state of indiana (right). |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |latd=41 |latm=35 |lats=44 |latns=n |longd=87 |longm=20 |longs=43 |longew=w |coordinates_region = us-in |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_footnotes = |subdivision_type = country |subdivision_name =  united states |subdivision_type1 = state |subdivision_name1 =  indiana |subdivision_type2 = county |subdivision_name2 = lake |subdivision_type3 = townships |subdivision_name3 = calumet and hobart |established_title = incorporated |established_date = july 14, 1906 |named_for = elbert henry gary |parts_type = neighborhoods |parts = |parts_style = coll |p1=aetna |p2=ambridge mann |p3=black oak |p4=brunswick |p5=downtown |p6=downtown west |p7=emerson |p8=glen park |p9=midtown |p10=miller beach |p11=pulaski |p12=tolleston |p13=westside |government_footnotes =  |government_type = council-strong mayor |governing_body = |leader_title = mayor |leader_name = karen m. freeman-wilson (d) |leader_title1 = city council |leader_name1 = {{collapsible list |title = members |frame_style = border:none; padding:0; |list_style = text-align:left; |1 = kyle w. allen, sr. (d, al) |2 = ronald g. brewer (d, al) |3 = roy pratt (d, al) |4 = mildred shannon (d, 1st) |5 = michael l. protho (d, 2n
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