The Van Aken District was once a glorified strip mall with more parking space than storefronts, but thanks to a strategic plan designed to help improve Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, the District has been revitalized into a vibrant, welcoming space for dining, shopping and community gatherings.
Resettlement to Revitalization: Toledo’s History of Immigration
Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period of rapid growth for Toledo, immigrants played an essential role in building Toledo’s economy, infrastructure, cultural heritage and even ecological landscapes. Today, as Toledo works to revitalize its economy and overcome ongoing trends of depopulation, looking to the past may provide valuable insights. If immigrants built Toledo yesterday, could they rebuild it today? This article is the first in a series titled “Resettlement to Revitalization,” which explores the past, present and future of immigration to the city.
How Climate Change is Transforming how the Midwest Farms
Across the United States, and particularly in the Midwest, a multitude of industries depend on the agricultural success of the nation’s farmers. Climate change is altering how farmers have to approach their jobs by causing irregularity in a crucial resource: water.
The Attraction of Food Service Work Is Plummeting. And Delivery Robots are Thriving.
As food service personnel decreased, delivery robots became an asset to many colleges and restaurants. Then, when delivery demand boomed during the pandemic, the robots’ utility increased even more. The robots provide food establishments with cost-effective replacements for deliverers—but they’re not a solution to the low wages that pushed many to leave the food service industry in the first place.
Building the Midwest’s Carbon-free Future with Nuclear Energy
llinois has a long history of nuclear energy development, innovation and research. In 2021, researchers and engineers throughout the region say new, safer nuclear technologies will be essential to decarbonizing the American energy system. True to its past, Illinois is playing a leading role in the development and deployment of these new technologies, this time with a focus on addressing the climate crisis.
The Politics of Midwestern Identity & Racial Divides
Wisconsin is the number one producer of ginseng in the U.S. with ginseng products that are coveted nationally and internationally. The healing herb highlights the unique commercial and cultural interconnectedness of Asian communities across the globe with communities in the rural Midwest.
Bollywood, Hollywood and the Globalization of Socially-conscious Film: A Review of 3 Idiots
Amidst ever-increasing globalization, American audiences are slowly beginning to recognize international film industries, as evidenced by South Korea’s Parasite (2019) being the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. As production companies pull rights for their content to start their own streaming services, platforms like Amazon Prime Video have found competitive avenues through hosting international films and television (think K-drama and European crime shows), opening up accessibility to global film industries.
Mobility in Crisis, Part I: Public Health, Transit and Investment
What does transportation look like from here? In the first installment in a series examining the future of public transit post-COVID-19, Midstory Fellow Stefan Binion talks with Stu Nicholson, Executive Director of All Aboard Ohio!, about what current discussions are amidst the pandemic and re-opening, from accessibility to the environment.
The Unsung Poetry of Working-class Women: A Review of The Daughters of Erietown
Connie Schultz’s debut novel intricately showcases not only the hardships, but also the dignity and resilience of the lives of small, working-class, Midwestern towns and the women who inhabit them.
For decades, the Midwest was the example of perfect, accent-less English. Now, increasing dialectic quirks are changing that perception, and with it, Midwestern identity.
South to Midwest: My Grandfather’s Great Migration
Through conversations with her grandfather, the author unpacks his personal history during the Civil Rights Movement and the Great Migration—one that paved the way for generations to come. Read his story and listen to excerpts from the interview.
The path that brought us to Toledo was a winding one. In a way, you could say that we were brought here by the birth of our first child. Our beautiful baby girl was born on the evening of August 20th, 2016 in Bismarck, North Dakota.
How the Van Aken District Brought New Life to Shaker Heights: An Illustration Essay
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The Van Aken District was once a glorified strip mall with more parking space than storefronts, but thanks to a strategic plan designed to help improve Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, the District has been revitalized into a vibrant, welcoming space for dining, shopping and community gatherings.
Resettlement to Revitalization: Toledo’s History of Immigration
Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period of rapid growth for Toledo, immigrants played an essential role in building Toledo’s economy, infrastructure, cultural heritage and even ecological landscapes. Today, as Toledo works to revitalize its economy and overcome ongoing trends of depopulation, looking to the past may provide valuable insights. If immigrants built Toledo yesterday, could they rebuild it today? This article is the first in a series titled “Resettlement to Revitalization,” which explores the past, present and future of immigration to the city.
