On April 1 2024 we signed a 6-month lease on a former grocery store in Capitol Hill, the huge building that became the Quality Flea Center. From that day until the third weekend in June, dozens of people worked around the clock to turn the shabby, moldy mess of an abandoned building into a reasonable temporary home for the PRFM. We almost didn't make it - up until the morning of opening day, we were still running electricity, patching floors, installing toilets, and securing the building against break-ins. Despite all odds we got it done. The weekend was massive, the vendors were happy as hell, and we slept for days afterwards.
