Readers’ Corner: Bridging Past with Present
My favorite Rust Belt location? The bridge leading into the former U.S. Steel McDonald Works, a finishing mill where three generations of my family members worked shifts...
Readers’ Corner: W. 65th St. & Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH
Most of the time when I mention Gordon Square in a conversation, people don’t know what I’m talking about – which is disappointing. “It’s around West 65th and Detroit,” I tell them.
Readers’ Corner: The Dickeyville Grotto
In the pamphlet that you can purchase in the gift shop of the Dickeyville Grotto and Shrines in Dickeyville, Wisconsin (population: 1,061 souls), the anonymous author writes ...
Readers’ Corner: Bernice’s Tavern, Chicago
Bernice's Tavern in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago would be a corner bar if it was on a corner.
Readers’ Corner: Tell Us About Your Favorite Rust Belt Place
My favorite corner in Cleveland is the intersection of Literary and Professor streets. I like it because, well, I am a literary professor. And because the street names trace an otherwise lost history.