I know it's probably not worth fighting market forces, but this seems like a real shame.

I lived right near the market on Turnmill Street when I had my first job in London, and used to walk to work in the city past the market in the mornings. The traders would usually be packing up by the time I went past, but it gave a real feeling of the diversity that the London economy has. It being so close to the one of the financial centres of the world really added to that feeling. The smell, the noise, the sights of men running around with large animal parts... it really was something special and interesting.

Now it's going to be yet another set of offices, eateries... So dull compared to what it was.