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Article: Countdown to art gallery revamp
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- November 8, 2006
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[Pounds]1.5m project will reconnect two city buildings after 50
years
Joanne Ginley
ONE OF the best-known public spaces in Leeds will close later this
month to allow a major [Pounds]1.5m makeover to get under way, it was
announced last night.
Leeds City Art Gallery will shut for a project which will see it
connected for the first time in more than half a century to the
Central Library next door when an archway is reopened.
Work on the archway will also open up the Victorian Tiled Hall - a
room hidden to the public for more than 50 years that contains many
of its original features.
When the work is completed next May, the room will be filled with
a new shop, cafe, computers and comfortable ...