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Weekly Links Roundup

2016-04-17T22:09:07-04:00By William Rickman|Current Issue|

News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine. News from the week of April 11-17, 2016

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Why The Term “Rust Belt” Matters

2020-08-03T15:48:18-04:00By William Rickman|Current Issue, Essays|

The Rust Belt, linguistically speaking, is one of America’s newest regions. It was largely created in 1984 by, of all people, Walter Mondale. During a campaign stop during the presidential election...

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Tourism In The Rust Belt: If You Want A Bed, Pay Up

2016-04-13T22:43:50-04:00By William Rickman|Cities, Cleveland, Current Issue, Pittsburgh|

I’m looking for a hotel room in Pittsburgh, and it’s not going well. I search Kayak, Expedia, and Priceline. I recheck Hostelworld, although I know it’s pointless.

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Harvey & Me: Goodbyes

2016-04-13T10:48:59-04:00By William Rickman|Arts & Culture, Current Issue, Harvey and Me by Anne Elizabeth Moore and Melissa Mendes, Regulars|

Harvey & Me is written by Anne Elizabeth Moore and drawn by Melissa Mendes. This installment is titled "Goodbyes."

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Pittsburgh’s Ace Hotel Markets The City’s Past To Its Future

2016-04-12T09:28:21-04:00By William Rickman|Cities, Current Issue, Pittsburgh, Politics and Urbanism, Population|

The first person John Brewer saw when he entered the YMCA in the 1950s was not a receptionist as you see when you enter the same building today, but a security guard.

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Weekly Links Roundup

2016-04-17T10:02:05-04:00By William Rickman|Current Issue|

News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine. News from the week of April 4 - April 10, 2016.

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Writing from the Borderlands

2016-04-07T09:52:30-04:00By William Rickman|Arts & Culture, Books, Current Issue, Reading The Midwest by Mark Athitakis, Regulars|

Clickbait is easy: just ask people to weigh in on stuff they have strong opinions about but will never agree on. Politics: clickbait gold. Red-carpet sartorial choices: those too.

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Abandoned Tires Prove Both Blight And Boon For The Motor City

2016-04-04T12:53:55-04:00By William Rickman|Cities, Covers, Current Issue, Detroit, Politics and Urbanism|

One 2014 morning on Detroit’s northeast side, residents along Mapleridge were horrified to find that 10,000 tires had been stuffed into a row of abandoned houses on their street.

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Preparing Cleveland, And Clevelanders, For The RNC

2016-04-15T08:51:55-04:00By William Rickman|Cities, Cleveland, Current Issue, Politics and Urbanism|

When Belt announced a fellowship to cover the RNC last week, comments included: “Hell, no”; “Does the fellowship include life insurance?”; and, “Only if you provide body armor.”

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