Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market
April 2nd, 2016 by Mr. C
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This weekend thousands will flock to Trenton, the Capitol City of NJ for the Punk Rock Flea Market held at the historic Roebling Machine Shop building. I made the trek 70 miles south on the NJ Turnpike from Northern NJ – Exit 16W or 18E if you know what I mean! It was my first rodeo at the Trenton Punk Rock Flea and it was a great time! Bands took the tiny stage – food trucks were battling each other for business – vendors were selling everything from handmade jewelry to NJ themed artifacts & clothing, toys, vintage everything, vinyl records, original artwork, & much much more! Besides the really unique wares at the flea market, I was equally as fascinated with the buildings and architecture of old Trenton, NJ! The Roebling Machine Shop/Wire Works building where the flea was held was also an amazing structure! After shopping & draining my wallet a bit, I wandered the area outside of the flea and just soaked in the sights of the beautiful old storefronts & factories. Some were abandoned & shuttered, others were in decay & disarray, but still in operation. I couldn’t help but imagine what it must of been like many decades ago here. The hustle & bustle of some of these businesses – the workers in the factories milling about in town. This part of Trenton surely has seen a better day. I also had a chance to stop by TerraCycle, an amazing business that collects and recycles almost any form of waste.
TerraCycle is a company that reduces waste by finding innovative uses for materials others deem garbage. TerraCycle pays non-profits and schools to collect used drink pouches, yogurt cups, chip bags and more! TerraCycle also collects industrial waste. The materials are upcycled into affordable, high-quality products.
Oh yeah, and besides that TerraCycle has amazing aerosol street art, graffiti, & murals, adorned to the exterior of their building! Come & watch what I saw through my viewfinder today! The Trenton Punk Rock Flea market will be open again tomorrow Sunday April 3rd from 10am-5pm. If you can’t make it tomorrow then plan to meet us there in August when the Trenton Punk Rock Flea will rise again!
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Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market at the Roebling Machine Shop/Wire Works Building
675 South Clinton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08611
TerraCycle
121 New York Ave
Trenton, NJ 08638
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(Mark & Mark from Weird NJ)
(Randy from City Gardens & Randy Now’s Man cave record store. Picked up his Riot on the Dance Floor doc on DVD!)
(Wire Works building)
(Roebling Machine Shop/Exit of the Punk Rock Flea Market)
(Entrance)
(Former WWE Wrestler Brutus the Barber Beefcake talks w/ the Mai Tai TV folks w/ Shears on-hand!)
(Bus n Boutique)
(inside the Bus Boutique)
(Sammy Kay – NJ punk blues)
(Twirling Arcade)
(Steve Burks – folk/acoustic punk musician from NJ on the ‘hoop)
(Surrender Press Art prints)
(Trenton Coffee House & roaster on a bicycle push cart killing it with sales)
(wicked wood art)
(Buildings,storefronts,factories surrounding the Punk Flea Market/Roebling Wire Works building)
(TerraCycle)
(Viscous Styles wall at TerraCycle)
Tags: diy punk, flea market, new jersey, trenton, trenton punk rock flea market, weird nj
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