First Floor Gallery Harare management. The original gallery venue was established next to a tailor’s workshop on the first floor of Abbey House at 13 George Silundika Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe. Abbey House is an art deco building, which in recent times has been converted to house a variety of service businesses from tailoring, computer repairs to recording industry. As of January 2012, First Floor Gallery Harare has decided to leave Abbey House premises, which were no longer sufficient for its expanded events and educational programming. Since that time it has been working with a range of partners from The Harare Polytechnic, Chinimbiri Studios in
Harare era, contribute to the city's colour palette with streets lined with either the lilac blossoms of the Jacaranda or the flame red blooms from the Flamboyant. They flower in October/November and are planted on alternative streets in the capital. Also prevalent is Bougainvillea. Harare has been the location of several international summits such as the 8th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (6 September 1986) and Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991. The latter produced the Harare Declaration, dictating the membership criteria of the Commonwealth. In 1998 Harare was the host city of the 8th Assembly of the World Council of