Mistake By/On the Lake (1967); Charm City (1974); Beantown (1885)

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MISTAKE BY/ON THE LAKE
   5 November 1967, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. SM16:
   Cleveland used to kid itself into believing its slogan, "Best Location in the Nation."  Negroes preferred "Mistake on the Lake."
   22 October 1968, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 1:
   Cleveland, that ethnically Balkanized "mistake by the lake" that elected a Negro Mayor last year, produced the largest Negro insurrection (as opposed to riot) in recent history.
(I had the mid-1970s for this nickname--ed.)

BEST LOCATION IN THE NATION
   1 July 1945, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 45 ad:
The Best Location in the Nation!
(...)
The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company

CHARM CITY
   15 September 1974, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 602:
   Let us help plan your visit to Charm City, U.S.A.
Baltimore Promotion Council
Baltimore
Charm City
USA

BEANTOWN
   11 October 1885, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 3:
   ...they allude to him as "the Beantown manager," by way of conveying their knowledge that he comes from the proud city of Boston.