Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine. October 19-25, 2015
Beyond Rust: Part 1, “A 12-Mile Story of Who We Are”
Rather than emerging from a coherent set of policies, Pittsburgh’s neoliberal model for urban redevelopment and economic growth evolved ...
The Cleveland Consent Decree: A Progress Report
With a settlement reached between the City of Cleveland and the Department of Justice and an independent monitor agreed on at the beginning of this month ...
Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine.
Riding Alone: Or, So Long, Slow Roll
During the years I lived away from Detroit, group bicycle rides became a popular pastime in my hometown. When I moved back, I gave such outings numerous tries ...
The Fight Over Graffiti: Banksy In Detroit
The boy looked back at me, his eyes defiant. Dressed in head-to-toe black, he was standing in a Detroit police station, holding evidence of his crime ...
SGS Presents: Behind The Sign, Episode #3
Bernie Naworski, owner of Play It Again Sam, has devoted the last 38 years of his life to the repair and sale of vintage audio equipment. Much has changed since 1979 when Bernie first opened his doors to the public.
Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine.
Cleveland Shouted ‘Stay’ — An Unexpected Move Home
“Where’d you go?” “What happened?” “Are you OK?” The texts poured in; my phone buzzed off the edge of the hospital bed nightstand. It chimed in the passenger side cup holder, chirping from Elko to Oglalla.
The ArtPrize Tension Machine: Power, Politics, And Populism At The World’s Strangest Arts Competition
Ruben Ubiera, shirtless on a humid night in early September, runs back and forth across Front Avenue under US-131 in Grand Rapids, shaking a can of spray paint.
Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine.
Still The Vehicle City: Back To The Bricks Reminds Flint, And The World, Where The Auto Industry Was Born
“I think people are seeing this can have a lot to offer,” said Beth White as she walked along the dozen or so red-bricked blocks of Saginaw Street that constitute Flint, Michigan’s downtown.