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Gongjung Pyeongsang
공중평상
Culture space · Nowon-gu
A raised platform in the lobby of Nowon-gu Office, floating between the first and second floors, where you can sit and look down on the vertical garden, with an LP listening room alongside. The lobby holds about 2,500 books you can read without checking them out, plus the Nowon 437 book cafe.
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