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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...

William Rickman2015-07-13T08:54:23-04:00July 13, 2015|
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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.

William Rickman2015-07-12T18:18:49-04:00June 30, 2015|
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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 ...

William Rickman2015-07-12T14:05:52-04:00May 18, 2015|
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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.

William Rickman2015-07-12T14:06:48-04:00April 27, 2015|
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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.

Anne Trubek2015-05-15T08:37:34-04:00April 13, 2015|
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