Earlier this week New England Open Markets –who operate the South End Open Market at SoWa each Sunday — announced that they will be moving to the Ink Block next season.
While the South End Open Market will be moving a few blocks down the street to the Ink Block word on the street is that the Arts & Crafts, Farmer’s and Food Truck Markets will remain at 450 and 460 Harrison Avenue.
While the details are still fuzzy, it seems to me that the retailers along Harrison Avenue must see this as great news. The weekly markets draw thousands from outside the neighborhood each Sunday while in operation (May through October). Although the never ending flow of foot traffic may be the source of headaches for drivers, this will help the quirky, independent retail shops that have come to define the SoWa retail scene and distinguish us from most other retail centers in the city.
BosGuy 
The poster that you cropped, had all of the details of the markets moving. Farmers Market, Food Trucks and Arts Market, Nothing fuzzy about that.
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I cropped the photo to make it fit. It sounds like there will be competing markets unless I’ve been lied to by some vendors. Where will the market at the ink block be set up? It is currently a construction site? Will Whole Foods give up their parking lot to let vendors sell the same products at a lower price? That seems odd – don’t you agree?
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What else is there to SEOM (formerly SoWa) except for the food trucks, farmers’ market, and crafts area? If those are staying, what is moving?
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Good question. I’m talking w/ some sources to get more clarity. However, something doesn’t smell right.
Don’t you think it is odd for a farmer’s market and food truck court to open next to a supermarket?
Never mind the fact that the Ink Block is a construction zone right now.
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