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Encyclopedia > Market square
For specific places, see Market Square (disambiguation).

The market square (or sometimes the market place) is a feature of many European towns. It is an open area where market stalls are traditionally set out for trading, commonly on one particular day of the week known as 'market day'. Market Square may refer to any market square. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Look up Market in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sponges are sold at this roadside stall near Akti Bay in the island of Kalymnos, Greece. ...


A typical English market square consists of a square or rectangular area, or sometimes just a widening of the main street. It is always situated in the centre of the town, surrounded by major buildings such as the parish church, town hall, important shops and hotels, and the post office, together with smaller shops and business premises. There is sometimes a permanent covered market building, and the entire area is a traditional meeting place for local people as well as a centre for trade. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A parish church is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. ... City Hall is a 1996 film directed by Harold Becker. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... For other uses, see Hotel (disambiguation). ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ...


The largest Market Square in Europe is the Main Market Square in Kraków, Poland. Incidentially, the longest such square is also located in Poland, in the town of Pułtusk. Tiananmen Square, Beijing The Macroplaza, Monterrey Prato della Valle, Padova Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan Place de la Concorde, Paris Palace Square, St. ... Rynek Główny. ... For other uses, see Krakow (disambiguation). ... City hall PuÅ‚tusk is a town in Poland by the river Narew, 70 km north of Warsaw. ...


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The square was donated to the city in 1854 by Augustus Allen and was used as an open air produce market, and the downtown business district grew up around it.
The parcel of ground it stands on, directly across from Market Square at the corner of Travis and Congress Streets, was sold to the City for $10.00 by Kenneth B. Meyer.
The walkways at Market Square are paved with masonry salvaged from demolished (and some standing) buildings as a reminder of the neighborhood’s history.
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The organization and components of typical market layouts are discussed in terms of the suitability of different layouts, the zoning of specialised activities in the market, the market's traffic circulation pattern, its relationship to adjacent uses and the potential conflict with traffic flows.
The market layout should not be disorienting and it is thus necessary to arrange the circulation system so that there is a hierarchy of spaces, with at least one major space, which might be the main market square or street, off which there are minor spaces serving other functions.
In this case, a market square was used as the focus of the new development - in recognition of the fact that the migrants to the new town were coming from London, where street markets for fresh produce were the dominant pattern.
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