It is hoped the site will eventually house educational areas, exhibition spaces, a cafe and gallery.

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It is still possible to walk or ride a bike to a corner store, cafe, gallery or museum.

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The trust is putting in new workshops, community and education spaces, a cafe, gallery and a visitor centre.

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Other proposed uses for the building include an art gallery, cinema and a cafe.

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Set in a Milanese palazzo (a grand public building) north of the city centre, the concept is a winning combination of a three-room hotel, art gallery, design boutique and cafe-restaurant, and Sozzani has since replicated its success in Tokyo and Seoul.

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Dzyga Art Gallery, which houses a bohemian cafe under a dome-shaped roof.

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If the group's full ambitions are realised it could see a cafe bar built at the front of the building, along with a gallery, dance studios and community rooms.

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Mr. Kung and I talked in the airy, all-white Museum of Tomorrow cafe of URS 21 Chung Shan Creative Hub, a former tobacco warehouse that now houses a gallery and affordable studios for young fashion designers.

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