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04 JANUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman who has a street food stall in Bang Chak market closes her stall for the last time when the market closed permanently Monday. The market closed January 4, 2016. The Bang Chak Market serves the community around Sois 91-97 on Sukhumvit Road in the Bangkok suburbs. About half of the market has been torn down. Bangkok city authorities put up notices in late November that the market would be closed by January 1, 2016 and redevelopment would start shortly after that. Market vendors said condominiums are being built on the land. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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Thailand (All), Bang Chak Market Permanently Closes
04 JANUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman who has a street food stall in Bang Chak market closes her stall for the last time when the market closed permanently Monday. The market closed January 4, 2016. The Bang Chak Market serves the community around Sois 91-97 on Sukhumvit Road in the Bangkok suburbs. About half of the market has been torn down. Bangkok city authorities put up notices in late November that the market would be closed by January 1, 2016 and redevelopment would start shortly after that. Market vendors said condominiums are being built on the land. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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