Munro House
Munro House is a building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated at the corner of Duke Street and York Street. History. Originally called "Union House", during the 1930s the building housed The United Yeast Co. Ltd, yeast merchants. The ground floor was occupied by Walter Wraggs motor cycle dealers during the 1960s and 1970s and at that time much of the rest of the building was used by the tailoring industry. During the 1990s and 2000s the building contained Ad Trader, Ad Trader (Yorkshire), and Yorkshire Auto Trader's offices. It was also the location for a number  of other small businesses and charities. The area surrounding Munro House is now known as "modern Leeds' Cultural Centre". Following the redevelopment of Quarry Hill and the construction of The West Yorkshire Playhouse, St Peter's Square became home to BBC Yorkshire, Leeds College of Music, Northern Ballet, Yorkshire Dance and The Wardrobe. It is also unofficially known as the 'Arts Quarter'. Current. The ground floor contains Café 164, an independent bakery and coffee shop with outlets on Woodhouse Lane and in Headingley https://cafe164.com. At the south corner of the building is Leeds Gallery, an independent commercial art gallery., the  gallery has since changed its name to The Gallery at 164. Next door is Colours May Vary, an independent book shop, https://coloursmayvary.com and Sarto, a pasta restaurant https://sartopasta.uk. On the first floor is Engage Interactive https://engageinteractive.co.uk, a digital agency. On the top floor are Magpie, a communications agency, https://www.wearemagpie.com ODI Leeds https://odileeds.org a node of the Open Data Institute and The Data City https://www.thedatacity.com/