Greater Charlottetown, for my purposes today, is divided into five boroughs much like New York City but on a much smaller scale. Those five divisions are named Uptown, Midtown, Downtown, Cornwall and Stratford. Collectively, the five divisions or boroughs are referred to demographically as a census metropolitan area or a CMA. In an eight-mile radius, the population of Greater Charlottetown is over 60,000 souls and they are the people that sustain the Sunday Queen Street market.
By 1866, a brand-new market building had been constructed after 10 years of constant bickering over the issue in council. The new market building was located where the current Confederation Centre building is situated. It lasted 35 years before it was destroyed by fire. The fourth and last Charlottetown market building was not only located where the previous sandstone market stood, but it also was destroyed by one of the biggest conflagrations in the city’s history.
Thousands of people spend their Sunday afternoon stopping at every kiosk to view and purchase every known commodity the Island produces. Literally thousands of people add to the peri poetic nature of the city. Why has city council ordered the Sunday market to relocate to a much smaller venue on the waterfront? The resolution of council to move away from Queen Street was the best kept secret at City Hall.
Parking will pose a problem on the waterfront, but the major problem will be expansion. The geography of the waterfront is not overly complicated; the new location of the downtown market at the Confederation Landing Park leaves no room for additional kiosks.
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