SaphanLekMarketClosing

29 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A high school student buys a toy assault rifle in the Saphan Lek market. Street vendors and illegal market vendors in the Saphan Lek area will be removed in the next two weeks as a part of an urban renewal project coordinated by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. About 500 vendors along Damrongsathit Bridge, popularly known as Saphan Lek, have 15 days to relocate. Vendors who don't move will be evicted. Saphan Lek is just one of several markets and street vending areas being closed in Bangkok this year. The market is known for toy and replica guns, bootleg and pirated DVDs and CDs and electronic toys. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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29 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A high school student buys a toy assault rifle in the Saphan Lek market. Street vendors and illegal market vendors in the Saphan Lek area will be removed in the next two weeks as a part of an urban renewal project coordinated by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. About 500 vendors along Damrongsathit Bridge, popularly known as Saphan Lek, have 15 days to relocate. Vendors who don't move will be evicted. Saphan Lek is just one of several markets and street vending areas being closed in Bangkok this year. The market is known for toy and replica guns, bootleg and pirated DVDs and CDs and electronic toys. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