“ The market should remain where it is, and the developers need to come up with the funds to put a wall around the space and throw some sort of roof over it. I doubt it turns much revenue as a parking area, and the market space could be let out to other trading events the remaining five days of the week.
It is shocking that a thriving market like we had, has been reduced to its current impoverished state by opportunistic landlords clearing the site and leaving it barren for so long. This is one of the oldest businesses in the world, a part of our heritage, and we're letting die in order to generate a windfall of cash to property speculators. ”