Once I was recorded in a documentary saying “I’ll be in South Bend the rest of my life.” I stopped saying that.
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Life in South Bend is Jacob Titus' new photographic offering to South Bend, the city where he found a life. The book is a collection of eighty-one photographs, made from January 2016 to November 2022.
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Today, Kath Keur is launching a new digital publication called Food Belt where she will share stories of the people behind South Bend’s growing food scene.
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One of Joe Molnar's neighbors recently asked: how can he be proud of South Bend amid a recent spat of depressing shootings, a higher-than-average poverty rate, poor school performance, and hollowed-out neighborhoods?
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The pandemic should have meant the death of the South Bend food and beverage scene, but somehow we’re seeing new life.
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I moved to South Bend from Nashville in 2018 and was eager to transition from a large and disconnected city to a smaller community. When asked if I would miss Nashville, the answer would typically be: “No, but I will miss the food.”
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The South Bend Tribune vacated its printing press in 2017, and since then, the building has sat—quiet and empty. Now, it might get a new, if unconventional, chance at life.
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Not long ago, I was reading at a restaurant when I overheard a question at a nearby table: Do you think you will stay in South Bend?
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The story of South Bend’s built environment is one of disruption and near-constant change. But through it all, Dustin Mix argues, there is an invisible architecture threading our past and future together.
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Close your eyes and you can almost see the future. It is 2031. You are in downtown South Bend. You walk to Michigan and Colfax and hop on the streetcar. Where do you want to go? Notre Dame for the football game? The Farmers’ Market for breakfast? Mishawaka for a bar where you can smoke cigarettes inside? Pick one. The tram will take you there.
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Welcome to the party Trader Joe’s, but let’s not pretend that you’re bringing the booze.
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During the Second World War, South Bend was a powerhouse of industrial production in service of the Allied Powers. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it’s time for us to imagine a new kind of wartime production that places us in service to each other.
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Eight years ago, South Bend met Pete Buttigieg with the fanfare of a young boy holding a wooden sign on Mishawaka Avenue. Today, he is a candidate for President of the United States. On this final day of his mayoralty, we reflect on the moment.
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Amazon’s HQ2 decision serves as a good reminder: they and the other tech giants should not, nay, deserve not come to South Bend.
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Hang around a Rust Belt city long enough and you'll develop a love, hate relationship with the word potential.
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But we can't stop searching.
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South Bend jumped at the idea of Amazon opening its new headquarters here – but why? We explore lessons from the past to inform how we work toward the future.
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