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Cleveland is betting a 300,000-square-foot development can build a queer neighborhood from scratch.
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In this episode
- Why rising housing costs have erased historic LGBTQ neighborhoods
- How Studio West 117 plans to mix housing, dining, and social services
- Whether real estate development can genuinely anchor a queer community
- What the history of gayborhoods reveals about who gets to belong
About this episode
In this episode of Next City, Lucas Grindley explores the history of LGBTQ neighborhoods, or "Gayborhoods," and how they've been affected by skyrocketing housing prices. Developers are trying to spark the birth of a new queer neighborhood in Cleveland. But can a massive real estate development even succeed as LGBTQ-focused? This ambitious 300,000-square-foot complex called Studio West 117 will include sports, dining, entertainment and housing alongside identity-affirming businesses and social services.
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Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked.
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