New Addition

New Addition, also called West Harbor, is a small triangular neighborhood in the Indiana Harbor section of East Chicago, Indiana, west of Kennedy Avenue, east of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, and north of United States Route 12.

[1] Like several other East Chicago neighborhoods including Marktown and Roxana, New Addition is wholly surrounded by industrial land,.

[1] Built in the early 20th century, the neighborhood originally provided housing for steelworkers in the nearby mills,[3] particularly American Steel Foundries.

[4] The neighborhood was saved from demolition by local activists including Rev.

[5] The view from much of the neighborhood is dominated by petroleum storage tanks associated with the Whiting Refinery.