Public markets

Cirrus · #1 Posted **Apr 19, 2011, 7:11 PM**

I would like to see pictures of public markets around the world. I'm specifically interested in the buildings (as opposed to the things for sale).

Here are a couple in Washington, DC:

Eastern Market:

O Street Market:

source: flickr user MV Jantzen

O Street is being redeveloped. The old Market will become a big grocery store.

source: DCmud

Cirrus · #2 Posted **Apr 19, 2011, 7:23 PM**

Here are a couple from Philadelphia:

Reading Terminal Market:
Occupies part of an old train station.

source: bridgeandtunnelclub.com

Italian Market:
Not a building per se, but a street that acts as a market.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #3 Posted **Apr 19, 2011, 7:25 PM**

Grand Central Station Market

http://www.downtownlawalks.com/uploa...-low%20res.jpg

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/...tral_large.JPG

http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/b...gct/market.jpg

http://karmafreecooking.files.wordpr...-central-1.jpg

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/4927..._York_City.jpg

http://www.legendsofamerica.com/phot...l%20market.jpg

Cirrus · #4 Posted **Apr 19, 2011, 7:27 PM**

Another one of my favorites is West Side Market in Cleveland:

flickr user PositivelyCleveland

flickr user msilverm23

hauntedheadnc · #5 Posted **Apr 19, 2011, 10:42 PM**

The Grove Arcade Public Market in -- where else -- Asheville, NC:

(all pics are my own)

Exterior:

And in the snow...

The Grove Arcade Stall Market is located along the sidewalk on the south side of the building:

Interior:

I know we're concentrating on the buildings and architecture here, but I can't resist a look at my favorite store in here. It sells rocks and minerals.

Centropolis · #6 Posted **Apr 19, 2011, 11:30 PM**

St. Louis

Union Market, as you can see, it has changed...I think it operated in somewhat of its original capacity into the 80s. Circa 1924.

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarkin...b4a5abea20.jpg

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarkin...dea88cf8e3.jpg

Soulard Market, the building is of 1920s vintage but the market location dates from a lot earlier. I don't buy 1779, I think it's actually 1840s, but who knows. It's a down and dirty (i hope not too dirty) solid, classic city market, complete with a horrible website, saturday morning crowds and beer drinkers, and a mishmash of vendors ranging from marginal to awesome. It has open air and semi enclosed wings and an interior area in the middle (exterior pictured) with hotdog/beer vendors, meat counters, etc. The center is a little fancy on the outside, the rest is pretty utilitarian.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qEKxifgbhQ...00/soulard.jpg

http://jeffreycarter.files.wordpress...ard-market.jpg

http://rick.lefey.org/wp-content/gal...-market-03.jpg

ardecila · #7 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 12:09 AM**

St. Roch Market, New Orleans

Built in 1875, extensively renovated in 1937 by the WPA. Subsequently converted to a privately-owned seafood market (Lama's), then a restaurant, now abandoned. The city's always owned the building, and renovation keeps being promised by politicians. There's still some Katrina CDBG money sitting aside for the project.

flickr/infrogmation

flickr/jstratton

French Market, New Orleans

Rebuilt and renovated several times since its founding in 1791. The current structures are an amalgam of 1830s and 1930s construction, and they were recently renovated by Billes Architecture in 2008-9.

Buildings across the street still perform a commercial market function, selling to restaurants and groceries, while the sheds themselves are more touristy, with open-air tables and full stalls for food service. (The stall walls are made of translucent Kalwall, which is pretty nice. Couldn't find a pic.)

flickr/g. bugel

flickr/ninnianne

pj3000 · #8 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 12:19 AM**

Cool idea for a thread, Cirrus.

