Tell me you’ve never shopped at the market without ever telling me you’ve never shopped at the market.
I’ve shopped at the market many times. The main market with the produce is on a narrow strip between Pike Place and Western Avenue. Due to the slope it’s level with Pike Place and above Western Avenue, but that’s what elevators are for. By actual walking distance the difference between parking on one side versus the other is trivial.
I’ve helped customers down to western before or out to the parking garage on the occasional festival day that does close the street. What could be an easy load in 2 minutes becomes a 30 minute walk round trip. That’s 28 minutes I could have been making sales to street traffic on top of that large order. Nothing to you as a customer buying a few bags, but I just cannot stress enough that it matters to the vendors and will impact their already low bottom line. Their are no adjacent streets that provide easy access to the market and that’s pointed out in the article.
I’ve shopped at the market many times. The main market with the produce is on a narrow strip between Pike Place and Western Avenue. Due to the slope it’s level with Pike Place and above Western Avenue, but that’s what elevators are for. By actual walking distance the difference between parking on one side versus the other is trivial.
I’ve helped customers down to western before or out to the parking garage on the occasional festival day that does close the street. What could be an easy load in 2 minutes becomes a 30 minute walk round trip. That’s 28 minutes I could have been making sales to street traffic on top of that large order. Nothing to you as a customer buying a few bags, but I just cannot stress enough that it matters to the vendors and will impact their already low bottom line. Their are no adjacent streets that provide easy access to the market and that’s pointed out in the article.