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CLEVELAND — It was the first library Andrew Carnegie donated to the city of Cleveland more than a century ago. However, it’s been a long time since people went inside the closed Broadway Avenue branch in Cleveland’s Slavic Village.
Works that range from Andy Warhol and Norman Rockwell to an antique Chinese wedding bed and a replica of the Iditarod sled dog race finish line. "If you wanted to put on display what your life collected, what would that look like," Schaaff said of his motivation behind the project."This is my life. This represents 50 years of collecting, 50 years of travel, 50 years of friendships, and I get to tell my story every day, and I was too lazy to write the book."Prior to that, the property exchanged hands several times, having been used for local events and, most recently, had plans to become a social club.
Schaaff first came to Cleveland in 2009 as part of the advance team picking a city for the 2014 Gay Games. The property also features a theater space in the basement that Schaaff hopes the community will embrace and use.However, he hopes to start welcoming some visitors in November for a soft opening, with a possible official opening sometime early next year. Schaaff said he is not planning on charging admission when he opens the Darl Center for the Arts.
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