Seven Sisters Indoor Market in Tottenham, tucked away near a busy London Road, is a bustling hub for the South American community. 

Also known as Latin Market, the Wards Corner site is a place for people to eat, meet up with friends, have their hair cut or nails done, do their shopping, get legal advice, get their clothes tailored and even do their furniture shopping.

There are concerns that plans to knock down the market to make way for 196 new homes and a new market could harm traders. 

But Haringey Council has made pledges to protect traders, including provision of a temporary site for the market while development takes place and a rent cap for traders after they move back into the new premises.

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Photographer Barry Macdonald, 35, who has lived in Tottenham his whole life, spent a month snapping pictures of the market in hopes of preserving its memory.

He has shared his images with our readers and hopes these will be part of a longer project. He plans to capture the market when it has been renovated. 

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He explained the motivation behind the photo project: "I have lived in Tottenham my whole life and have seen the market develop into this important space for independent traders and different immigrant communities.

"As London develops at a rapid pace we are in danger of letting places like Latin Village be swept away and lose the very thing that gives London its identity. I wanted to capture the market in this moment in time, and hope the second part of my project will be to show the renovated market with the community thriving."

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People meeting after work

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Steaks at Blankita, a Colombian restaurant

The building was originally an Edwardian department store for furnishings from 1901 until 1972. After some years of the building being vacant it was reopened as an indoor market.

The Tottenham resident said: "It is also much more for the mainly Latin American community in London, who the market has become a meeting place, an important link to their language, food, music and culture and offers a support network for them. Traders come from Colombia, Peru, Chile, The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Brazil, Iran, Uganda, Ghana and Spain.

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Rosey the Seamstress at the Latin Market

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"Some traders have been there for 20 years, some are family businesses where different generations work side by side. It has the same significance for Latin communities as Chinatown does for east Asian communities."

Council leader Joseph Ejiofor (Labour) previously responded to criticism of the council's handling of the regeneration scheme: “We are absolutely committed to having a sustainable market in Seven Sisters. The Latin Village traders remain at the heart of these plans and we have ensured they have a string of clear commitments for the future."

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A butcher at Latin Village

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