The Žižkov Freight Station (NNŽ) is one of three former freight railway terminals in Prague (the other two being the Bubny and the Smíchov Terminal), which used to supply the centre of Prague and its industrial plants in the past. Today, these terminals are no longer in operation and are gradually being transformed into fully integrated parts of the city. Thanks to its proximity to the city centre, the Žižkov terminal has a considerable development potential. For many years, its redevelopment had been blocked by a development freeze established under the 1999 Zoning Plan of the Capital City of Prague from 1999. A change of the Zoning Plan was necessary in order to commence transformation of the entire site encompassing the former railway terminal. The change process already began in 2009, but it was only at the time of the exhibition that its approval became imminent, thanks to the masterplan of the area (Urbanistic study with regulatory features NNŽ), which had been prepared by IPR Prague and discussed with investors, policy-makers and Prague 3 residents.

The exhibition Žižkov Freight Railway Terminal: A Second Life? at the Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP) presented detailed information about the future of this 60-hectare site covering the former freight terminal and its immediate vicinity where large private and public investment were planned or already underway at that time. The focal point of the entire site is undoubtedly the old terminal building and its warehouses, which were declared and listed in 2013 as a cultural heritage site, and which should be re-developed by the joint efforts of several public institutions (Prague City Hall, Prague 3 district administration, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, NFA (National Film Archive) and the private developer Sekyra Group into a cultural centre. Other major public investments include the construction of a new tram line, a new street connection to the future urban ring road – Jarovská street, the reconstruction of Jana Želivského and Malešická streets and the construction of two primary schools. The largest private investments in the area are the Park Quarter and Žižkov City residential housing projects, along with other development projects (Rezidence nádraží Žižkov, U Staré cihelny, Nagano Park, Residential Quarter Jarov and others).

In addition to the information about the future of the area conveyed by the traditional large-screen projection and a freely available catalogue or a large and clear physical model of the area, visitors could also look into the past of the terminal itself thanks to the screening of a video essay "A Little Industrial Elegy," which made part of the exhibition programme. Thanks to unique archived footage from the 1940s and 1960s, visitors could see the terminal at the height of its glory. The former constant bustle and movement of goods and people sharply contrasted with the current silence, stagnation and slow decay of the former industrial pride of Prague, a place that has been patiently waiting for its second lease on life for several decades.