The derelict Tate Institute building is to be restored

A very distinctive and sadly also very derelict building near City Airport is to be restored and reopened to the public, as a local community centre.
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Originally opened in 1887, the Tate Institute was an entertainment venue built to serve the workers in the sugar factory just across the railways. However, the institute closed in 1933, and the building was sold in 1937. The top floor later served as the Silvertown library between 1938 and 61, with the ground floor stil