{"id":3640,"date":"2008-09-25T14:07:55","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T18:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/09\/25\/subway-trains-become-office-space\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:15:53","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:15:53","slug":"subway-trains-become-office-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/09\/25\/subway-trains-become-office-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Subway trains become office space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3205\/2887381847_be9603d96b.jpg\" height=\"326\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you find yourself in London, England anytime soon, you may want to check out the work of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.villageunderground.co.uk\/\">Village Underground<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Shoreditch,+London+England&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.523965,-0.07699&amp;spn=0.02024,0.042701&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=addr\">Shoreditch<\/a> neighbourhood. They have taken discarded London subway cars, placed them on top of a renovated Victorian warehouse building and converted the trains into creative workspaces. All the cars have carbon-neutral heat and power and are ecologically outfitted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3231\/2887381721_6f5e712256.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[ via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2008\/09\/open-house-london-recycled-tube_carriages.php\">Treehugger<\/a> ] images courtesy of Village Underground<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3148\/2888468400_a8c2033d76.jpg?v=0\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0bottom photo by Matt Cowley<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you find yourself in London, England anytime soon, you may want to check out the work of the Village Underground in the Shoreditch neighbourhood. 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