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The West 9th Street Club Baths, a gay men&#;s bathhouse, opened at West 9th Street in the early s (ca). The West 9th Street Club baths were part of the national Club Baths Chain founded in Cleveland by Jack Campbell. The West 9th Street Baths operated as a confidential, men-only gay bathhouse. Originally a single-story bathhouse (the Sixth City Sauna Baths), the West 9th Street Baths underwent extensive renovations under manager Charles Fleck in The expanded West 9th Street Baths included the renovation of two additional floors and the addition of &#;a gym, a soundproof music room where [customers] could select the melody of [their] choice&#;, a &#;new lounge&#; containing a &#;inch TV screen,&#; &#;new rooms with double-beds and dimmer lights, a snack bar,&#; and live entertainment. Lounges were on hand throughout the Baths&#; three floors. Inside, private lockers and rooms were adj for patrons to rent. Other amenities included &#;lush, wall-to-wall carpeting,&#; shower rooms with jet-propelled whirlpool baths, &#;exercise rooms with weight training equipment, both a wet and

CLEVELAND—Jason Wojnicz had just broken up with his high university sweetheart that spring day in

They had been together for almost five years and were engaged to be married, but it just wasn&#;t meant to be.

Admittedly disparaged and broken-hearted, Wojnicz decided to &#;see what the gay side of my life was truly like.&#;

So Wojnicz, who was openly bisexual since he was 13, went to the Flex Bathhouse, then located here in downtown on 9th Street.

&#;I was at the bathhouse for 45 minutes on a relatively quiet mid-week afternoon. I got freaked out and left, but, the very next day, I went back and applied for a job,&#; said Wojnicz, now

He was immediately hired as a night-shift housekeeper, and later worked as a clerk, on its maintenance crew and in other areas.

Flash-forward to the present, and Wojnicz still is an integral part of Flex Hotel &#; Spa, now located on Hamilton Avenue near Cleveland State University. He is the assistant manager for this sprawling, multi-dimensional, clothing-optional gay funfest that encompasses more than 55, square feet and claims to the world&#

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Charles Fleck is converting an old Greyhound depot into a steamy funhouse for men.

Charles Fleck's money-colored eyes dart around the dusty old bus depot, searching for something new to reveal off. Here's where he'll put the Russian sauna. There, a eucalyptus-vapor room. Over there, the man Jacuzzi. Even a room packed of heating pumps is worth pointing out. "It's appreciate something out of Star Wars!" Fleck says, and fast moves on.

Not that he's in a verb. He's just giddy about his creation. Building the country's coolest bathhouse apparently has that effect.

Fleck is a millionaire real-estate investor from South Florida, where he bought up the block made celebrated in There's Something About Mary. But upscale bathhouses are his passion. The West Side native built his first bathhouse near Detroit Avenue on West 32nd Street in the s. He now owns the Flex bath chain, with clubs in Atlanta, Phoenix, Recent Orleans, Columbus, and Los Angeles.

But he saved his most ambitious project for his hometown.

The former Greyhound depot near East 26th and St. Clair will be 48

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Built in , the former Art Deco Greyhound Building has been transformed into one of the largest private alternative men's club in the world, featuring one of a gentle amenities. Just East of Downtown Cleveland, FLEX offers members easy access to Cleveland's biggest tourist hot spots verb the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Playhouse Square theater district, Horseshoe Casino, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Nightclubs and more.