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I have been told that Kendal market will be closed sometime next year in order to be rebuilt. I am just wondering if there is any truth in this as it could effect some of my plans.
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chiltern wrote: Sat Aug 03, 2019 11:31 pm I have been told that Kendal market will be closed sometime next year in order to be rebuilt. I am just wondering if there is any truth in this as it could effect some of my plans.
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No idea about plans, but this old thread might interest you.
newsworthy/development-plans-for-psar-kandal-t9023.html
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Here's a picture of Psah Kandal in 1953 and then from the opposite end in 1984. As you can see it was originally quite an impressive site.

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And another view from the 60s with Wat Ounalom in the background:

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What street would that be running in front of it? 13/15/19 or something like that? I never knew it had a facade like that or a covered part, I've always just known it as open air stalls along Street 154 mostly.
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chiltern wrote: Sat Aug 03, 2019 11:31 pm I have been told that Kendal market will be closed sometime next year in order to be rebuilt. I am just wondering if there is any truth in this as it could effect some of my plans.
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Can't come soon enough. You need gumboots to walk through that place. It's a health hazard. Not only that the land is too valuable to only have one level of occupants. Needs to be 5 or 10 stories high with parking to be viable
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:popcorn: normally there is a fire.....
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Burger Time wrote: Sun Aug 04, 2019 2:41 am What street would that be running in front of it? 13/15/19 or something like that? I never knew it had a facade like that or a covered part, I've always just known it as open air stalls along Street 154 mostly.
I'm finding it hard to figure out but I think it's maybe street 148 in the last picture, the arched part ran along parallel to the quay. I think that open part is where the open air stalls part of the market is now.
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frank lee bent wrote: Sun Aug 04, 2019 6:43 am :popcorn: normally there is a fire.....
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Re: Development Plans for Psar Kandal ?
Post by Anchor Moy » Wed May 25, 2016 3:43 pm

frank lee bent wrote:
Looks a real fire hazard to me.
would not be at all surprised to see it burn.
This is a concern :
She then expressed concern that if vendors did not agree on the development plans, a fire could break out in the market.

“Please help us because I am afraid that there will be a fire like at Kratie market. There is always a fire before the construction. We are afraid of the fire,” she said, referring to a fire that broke out at Kratie province’s Chhlong market last week that destroyed 35 stalls. The official cause of the fire was electrical malfunction.
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25285/ ... velopment/
The old market in Kratie town also burnt down when vendors refused to make way for a new market. These things happen. It is widely believed not to have been an accident.
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The flooding of the Kandal Market might make it too difficult to burn.
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John Bingham wrote:Here's a picture of Psah Kandal in 1953 and then from the opposite end in 1984. As you can see it was originally quite an impressive site.

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And another view from the 60s with Wat Ounalom in the background:

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That's cool. Never seen those shots.

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