June 24, 2013 — For nearly 200 years, the Fulton Fish Market was the hub of activity for restaurants and stores, noted the report. It closed eight years ago and moved to the Bronx.
Now, as a wrecking ball draws near, some locals want to see the market preserved for future use.
“There’s this idea that came out lately of Seaport City. I hear it’s a clunker of an idea,” one resident said to boos at a rally on Sunday.
Organizers pushed for preserving what they called the “landmark of the world.”
“Not torn down, not turned into condos, not turned into hotels, no market in the lobby of a hotel. We want these to remain as markets for the city of New York,” Robert LaValva of the Save Our Seaport Coalition said, according to 1010 WINS.
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