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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY OUERDYA AIT ABDELMALEK Customers get their hot drinks from "Attendant", a former public toilet that has been converted into a coffee shop and sandwich bar in central London, on October 3, 2014. With spiralling land prices turning even the darkest corners of London into potential goldmines, the city's forgotten spaces, including 19th-century public toilets, are blossoming into restaurants, cafes and boutiques. Many Victorian urinals remained abandoned for decades after World War II, but encouraged by local officials keen for fresh sources of income, the conversion wave is gathering pace. AFP PHOTO/LEON NEAL (Photo by LEON NEAL / AFP) (Photo by LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)