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Cleveland Shouted ‘Stay’ — An Unexpected Move Home
“Where’d you go?” “What happened?” “Are you OK?” The texts poured in; my phone buzzed off the edge of the hospital bed nightstand. It chimed in the passenger side cup holder, chirping from Elko to Oglalla.
The ArtPrize Tension Machine: Power, Politics, And Populism At The World’s Strangest Arts Competition
Ruben Ubiera, shirtless on a humid night in early September, runs back and forth across Front Avenue under US-131 in Grand Rapids, shaking a can of spray paint.
The White People Are Not Marching On Cleveland
Detroit is gaining white people! CityLab has announced the “March of the Young White People” featuring Detroit's spike in caucasians, and the Detroit News reported that the white population of Detroit is up 8,000 people since last year.
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Still The Vehicle City: Back To The Bricks Reminds Flint, And The World, Where The Auto Industry Was Born
“I think people are seeing this can have a lot to offer,” said Beth White as she walked along the dozen or so red-bricked blocks of Saginaw Street that constitute Flint, Michigan’s downtown.
The City-States of the Rust Belt
I grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. During the summer, on weekends and breaks, my friends would often go to Milwaukee (1 1/2 hours drive ) and Chicago (3 hours) with their families for vacations.
What Remains: An Interview with Matt Bell
Matt Bell’s new novel Scrapper, out this month from Soho Press, begins with a sweeping history of Detroit told from the Packard Plant floor. “See the body of the plant,” the novel directs us, as if sung by a ghostly chorus.
From River Bottom to Topsoil: Recycling Cuyahoga River Sediment in Slavic Village
Each year, tributaries flowing into Lake Erie carry millions of cubic yards of sediment to the river mouths. On the Maumee, Cuyahoga, and Grand rivers and others, sand and clay particles travel downstream ...
Weekly Links Roundup
News of the Rust Belt from around the world, brought to you weekly by the staff of Belt Magazine.
Belt Bets: Buffalo, September 25-October 1
Friday, September 25 The huge former factory and warehouse building that is the Tri-Main Center was [...]
Belt Bets: Chicago, September 25-October 1
Friday, September 25 It may still be September, but it's Oktoberfest in Roscoe Village. The [...]

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