"The municipal facility in Flushing that agreed provisionally to host the market’s multi-night series, located on the former site of the 1964 World’s Fair. With only about two months between signing the agreement and the market’s anticipated opening, facility leaders provisionally accepted a risky, volunteer-driven proposal and provided the parking-lot space where the inaugural vendors set up tables, barricades, and trash cans for the debut." - John Tsung