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15 Scenic Cities of the Rust Belt: hmm, this list includes Cincinnati and Ithaca, which I wouldn’t consider to be part of the Rust Belt, but kudos are always welcome. Waiting on a Paycheck: examining Cleveland. Jose Gaytan: Love Letter to Brooklyn: Nathan Kensinger on the amazing photography of Jose Gaytan. Detroit’s Garden Theater to [...]

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Over the Rhine Transformation: Not Over Yet: Already Startling Rehabilitation about to Accelerate: something about a “steady takeover.” A Song for Cincinnati: two competing visions for what could become Cincinnati’s anthem. Handmade Gardening on Etsy: Apartment Therapy likes our seed bombs. “James Drain” Hits Cleveland: some thoughts on solving Cleveland’s problems. 2012 Awards: URBAN ANIMAL: [...]

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Landscape Paintings by Andy Curlowe

Andy Curlowe hails from Schenectady, NY and now lives in Cleveland, where he creates layered, abstracted landscapes using mostly paint, pencil and collage. In his words, the work is a “reflection of the ever-changing relationship between the natural world and the world of human influence.”

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Postcard from Charleston, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland: Rocco Landesman of the National Endowment for the Arts travels to cities whose names start with C. ArchiNATI Festival Hopes to Bring New Spark to Cincinnati’s Architecture Scene: just that. What Beats Saving a Sign? Saving the Storefront It Occupied Too!: if, like me, you were wondering what [...]

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Illustrations by Dante Terzigni

Educated in Columbus, illustrator Dante Terzigni now lives in Cleveland, where he creates amazing collage-based editorial illustrations for clients including the New York Times, American Lawyer, and the Washington Post.

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End of Line for Oakley Station: aww, hell no… The EV Grieve Last-Minute Gift Guide: from “gentrify this” to “my parents met at Superdive,” EV Grieve has some East Village-centric gift ideas. Wigilia: some history and a sample menu for a traditional Polish Christmas Eve dinner. Yum! Shakedown Street: what if streets were closed to [...]

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City Paintings by Amy Casey

Amy Casey was born in Erie, PA and now lives in Cleveland, OH, where she creates gorgeous, haunting paintings of cityscapes featuring intricately detailed houses and buildings. These fantastic constructions seem to be always in flux — the ground beneath the structures moving, the houses suspended with delicate strings, the entire environment depicted in a [...]

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Enjoy Your Weekend: tons of art, and the beginning of fish fry season. Art: VisuaLingual’s HOME WORK at the Betts House: thanks, Matt Morris, for the CityBeat write-up of tomorrow’s opening. An Alternative Ohio River Bridge Design: your Cincinnati LOL for the week. Frank Lloyd Wright Scholars to Meet in Cincinnati: another LOL — the [...]

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Enjoy Your Weekend: lots to do this Friday and Saturday, in Over-the-Rhine and beyond. Rediscovering Cincinnati: a NYC-based architect returns to Cincinnati and shares his adventure in words and pictures. Zig Zag Roof Scavenger Hunt: another architect roams Cincinnati in search of Modern zig zag roofs. First Ever Historic Covington Coloring Book to Debut This [...]

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Interior Landscapes by Ann Toebbe

Ann Toebbe was born in Cincinnati, educated in Cleveland, NYC, New Haven, and Germany, is now living in Chicago. Her work, rendered from memories of her Midwestern upbringing, mythologizes domestic life and its accoutrements, without including people. A few of her paintings are available as prints via 20×200.

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