How Climate Change is Transforming how the Midwest Farms
Across the United States, and particularly in the Midwest, a multitude of industries depend on the agricultural success of the nation’s farmers. Climate change is altering how farmers have to approach their jobs by causing irregularity in a crucial resource: water.
The Attraction of Food Service Work Is Plummeting. And Delivery Robots are Thriving.
As food service personnel decreased, delivery robots became an asset to many colleges and restaurants. Then, when delivery demand boomed during the pandemic, the robots’ utility increased even more. The robots provide food establishments with cost-effective replacements for deliverers—but they’re not a solution to the low wages that pushed many to leave the food service industry in the first place.
Building the Midwest’s Carbon-free Future with Nuclear Energy
llinois has a long history of nuclear energy development, innovation and research. In 2021, researchers and engineers throughout the region say new, safer nuclear technologies will be essential to decarbonizing the American energy system. True to its past, Illinois is playing a leading role in the development and deployment of these new technologies, this time with a focus on addressing the climate crisis.
The Politics of Midwestern Identity & Racial Divides
Wisconsin is the number one producer of ginseng in the U.S. with ginseng products that are coveted nationally and internationally. The healing herb highlights the unique commercial and cultural interconnectedness of Asian communities across the globe with communities in the rural Midwest.
Bollywood, Hollywood and the Globalization of Socially-conscious Film: A Review of 3 Idiots
Amidst ever-increasing globalization, American audiences are slowly beginning to recognize international film industries, as evidenced by South Korea’s Parasite (2019) being the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Mobility in Crisis, Part I: Public Health, Transit and Investment
Connie Schultz’s debut novel intricately showcases not only the hardships, but also the dignity and resilience of the lives of small, working-class, Midwestern towns and the women who inhabit them.
In 2014, more than half a million people were left without clean drinking water for three days after a harmful algal bloom took over Lake Erie. But behind the bloom is a history long-forgotten and a hopeful future of coexistence and collaboration. This film is the result of a 2019 collaboration with WGTE Public Media.
For decades, the Midwest was the example of perfect, accent-less English. Now, increasing dialectic quirks are changing that perception, and with it, Midwestern identity.
South to Midwest: My Grandfather’s Great Migration
Through conversations with her grandfather, the author unpacks his personal history during the Civil Rights Movement and the Great Migration—one that paved the way for generations to come. Read his story and listen to excerpts from the interview.
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The path that brought us to Toledo was a winding one. In a way, you could say that we were brought here by the birth of our first child. Our beautiful baby girl was born on the evening of August 20th, 2016 in Bismarck, North Dakota.
When 2020 hit, it seemed like no one was prepared for what was to come. Except, maybe, libraries.
Not to say the pandemic didn’t hit them hard — 98% reported having to close their buildings — but they’ve been making transformative shifts for years, pivoting to keep pace with the digital revolution and address ever-shifting community needs. So when crisis...
A pit sat in my stomach, along with the plane peanuts and the three cups of coffee my mother had advised against. I had missed my morning flight after a series of unfortunate events amidst the chaos that is LaGuardia Airport, and spent the day twiddling my thumbs anticipating what was now a night flight to Kansas City.
The day...
Ohio’s no stranger to acting. Ohio’s urban-rural landscapes make it an incredibly diverse place to film, and the refundable tax credit of 30 percent on motion pictures operating in the state sure doesn’t hurt, so it’s no surprise that it’s been the backdrop for big-name studio films and a number of blockbusters — just usually in disguise as somewhere,...
The Great Lakes provide drinking water to more than 30 million people and support 311,000 jobs in tourism, recreation and transportation. But climate advocates and energy developers throughout the region think the lakes can offer something more: clean energy.
Right now, most wind turbines are operating in plains, coastal areas and mountainous regions — places where the winds blow consistently....
Vanessa Tsang Shiliwala was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but feels more like a first-generation Taiwanese and Chinese immigrant. She spent much of her childhood proofreading her parents’ emails, or helping her mother when she did not have the words to communicate with a teacher or client.
“I identify as first-generation because I felt very close to the struggle of an...
Where can you find nearly every issue of MAD Magazine, Twin Peaks trading cards and a Star Trek tie? Why, at @BGSU_PopCultLib, of course!
https://www.midstory.org/how-small-town-ohio-became-the-home-of-pop-culture-and-an-entirely-new-discipline/
Ohio was once the center of the bygone transportation method known as interurban rail, but now transit options in the state are few and far between. That could be changing.
https://www.midstory.org/ohios-transit-system-and-the-path-to-an-intermodal-future/
