Flea Market north of Florida Avenue NE

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Originally uploaded by inked78.

Earlier in the week I did a blog entry about the Eastern Market area as a destination. Mike Bowers, one of the proprietors of the cheese shop, Bowers Fancy Dairy Products, made the point that while I listed six aspects of the destination --

(1) Eastern Market public market (interior); (2) outside farmers line; (3) flea markets on Saturday and Sunday; (4) North Hall (Market 5 Gallery); (5) the flea markets at the Hine parking lot; and (6) the retail businesses along 7th Street -- that the arts programming aspects of the Market 5 Gallery in North Hall needed to be called out better.

To repeat though, these six "separate" pieces collectively make up one large attraction, and for the average visitor, all they care about is that it works and is exciting, meaning that these various segments need to come together and work together and market-promote together.

I mentioned the old RFK Flea Market, which as this photo from Elise Bernard demonstrates, has relocated to the area by the DC Wholesale Farmers Market adjacent to 6th Street NE, just north of Florida Avenue NE.

Thank you Elise for access to the photo.