Union Square Greenmarket Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The market has grown from 12 farmers to more than 140 vendors and now draws up to 60,000 visitors on peak days, GrowNYC said.
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Celebrating 50 years of Union Square Greenmarket
GrowNYC is celebrating Greenmarket’s 50th anniversary with a free, public birthday bash on Friday, July 31, in Union Square. The Union Square Greenmarket is the oldest greenmarket in New York City, established in 1976 by city regional planners and GrowNYC cofounders Barry Benepe and Bob Lewis. At the time, the two founders recognized that many farmers were losing business at alarming rates and felt pressured to sell their land by New Yorkers lea…
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