In August, I arrived at the Cleveland Museum of Art carrying a slim book with a library binding - the original Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art, first published in 1925, which promised “a brief description of the museum, its collections, and its works.”
Every watering hole in Cleveland had their TVs on last night to see LeBron's first game back with the Cavs. Even Tremont’s highfalutin Spotted Owl Bar toted out a wall-dominating screen for easy viewing.
Behind the Sign is a documentary video series created by Cleveland SGS to highlight the unsung heroes of Cleveland’s small business community. Their achievements aren’t measured in dollars, but in pride and longevity.
A leading avant-garde poet lives in obscurity in Cleveland.
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.
Here's the second installment of our brief introduction to the Belt staff — their views on our publication and the Rust Belt region, as well as details on their lives away from Belt.
Here's the first installment of our brief introduction to the Belt staff — their views on our publication and the Rust Belt region, as well as details on their lives away from Belt.
There is no denying that term “Rust Belt” is as much a nickname of endearment as it is a condemnation. In the postindustrial haze, cities like Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, quickly fell from popular favor ...
Today we are kicking off our second annual Members Week, where we take time to thank members for supporting Belt and tell you more about us.
Never before and likely never again will Cleveland witness packs of young Jewish and Italian girls roving the streets for strikebreakers and scabs.
Bits of good news about Ohio's economy—as welcome as they may be—are dwarfed by a relentlessly bleak reality. The numbers are bad—and getting worse—and the suffering behind those numbers is more wretched.
Every city is a text. You can read the city. My favorite way to read Chicago is like a book of poetry. Not necessarily straight through but jumping around, page to page, focusing hard on one thing, then flipping past others ...