The Greek Debt Crisis Has Everything To Do With Cleveland Sports
The New York Times recently published a column by Michael Powell titled “Sports Owners Dip Into the Public’s Purse, Despite Their Billions in the Bank.”
A Trolley Through Slavic Village: Belt Industry Tour Photo Essay
Take a trip through Slavic Village with the gang who joined us on our first Industry Tour followed by drinks at The Nash, thanks to Belt's photo editor Bob Perkoski.
Wanna Be Our Intern?
Belt Magazine is seeking a Cleveland-based part-time intern for both its book and magazine publishing divisions.
Something in the Night: Bruce Springsteen at the Agora
I am a bespectacled 23-year-old with a deep affinity for Oxford shirts, Levi’s skinny jeans, and overpriced beer and coffee, and I, like so many of my kombucha-sipping contemporaries...
On The 64: A Bus Ride Through Pittsburgh’s Past And Promise
5th & College: 10:07 a.m.: Cameron messaged me. He was on board. So began our adventure — riding Pittsburgh’s 64 bus line end to end.
Our Friendliness Will Save Us
“Can you tell me which one is the fennel?” I looked up at the voice, annoyed at being drawn out of my own panicky thoughts.
All Aboard the Red Line Greenway
Standing atop the viaduct bridge that carries commuter trains between downtown Cleveland and the city’s west side, Lennie Stover stoops down and fishes a rusty piece of metal from the gravel next to the tracks.
Of Rumor and Riot
In late summer of 1967, waves of rumors moved through metropolitan Detroit, announcing a series of race divisions across the city and between city and suburb.
Belt Industry Tour: Cleveland
Belt is excited to announce a guided and up-close look at some of Cleveland's historically significant industrial locations. Celebrate Cleveland's rich manufacturing history with the inaugural Belt Industry Tour.
Readers’ Corner: Marie’s Golden Cue
Marie’s Golden Cue, on the corner of Montrose and Troy, endures in a 1930s deco storefront with glossy white terra cotta tiles. The phrase: "Cue Stick Repair Shop, Professional Workmanship," appears on the picture window.
Can Detroit Save White People?
OK, so, all you white people coming from Brooklyn (or L.A., or Portland, or Austin, or Chicago, or London, or whatever) to Detroit looking to “save” yourself: What, exactly, are you saving yourself from?
Flipping Tin: Searching for Ohio’s Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes
On a hot, wet morning in May, I jumped into a pickup truck with Brett Rodstrom, VP of Eastern Field Operations for the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, and headed out to look for Eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes.