At 10pm, downtown is silent and it's a long walk to Public Square. Sensory input reduced to sight and smell - headlights, streetlights. Playhouse Square, all lit up with no place to go, everyone else is at home. A hidden ...Read More
Though I haven't internalized the reasons for Cleveland's East/West division/rivalry, I unknowingly partake in its propagation. Most often, the easiest routes from within the city are also the fastest ways to leave. Our struggle to cross the river, like Laocoön: With ...Read More
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 ...Read More
In the 6 years I've lived in Cleveland, the Terminal Tower has been sheathed in scaffolding. In that time, I've heard numerous accounts of its glory days and an equal number scoffing that it is now an empty shell. I've ...Read More
Christine Borne's got a five day project: Every day this week, I'm going to paint a picture of the Cleveland I know in exactly 100 words. On Sunday evening I was kneading bread dough when the bells started to chime. It made ...Read More
