In a few months designer Andrew Hamilton and photographer Tom Ross managed to turn a crumbling Collingwood shop front into Activity Club, a multifaceted studio that's part gallery, part office. .
But Project's offices, gallery spaces and its compact, self-contained black-box theater -- only the second in Ireland -- are forcing it to reconcile old bohemian ways with a polished look.
In January, it opened Myrtle Hall, a 120,000-square-foot, $54 million six-story building that houses administrative offices, galleries and classrooms.
Now the neighborhood is an enclave of condominiums, offices, galleries and design showrooms, with some buildings zoned for both residential and commercial use.
The entire building is to be rented to commercial tenants, with retailers on the ground floor and space for offices, galleries and showrooms above.
"We're trying to get people to run into each other, to collide on the street, in cafes, bars, offices, galleries.
Its main office and gallery is situated within Blue House (74 Stone Nullah Lane), a tenement built in the 1920s.
For all that, he's not far off joining his forebears in the headmaster's office photo gallery.
Mr. LoBaido, 38, is at his usual table at the Cargo Cafe, which doubles as his office and gallery.
A nonprofit group has leased 11,243 square feet of office and gallery space in a 17-story building.
