Friday Link Roundup

When a church is not a church in Pittsburgh; thanks for nothing, South Carolina; whither the smart money in Detroit?; Lorain-born Jason Molina left behind beautiful, heartbreaking music; and a pretty little map of 1903 US immigration.

2014-10-27T10:27:31-04:00October 23, 2014|

Lockdown City

NATO held its international meeting in Chicago a couple months before I decided to quit driving a cab in 2012. Mayor Emanuel turned the city into a militarized showplace for the visitors' benefit.

2015-01-28T14:35:38-05:00October 21, 2014|

Friday Link Roundup

Biz meetings in Cleveland: "Can I bring someone? Can my friends come?" Browns quarterbacks and symbology. It's all happening in Pittsburgh. David Lynch loves old factories. Distilling our mojo, or something.

2014-10-06T11:21:34-04:00October 2, 2014|

Friday Link Roundup

Cities are organisms, whither Portland?, mortgages by race through the boom and bust, fly-over country and innovation, Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine growth, and Motor City West.

2014-09-26T08:30:18-04:00September 26, 2014|

The Best of Belt Year One

When Belt Magazine launched one year ago, we did so for one basic reason: We felt that Cleveland and other cities in the Rust Belt were being defined by outside media that didn’t know us. We wanted to tell our own story ourselves.

2020-06-26T10:56:19-04:00September 23, 2014|

Friday Link Roundup

Midwest rankings in (stagnant) median household incomes, the rent is too damn high, Rust Belt beekeeping, careful what you wish for re: gentrification, how writers get paid in a virtual world of writing.

2014-09-23T10:51:30-04:00September 19, 2014|