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“Our timeline is that we’re doing this for the beloved community, and it’s to cultivate and grow the one we already have with each other as theTwelve, with the collaborators we are bringing on board who are kindred spirits, but also to extend it out to the city at large,” she added. The store sells a mix of vintage and sustainable merchandise, from bamboo toothbrushes and reusable beeswax food wrap to mid-1900s glassware and hemp sweaters. Behind it, the art gallery displays an exhibit ...

Photo by Obi Okolo. There’s a new spot to check out in the Union Market area. The Twelve contains three sections: a lounge area for workshops and conversations, a storefront, and a rotating art gallery. But don’t call it a store. Or a gallery. Or a lounge. The Twelve is a “year-long art/retail/gathering experiment,” according to its website, and will only be open for 12 months, says Amira El-Gawly, one of the co-creators and also the founder of Manifesta and St. Plant. “It’s a proj...