“We certainly hope people will appreciate the history and architecture and see Gary is more than just a steel city,” Salvesen said. “We see this as sort of a pilot program that we could expand to Ambridge Mann, Glen Park and other neighborhoods. Gary is not lacking in great architecture.”

The Decay Devils group was formed by a love of Gary's architecture. The collective started four years ago with photographers who kept bumping into each other at City Methodist and decided to go on a road trip to see what other places have done to preserve their landmarks. It’s since incorporated as a nonprofit and embarked on a number of projects, such as a Marquette Beach cleanup and the St. Monica and St. Luke oral history and time capsule project.

The upcoming Union Station cleanup will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 8. Everything needed, such as work gloves and trash bags, will be provided to volunteers who show up to the staging point at the Genesis Convention Center that day, Decay Devils President Tyrell Anderson said. After removing all the litter, the group will bring in graffiti artists to paint murals.

The Decay Devils also are looking for ways to illuminate the building at night to make it more visible and remind people it’s tucked between the train tracks downtown.