“Be Eco Chic” brings GREEN to the Hell’s
Kitchen Flea Market!
New exhibitor, Christine Giachetti, brings her full line
of green items to the HKFM. Christine’s Be
Eco Chic (BEC) line consists of handbags, totes, stationery and even
jewelry. All of Be Eco Chic’s products are made of 100% recycled
materials.
Pedestrian Memorial March this Saturday, June 13, 2009.
Please join the HKFM in supporting this important cause!
The Store With No Walls—a HKFM fixture—always features great vintage
items such as this 1960s mink and leather cross jacket—never
worn!—for only $250. You can usually find them in the bus lot behind the
information booth—look for their sign!
HKFM regular Charles Adler Clothiers sells these locally and handmade, one-of-a-kind patchwork belts which start at $75. Look for them in the bus lot behind the information booth!
CHEKPEDS Traffic Protest to draw attention to dangerous pedestrian area.
June 13: Traffic protest
On Saturday, June 13th there will be an anti-traffic protest on Ninth Avenue, 2-4:00 p.m., sponsored by CHEKPEDS (Clinton-Hell's Kitchen Pedesitrian Safety Coalition), Transportation Alternatives and
HKNA (The Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Association).
The crowd will walk solemnly down Ninth Avenue behind a New Orleans style funeral brass band. We will stop to place bouquets at five sites where pedestrians/cyclists have lost their lives to vehicles. All of our elected officials will be participating.
The gathering place is the NW corner of 45th Street and 9th Avenue; ending at 36th Street, Ramp C to the Lincoln Tunnel.
Who we are: The coalition was founded by residents and community leaders to reclaim 9th Avenue from the hellish Lincoln Tunnel traffic . The coalition is growing rapidly with Businesses, Institutions and Property Owners joining in to correct the dangerous conditions in the neighborhood : pedestrians risk their lives crossing the streets, children cannot safely walk to schools; residents cannot breathe or sleep; public transportation is ineffective; local stores experience slow and costly deliveries; personal safety is at risk .
More information to come. Please join us. We need to bring attention to this dire situation!
Check us out in Time Out New York's Flea Market Violations!
The Bethlehem Flea Market in Bethlehem, CT, is now the Lower Litchfield County Flea Market. Located at 384 Main St. North @ Bethlehem Fairgrounds (Bethlehem, CT 06751), the Market is open every Saturday from 4/25-8/15/09, 7am- 3pm.
Check them out at http://www.llcfleamarket.com/
CHECK OUT OUR NEW ONLINE STORE!
We're excited to announce our new online store as well as a second t-shirt design now available exclusively at our information booth at West 39th Street and 9th Avenue.
SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND AT THE MARKETS!
Hell's Kitchen Flea Market dealer, "March Hare,"
asks, “Where would clowns and the Marx Brothers be without seltzer
bottles?” March Hare's got one. And not just any one, of course, but a seltzer bottle from Czechoslovakia, 1950s or '60s. It’s in mint condition. So, yes, it still makes that great pshhhhh! sound when you spray water out of it.
Apparently, there was more slapstick comedy or cocktail mixology going on behind the Iron Curtain than the CIA could ever have guessed! ;)
Designer and blogger Eddie Ross of Bravo TV's Top Design was featured in The Daily News
revealing our flea markets as a treasure trove of antiques and other
unique items of distinctive design ready to be used, renewed, or
repurposed in the service of designers' often under-appreciated
mission: to enhance our lives by making the world a more attractive
place. Alan Boss, the markets' founder, noted in the article (clipping) that Ross uses the markets much as Andy Warhol did: for inspiration, not just inventory. (Photo: Hagen, Daily News.)
Meet Hell's Kitchen Flea Market dealer, “ac agates." Featuring the work of Andrew Clark, crafter/designer, ac agates specializes in Mr. Clark's handmade jewelry such as the rings you see below--made of copper, brass, stainless steel, or a combinatio. They are generally in the $30 range.
Also very popular are wishbone earrings (not pictured) of sterling silver and semi-precious stones. They're very lightweight. $12 each pair or two for $20.
Meet Hell's Kitchen Flea
Market dealer, "Old and Unusual Stuff."
Merchandise includes "mostly boys' toys," including a brass fan, Victrola and
phonograph. The vintage Brass GE fan (1917-20) is particularly
sought-after because both the cage and the blades are all-brass! And,
yes, it is in working order! (Asking $150.)
The Victrola (1919) was manufactured by the Victor Talking Machine Co, which eventually became RCA Victor. It plays '78s. (Asking $395.)
The
Edison phonograph (1903) is not only glorious design, but great
American history. This is apparently the only patent Mr. Edison ever kept and
produced. Sort of the first iPod in a way, because it was the first
mass-produced device to play recorded music. (Asking $695.)
April through October Hell's Kitchen Flea Market expands its operations into the parking lot on the downtown side of W 39 ST, just a few steps behind the information booth.
THIS WEEKEND WE EXPAND! Shop for antiques, collectibles, vintage clothing, mid-century modern pieces, quality hand-crafted items, ephemera, tribal and exotic artifacts, and distinctive designs.
amNew York stumbled upon this great treasure at Hell's Kitchen Flea Market last week. They got the name of the market wrong, but the address right! This 1920s vanity set will bring you back to the decade before the Great Depression-- kind of like the 1990s to us ;)
NYC & Company, the tourism and convention bureau of New York City, has a spiffy new website, NYCgo.com. See Hell's Kitchen Flea Market's updated listing, complete with a slideshow!
Time for a test of this handy-dandy Facebook icon, button, badge, whatever-it's-called, that's supposed to link to Hell's Kitchen Flea Market's Facebook page.
Alas, HKFM's Facebook page looks screwy in MS Explorer on several computers we've tested it on. (Explorer versions 7 and 8 anyway). It looks fine in Firefox, of course. As hugely popular as both Facebook and MS Explorer are, you'd think that each party would make dare sure that it was better optimized for the other one.
Here goes . . . . 
