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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nick Visser

Will Sydney’s much-delayed new fish market be open in time for Christmas lunch?

Vendors of the of the New Sydney Fish Market cook outside the building during a media call at the New Sydney Fish Market in Glebe, Sydney
Vendors who have committed to trading in the new Sydney Fish Market cook outside the building during a media call. Photograph: Steve Markham/AAP

It hasn’t opened yet but the gulls are already squawking at Sydney’s new fish market, which looms over its smaller, bluer, but much-loved sibling next door.

The new building – a timber and glass behemoth – soars over Blackwattle Bay and is a hive of construction as 40 vendors and restaurants work to fit out their new stalls. An amphitheatre of grey concrete sits waiting for hoards of seafood-lovers to stain its steps with discarded chips and butter-drenched fillets.

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