Friday Links Roundup
A Seamstress Who Handed Off To The N.F.L. for 48 Years [The New York Times] N.F.L. balls are just a [...]
Biting into Buffalo’s Shifting Wing Scene
Deep-fried, crispy, and with that unmistakable aroma — at first bite, a true Buffalo wing bites back with a kick of Frank’s Red Hot. Born in Buffalo in 1964, and made of nothing more than chicken coated in Frank’s Red Hot and butter ...
Visualizing Roads, Rivers and Rail in Pittsburgh and Cleveland
Transportation cartography focuses on making complex systems easy to understand by exaggerating certain elements while suppressing others. This is great for helping us figure out how to get from point A to point B but ...
Requiem for Northland Center
Northland Center is the oldest suburban shopping mall in the Detroit region, and will likely close soon. Located in the inner-ring suburb of Southfield, north of Detroit, in a field in the southernmost part of its county.
Charles Baxter: An Interview
The short stories in Charles Baxter’s forthcoming book There’s Something I Want You to Do: Stories (Pantheon), which will be released in February 2015, are set in Minneapolis.
Friday Links Roundup
If You Build It, Will They Come? [Eater] "On the far end of Braddock Avenue, Pittsburgh chef Kevin Sousa [...]
Islands of Lawsons Lost
When I visit Japan, I expect the unfamiliar. I expect to get lost. Yet, not everything in Japan is unfamiliar.
Out of the Kokoon: Cleveland’s Festival of Art and Dance, 1911-1938
Cleveland vies with Seattle for the title of the grayest, most overcast American city, and in the first three decades of the 20th century it was even grayer than it is now.
Friday Links Roundup
A roundup of links to important Rust Belt-related pieces from this past week.
The Burden of The Underdog: Cardale Jones and Rust Belt Narratives
Like most of Ohio, or at least those of us with any interest in American sports or a distant tie to the colleges involved, I spent Monday night in front of the television, watching the Buckeyes take on the Ducks.
Rust Belt Refugees – January 2015
Many from the Midwest have relocated for one reason or another, but many have never fully acclimated to their new home away from home. These profiles tell the story of Rust Belt refugees.
How To Live in Detroit Without Being A Jackass
Do you ever think -- "gee I should move to Detroit to pursue my art/tech start-up/raise a family because I hear it is so cheap and hip -- but I don't want to be all white or coastal privilege-y about it?"