New Night Market Nana park

[madmen]

The park opposite soi 13 that has been locked up for years has now reopened as a Nice night market. Very well set up with live music every night beers and food etc

hopefully it stays that way and not demolished as was rumored for yet another condo

[ezzra]

This place belong to the ex Thai massage parlor king Chuwit Kamolvisit and that place used to be a night market until one night a large group of thugs descended on the place and demolished it completely... funny how the wheel keep turning back...

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

You're talking about the former Chuwit Gardens near Suk Soi 10, a former privately owned public park that's been closed for the past year or so.

 

AFAIK, the current Thu., Fri, Sat, Sun-only night market is only a temporary thing, and Chuwit supposedly is leasing the land to developer Land and Houses for a big hotel, retail, office complex on the site. The only curious part is, since that development deal was announced one year ago, there's been virtually no physical activity on the site.... So???

 

https://www.ddproperty.com/en/property-news/2018/1/168585/bangkok-park-to-make-way-for-mixed-use-development

 

Quote

 

A small private park in Bangkok’s Central Business District has been leased to developer Land and Houses Co. Ltd who will demolish it and build a mixed-used development on the site. Chuvit Garden is owned by Thai politician Chuwit Kamolvisit and was opened in 2006 after his arrest.
 

A mixed-use commercial project valued at THB6 billion will be built on the land, according to officials familiar with the matter. Land and Houses Board Chairman Naporn Sunthornchitcharoen already said that the company is going to sign a 30-year leasehold agreement with Chuwit in February to finalise the deal.

 

 

Edited April 28, 2019 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Yup...temporary... but supposedly going to be for much of the rest of this year, and the suggestion below seems to be they'll be expanding to more days instead of just Thurs to Sun....  The original timeline for the commercial project was to start sometime in 2019.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/Artboxthailand/

 

Their stated hours seem to be 3 pm till midnight...but someone posted on their Facebook page that many of the vendors there don't really arrive and open until 4:30 to 5 pm.... So YMMV....  Right now, with the weather, I don't really want to be outside at 3 pm in the afternoon anyway!

 

 

Edited April 28, 2019 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[madmen]

16 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

You're talking about the former Chuwit Gardens near Suk Soi 10, a former privately owned public park that's been closed for the past year or so.

 

AFAIK, the current Fri, Sat, Sun-only night market is only a temporary thing, and Chuwit supposedly is leasing the land to developer Land and Houses for a big hotel, retail, office complex on the site. The only curious part is, since that development deal was announced one year ago, there's been virtually no physical activity on the site.... So???

 

https://www.ddproperty.com/en/property-news/2018/1/168585/bangkok-park-to-make-way-for-mixed-use-development

 

 

Yes Thats the park. It was showing incorrectly as Nana Park on google maps. 

[madmen]

Property developers can take years to ramp up . Many examples of that in BKK. At least people can enjoy it while it lasts

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

10 minutes ago, madmen said:

Yes Thats the park. It was showing incorrectly as Nana Park on google maps. 

 

Still shows as Chuvit Garden when I look on Google Maps now...  even though they tore down the stone signage markers that contained his name when they originally closed the park.

 

 

[elgenon]

Too bad a shopping center can't fit. We need another one. : )

 

Takes time for funding/ designing, etc. Remember Bangkok wasn't built in a day. 

 

Thanks OP for the tip.

[madmen]

Was there last night and had a good crowd. This isnt your typical night market but more hi so for want of a better word with steak and  seafood and lots of craft beer on offer . Lots of young Thais made up the crowd and plenty chilling seated at one of the 2 bands that were playing music at a normal level sound and not blasting the crowd. Tall beer bottles 100 baht , wine 100 baht and craft beer from 100 to 200 baht plus there were ciders being sold as well 180 baht

Very nice set up and well worth a visit

Edited April 29, 2019 by madmen

[madmen]

19 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Still shows as Chuvit Garden when I look on Google Maps now...  even though they tore down the stone signage markers that contained his name when they originally closed the park.

 

 

First thing I saw was Nana park so I ran with that but its obviously wrong and wonder why its there in google maps

[VocalNeal]

The answer to the above riddle is magnification. 

 

This is the problem with Google or any other mapping app. One cannot see the bigger picture? 

[WorriedNoodle]

21 hours ago, ezzra said:

that place used to be a night market until one night a large group of thugs descended on the place and demolished it

It wasn't referred to as a night market but a meat market I think? It was full of beer bars and even had an aircon gogo bar at one time.

[atyclb]

walked through the new night market once. ground is covered with a big tarp and it covers numerous horizontal tree roots and other irregularities. really difficult to walk.

 

had pad thai where 2 managers were nonstop on sitting on mobiles and my table looked like it hadn't been cleaned after customers all night.

[Farangwithaplan]

Artbox markets pop up at different locations from time to time. Good to see another one. Lower Suk needs a few more attractions like that.

[moontang]

4 hours ago, atyclb said:

walked through the new night market once. ground is covered with a big tarp and it covers numerous horizontal tree roots and other irregularities. really difficult to walk.

 

had pad thai where 2 managers were nonstop on sitting on mobiles and my table looked like it hadn't been cleaned after customers all night.

Yeah, my next question was going to be do they keep the beers in a tub of water like they do at the highly acclaimed Train Market?  Apparently, they have figured out loads of Chinese will come anyways, so why keep the beer cold? 

[madmen]

4 hours ago, atyclb said:

walked through the new night market once. ground is covered with a big tarp and it covers numerous horizontal tree roots and other irregularities. really difficult to walk.