Meadville, PA Public Market

Built in 1870. Pennsylvania's oldest market house in continual use.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lotterymonkey/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28096981@N00/

pj3000 · #9 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 12:28 AM**

Mercado Municipal de Sao Paulo

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/o...l/22366088.jpg

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog...6224/tpod.html

http://leavesgrass.blogspot.com/2007...o-mercado.html

http://leavesgrass.blogspot.com/2007...o-mercado.html

Another one I've been to recently. This place was really cool... great food options and a nice 2nd story dining area with sit-down restaurants where you can watch the activity on the floor below. Just a little bit more impressive than the Meadville Market House.

chatreed · #10 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 3:17 AM**

very beautiful pics

ColDayMan · #11 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 4:13 AM**

Cincinnati has numerous public markets, but the oldest being Findlay Market which is a series of linear market buildings in between Italianate structures which are also part of the market:

The newer building (which replaced some older building --> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/...a975cae40a.jpg which replaced some older building which...)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Cincinnati.JPG

http://timandjo.covblogs.com/Findlay%20Market.JPG

An older market building:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1358/...b94d94b30b.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...y-Market-2.jpg

Downtown Cincinnati has a market called Court Street Market and I believe it's the second oldest in the city:

http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI...2022-Z349C.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UHXbhyJwAp...t+%2818%29.jpg

There are other markets like Pleasant Ridge, Northside, etc but these two are the most locally famous.

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For Columbus, the North Market is by far the most prominent, right on the edge of downtown.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2371/...d4d52c6d95.jpg

http://ohiohauntedplaces.com/images/northmarket.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/...2c0702158d.jpg

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Dayton has two markets side-by-side, the Webster Station Market and the Second Street Market. Both buildings are nearly identical and function as bookends of a larger gathering space between the two. Both are in former railyards.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/...9563ef5286.jpg

http://soniarevankar.files.wordpress...pg?w=448&h=336

http://www.agreeneryou.net/second-st...arket-450w.jpg

Nowhereman1280 · #12 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 2:21 PM**

Milwaukee Public Market:

december.com

Interior:

brothersamos.com

MPM was designed by a friend of mine too, I think its a sick building.

Alliance · #13 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 2:37 PM**

Russian Market in Phnom Penh. This huge, yellow painted concrete structure is market both inside and out. Its hard to get the scale of it. Its actually an X shaped building with a central dome.

by me, on Flickr

HooverDam · #14 Posted **Apr 20, 2011, 5:48 PM**

Phoenix's public market like most things in PHX is very new. Its quite small currently, but its growing rapidly and is very popular. Its primarily outdoors under temporary pop up tents, its on Wednesday nights and Saturdays. But the small permanent market is open 6 days a week. They've been trying to raise money for a permanent shaded outdoor space but the economy has put a cramp on that.

Photo of exterior from Shutter Mike.com

The Salt River Valley once being a huge agricultural area meant Downtown PHX used to have a huge produce warehouse section. The remnants of this area still exist though the produce warehouses are long gone, sadly.

Local developer Michael Levine has bought and is rehabbing the old "Phoenix Seed and Feed" warehouse and is trying to redevelop it into a farmers market. Its this old building which sits near the PHX Suns arena:

Its sad to think that what was once basically an entire neighborhood of produce warehouses, markets, groceries, etc is now parking lots and empty buildings. Phoenix even once had a bustling Chinatown down in the same area but it was destroyed by the Suns arena.

Matthew · #15 Posted **Apr 21, 2011, 12:11 AM**

Winston-Salem's City Market (Downtown Market) Built in 1925
Northup and O'Brien, architects
601 N. Cherry St., Winston-Salem, NC

Source: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Public Library

(Above) A view of the City Market when it first opened.

Source

(Above) An expansion was built on the back of the market, but it was destroyed by fire in 1959. This is why the back entrance has an unusual appearance. The building was restored in 1993 and is both a City Market (lower floors) and Elementary School (top floor) in the public school system. I think the school is moving to a new three storey building in the Downtown Arts District?

Source

(Above) A photo of the building's outdoor stalls during the Bookmarks Festival.

Cobblestone Market (Below) Built in 1910
There's also a Cobblestone Market in downtown Winston-Salem. Their building was built in 1910, but they are moving the market from their building to an outdoor site.

Another Winston-Salem market is located on the Fairgrounds, but the building isn't architecturally interesting.

mrnyc · #16 Posted **Apr 21, 2011, 1:29 AM**

great idea for a thread!

i spent a very enjoyable week in the twin cities last winter and they have two interesting public markets:

st. paul has the hmong market, which is located in the out buildings of what looked like an old lumber yard:

and i have no idea what goes on in the upper floors, offices i suppose, but on the ground level minneapolis has a market in the iconic midtown exchange building:

among scandanavian, viet, mexican and other things -- somali fast food