The statuary on what used to be St. Michael the Archangel school has had the majority of steel mill soot weathered from its exposed surfaces. Under their cowls, the faces of the saints are as black as the children who walk daily under their gazes. Mass in Spanish on Sunday.
The Poles, Ukrainians and Italians have continued their diaspora, and the neighborhoods adapt to reflect the new children. The peppered moth evolved rapidly through the industrial era, changing color as survival demanded. Cleveland has always been a minority-driven immigrant city, the faces have just changed. Ignore that and you ignore Cleveland.
