A train speeds by. Slicing the panorama in half with the reflections off its metal armor, it leaves in its wake a tangle of tracks and an orderly, systematic row of buildings, interrupted only by the concrete tower of a water tank. We could be in New York, but instead this is Rome, on the eastern outskirts bordered by the Pigneto and Tiburtino districts. This area, for some time now, is known for its creative scene. As borne out by this open space inserted in a site of industrial archaeology that was once a depot for delivery vans, and is now a factory of artists, creative professionals and collectors, who have settled here to work and to live. For years the same apartment was the studio of Piero Pizzi Cannella, an internationally renowned painter, born in the province of Rome. Later it passed into the hands of a manager with a passion for art and design, who has made it her home, along with a gallery for exhibitions and cultural events.