The new Nangloeng Market - August 11, 2005

Unfortunately, the new Nangloeng Market building is merely the standard, cavernous, dimly lit warehouse structure that has been inflicted on markets across Thailand in a drive to be hygienic. These soulless structures drive shoppers to mega-stores and malls.

Almost like being there: Nangloeng Market - Shophouses lining Nakhonsawan Road - The new market - Nangloeng Cinema - Development plans for Nangloeng Market

(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)


(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)


(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
Left: Derelict trusses cover some of the market alleyways. These have been left over from an earlier attempt to renovate the market in the 1990s.

Almost like being there: Nangloeng Market - Shophouses lining Nakhonsawan Road - The new market - Nangloeng Cinema - Development plans for Nangloeng Market