End Of An Era

Photos: Top Row Library of Congress; Bottom Row Flickr

Until the Fulton Street Market's last day (pictured above) the men there started work as many New Yorkers went to bed and ended their day with a sunrise over the Brooklyn Bridge.

Photo: Michael Hauer

Asked if he was happy to move to the new refrigerated fish market in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, one longtime worker responded, "This place has no character. It's like working all night at the A&P." But while the move may have been more bitter than sweet for the fishmongers, the city government believes it will help the Fulton Street area, Hunts Point -- and the city's wholesale fish industry.


 
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