 

had pad thai where 2 managers were nonstop on sitting on mobiles and my table looked like it hadn't been cleaned after customers all night.

Oh you poor thing are you ok now? yes they should have brought in bulldozers and cement trucks and laid a nice even surface for the 6 months they will be there

[Monkeyrobot]

His penalty for having the Army come in at 4.00am in the morning years ago to bulldoze the place was to make it a Public Park, but they did not mention for how long. 

[videosmusicfor]

The music that will be utilized in the park, is it ambiance enough for putting as background song for music screen. i truly am in need of help with music for videos.

[atyclb]

17 hours ago, madmen said:

22 hours ago, atyclb said:

walked through the new night market once. ground is covered with a big tarp and it covers numerous horizontal tree roots and other irregularities. really difficult to walk.

 

had pad thai where 2 managers were nonstop on sitting on mobiles and my table looked like it hadn't been cleaned after customers all night.

Oh you poor thing are you ok now? yes they should have brought in bulldozers and cement trucks and laid a nice even surface for the 6 months they will be there

 agree

[atyclb]

18 hours ago, moontang said:

22 hours ago, atyclb said:

walked through the new night market once. ground is covered with a big tarp and it covers numerous horizontal tree roots and other irregularities. really difficult to walk.

 

had pad thai where 2 managers were nonstop on sitting on mobiles and my table looked like it hadn't been cleaned after customers all night.

Yeah, my next question was going to be do they keep the beers in a tub of water like they do at the highly acclaimed Train Market?  Apparently, they have figured out loads of Chinese will come anyways, so why keep the beer cold? 

 

walking in the night train market is a nightmare. the aisles were made way too narrow to acomodate even a % of the traffic plus the locals walking "sabai sabai" style. avoid

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

On 4/29/2019 at 6:06 PM, Monkeyrobot said:

His penalty for having the Army come in at 4.00am in the morning years ago to bulldoze the place was to make it a Public Park, but they did not mention for how long. 

 

Actually penance is probably the better term for it. Although Chuvit was ultimately years later convicted and sentenced in the illegal demolition case, he had the park developed long before the final chapter in that sordid legal process.

 

AFAIK, there was never any kind of court ruling or any government dictate that required him to develop a park there. Rather, I think he did it either as a public relations gesture to make up for the bad press of the demolition caper, and/or as a preemptive strike aimed at ultimately minimizing whatever penalty he was ultimately going to face from his demolition prosecution.

 

The original demolition occurred in 2003, the park was developed in 2005, and Chuvit and accomplices weren't finally/ultimately sentenced to two years in prison until 2016 (13 years after the fact!!!), though he only ended up serving about one year before his release in early 2017.

 

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30301989

 

Then Chuvit Gardens was closed initially around mid 2018, if memory serves. About the same time he ended up serving another brief prison sentence of a month or so for failing to have properly declared all his assets as a member of Parliament.

 

http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/chuvit-released-prison/

Edited April 30, 2019 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Scutty]

Yet another vice market on Sukumvit ? Arent there enough hooker joints in Thailand already .

[Hanuman2547]

I lived on Soi 10 for a year around 1999 to 2000.  They opened a nice little market there and even a decent restaurant at the back of the park.  It was also opposite Clinton Plaza which was a fun little collection of bars.

[madmen]

 
walking in the night train market is a nightmare. the aisles were made way too narrow to acomodate even a % of the traffic plus the locals walking "sabai sabai" style. avoid

Dude you got they wrong market. Complety and totally nonsense

[atyclb]

18 hours ago, madmen said:

On 4/30/2019 at 11:57 AM, atyclb said:

 
walking in the night train market is a nightmare. the aisles were made way too narrow to acomodate even a % of the traffic plus the locals walking "sabai sabai" style. avoid

Dude you got they wrong market. Complety and totally nonsense

 

dude you should attend a reading comprehension class. below is what i replied to, the night train market(highlighted in red, bold, italic text), overloaded with chinese, locals, etc etc, and 100% true about walking in it. a short walk from my home and been there numerous times.

 

Yeah, my next question was going to be do they keep the beers in a tub of water like they do at the highly acclaimed Train Market?  Apparently, they have figured out loads of Chinese will come anyways, so why keep the beer cold? 

 

walking in the night train market is a nightmare. the aisles were made way too narrow to acomodate even a % of the traffic plus the locals walking "sabai sabai" style. avoid

Edited May 2, 2019 by blackcab
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[moontang]

26 minutes ago, Hanuman2547 said:

I lived on Soi 10 for a year around 1999 to 2000.  They opened a nice little market there and even a decent restaurant at the back of the park.  It was also opposite Clinton Plaza which was a fun little collection of bars.

Lower sukhumvit was great back then.. Legendary.  When things are cheap and good, enjoy them while they last... Now, Sukhumvit is just a good litmus test to see how involved a lady has been with the game. 

[madmen]

 

walking in the night train market is a nightmare. the aisles were made way too narrow to acomodate even a % of the traffic plus the locals walking "sabai sabai" style. avoid

My bad

[atyclb]

9 minutes ago, madmen said:

18 minutes ago, atyclb said:

 

walking in the night train market is a nightmare. the aisles were made way too narrow to acomodate even a % of the traffic plus the locals walking "sabai sabai" style. avoid

My bad

 

 

no worries.  i suggest you visit the train night market.  mrt exit thailand cultural center. if you arrive early it is more tolerable since less people but still packed.

[AlexCanada]

Artbox is great.  A nice addition on a permanent basis to the area.