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Published on: 6/21/2005
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"It'll be 36,000 square meters of fresh seafood - the largest fish market in the Western Hemisphere," says George Maroulis, manager of the South Bronx venue.
For the men at Fulton, it's been a long, hard goodbye to the old market that first opened in the early 1800s during the city's seafaring heyday.The next weeks will see the last breaths of a dying tradition: the open-air market coming alive with boisterous bartering starting after midnight and winding down as the dawn sun lights the red brick storefronts and cobblestone streets under Wall Street's financial towers.
"The move will be like falling asleep in the 19th century and waking up in the 21st century," says Maroulis.
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You can touch the fish, feel it, look at the eyes for freshness," says Maroulis.