Queensgate is a neighborhood in

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. It sits in the valley of

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and has been dominated by industrial and commercial warehouses for most of its history. Cincinnati's nickname of "Porkopolis" started here with hog slaughtering in the early 19th century.

History

Queensgate was formerly part of the

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known as the Lower West End part of the neighborhood. The Metropolitan Master Plan of 1948, a

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, called for

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and

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. Beginning in 1960, large tracts of the historic West End were razed. The Queensgate I project came out of the 1948 Metropolitan Master Plan. It kickstarted urban renewal in the West End neighborhood, and led to the creation of a commercial/industrial complex, that is known as the neighborhood of Queensgate. The population was only 142 at the 2010 census.

Main sights

Queensgate is home to

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. From 1884 to 1970, the

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played at three separate parks at the intersection of Findlay Street and Western Avenue in Queensgate—the last 57½ of those years at Crosley Field. The former site of

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of Crosley Field has been painted in an alley. Local

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affiliate

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(channel 19), owned by

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, is based out of what was formerly the

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School, a majority-Black junior high school.

References

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