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It took this long? Paris closed Les Halles in 1973.[1] New York's Fulton Fish Market moved in 2005.[2] A wholesale food market is a transportation hub. It ne
by Animats 2y ago
It took this long?
Paris closed Les Halles in 1973.[1]
New York's Fulton Fish Market moved in 2005.[2]
A wholesale food market is a transportation hub. It needs good road access.
If you can't easily get semitrailer trucks to it, it's in the wrong place.
At one time Smithfield was served by underground freight rail, but that shut down long ago.
Smithfield has a setup where maybe eight semis can parallel park on the street and back up to loading docks.
Hunts Point Market in New York has space for over a thousand.
It's the end of an era, though. One of the last of the big public markets.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Halles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Halles
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Fish_Market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Fish_Market
- madaxe_again 2y agoBillingsgate already moved back in the 80’s, to a facility with modern loading bays, road access, etc., so while what you say about Smithfield is true, it isn’t for billingsgate.
- gregoriol 2y agoAnother example is this fish market in Tokyo: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/tokyo-tsukiji-fish-market-toyosu/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/tokyo-tsukiji-fish-ma...