Interior retail stalls at Washington Market in New York City in 1917. New York Word-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Collection

While this is much larger and brighter, it still has the same feel of an indoor market I found in Toulouse, France in 1970:

Of course, such places still exist: here Quincy Market in Boston:

I’ve always loved spaces like this, and I think we need more of them.

The Old Wolf has spoken.