Decades ago, Cumberland, located between Pittsburgh and Baltimore, was the second largest city in Maryland, second only to Baltimore, and was an area with abundant industrial companies for their workforce.
Starting in the 1970s (similar to Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio), those industries began to move elsewhere and eliminate themselves altogether, which led to the decline of Cumberland and its population dropping to its current 19.000.
The article discusses the good parts (increased spending etc) and the bad ones (a rapid increase in housing costs and the inevitable issues between newcomers and longtime residents) and it's an interesting article on whether can growth happen too quickly in even the areas that need it the most.
The Retroist solves a mystery many older folks may have wondered about for decades- why do some quarters have red paint on them?
It turns out to have something to do with arcade games and while I won't spoil the ending, it more than makes sense to me and I should have figured it out long before now!
More from The Retroist as they write about the 1970s cycle, The Green Machine,.
Envisioned as the alternative to the Big Wheel or an upgrade for the next level in age group, The Green Machine never hit the sales number or popularity of its cousin, Big Wheel (I had a Big Wheel) but it looked cooler and must have been more fun to "drive".
What was especially interesting to learn was that apparently a version was made based on Batman called the "Bat Machine", which I never knew existed!.
Now that would have been cool to have!
BBC.com writes of the recent discovery that a portion of the bow railing of the sunken Titanic has been discovered to have fallen off and deposited on the ocean floor nearby.
The ocean liner is an interesting case of how things deteriorate in seawater with the ship now residing in those conditions for 112 years and counting.
in a debris field.
The statue had been found on one of the first trips after the ship was found in 1986 but its location was unable to be documented and it had been lost until this summer's explorations.
The statue had been in the center of a first-class lounge and there are plans to bring the statue to the surface in the future.
Interesting note from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where for the first time in thirty years, according to Cleveland's Fox 8, a new Arthur Treacher's restaurant will open AND it will be at the same site that once operated a Treacher's.
The eatery will now bring the total of Arthur Treacher's to three- all in the Cleveland area.
The ownership stated that Treacher's is expected to open in December and that they have plans to open three more stores in 2025, which is good news for fans of the iconic fast-food fish establishment!
The Athletic catches up with former White Sox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson a few years after retiring from broadcasting.
Harrelson worked on Chicago White Sox games for over three decades, earning either kudos or complaints for his "homer" stance for the ChiSox and his use of catchphrases.
The White Sox are on their way to the most losses in baseball history and Harrelson has thoughts on that along with another surprising take in the article.
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