Good Riddance to Chief WahooPatrick Semansky/Associated Press CLEVELAND — At Municipal Stadium on the shore of Lake Erie, the crowd that came out to see the Cleveland Indians play often seemed to be just me, some neighbors and the team mascot, Chief Wahoo. This was in the… Jan 30 18January 30, 2018Article at New York Times
Just Like Trump, I Avoided Paying Federal TaxesCleveland Heights, Ohio — I’m like Donald Trump, somewhat. We both inherited buildings from our fathers. I’ve kept my father’s properties and bought a couple more buildings. For my first couple of years I had “loss carry-forwards.” I lost money and… Oct 17 16October 17, 2016Article at New York Times
How Much Money Can I Make Off Trump’s Convention?Hilary Swift for The New York Times Cleveland Heights, Ohio — MY family’s platform for the Republican National Convention is “whatever the market will bear.” My wife, Alice, is renting out our guest room on Airbnb, and my older son, a lawyer,… Jul 19 16July 19, 2016Article at New York Times
Cleveland Is BelievelandEzra Shaw/Getty Images Cleveland Heights, Ohio — THERE is no song called “I Left My Heart in Cleveland.” Cleveland is the flip side of California and the Golden State Warriors, whom they have met in the last two N.B.A. finals. The former Cleveland… Jun 19 16June 19, 2016Article at New York Times
I’m Not Evil. I’m a Landlord.Cleveland Heights, Ohio — MATTHEW DESMOND, a Harvard sociology professor, moved into poor Milwaukee neighborhoods and wrote this year’s hottest ethnographic tome about it: “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” While working on the book,… Mar 11 16March 11, 2016Article at New York Times
Don’t Go to Music SchoolCleveland Heights, Ohio HOW many bands are there? Almost 7,000 musical acts entered NPR’s recent Tiny Desk Concert Contest, vying for a slot on national radio. Nobody knows the exact number of professional musicians. The Bureau of Labor Statistics… Jun 12 15June 12, 2015Article at New York Times
Live, From the Nursing HomeJoão Fazenda CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — DONALD HALL, 86, a former poet laureate, probably captured the general mood when he wrote that nursing homes are “old-folks storage bins” and “for-profit-making expiration dormitories.” He wants to die in his… Feb 02 15February 02, 2015Article at New York Times
Jazz and Real EstateBarney Taxel for The New York Times CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — I WISH my father, a landlord, were alive to read the news about the rental boom. He always liked numbers, particularly when they went up. Reis, a national real estate research firm,… Apr 12 14April 12, 2014Article at New York Times
My Job Isn’t So BadCLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — GOOD news: unemployment fell to 7.4 percent in July — the lowest level since the end of 2008. But there’s bad news, too: most of the new jobs were low-wage, in retail and restaurants. They’re not the jobs that people want. I… Aug 16 13August 16, 2013Article at New York Times
Main Street’s LandlordRebecca Mock Cleveland Heights, Ohio FOR all the attention it’s getting from our presidential contenders, Main Street has it tough right now. I own 30 storefronts — mostly prewar retail shops, with apartments upstairs — in a suburb near Cleveland.… Sep 29 12September 29, 2012Article at New York Times
Life as a LandlordCleveland Heights, Ohio I’M a landlord in Lakewood, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb near where I live that is predominantly prewar apartment buildings and double houses. In Cleveland — and probably most of the Midwest — you can get a clean one-bedroom in a… Feb 28 12February 28, 2012Article at New York Times
Love and Junk FoodCleveland Heights, Ohio MY mother, Julia, wanted herring and a third of a pound of pastrami, sliced thin. I went to Heinen’s supermarket and got it for her, and she died the next day. I regularly shopped for my mom while she was in assisted living.… May 07 11May 07, 2011Article at New York Times