We know everyone has an opinion on the debate over whether or not to close 7th Street to traffic on weekends, as seen in the comments on a previous post on the issue. The street was closed after the fire at Eastern Market to allow for space for displaced vendors and to help maintain a […]
The Hine Junior High site is generating a lot of interest among Hill residents lately. For our readers who are not familiar with Hine, the junior high school that sits across from the Eastern Market Metro was closed in 2007 due to low attendance and a host of other issues that were reasons for closing […]
More than 12,000 people visited Eastern Market Saturday, according to volunteers working the event, partaking in activities from facepainting and hula hoop contests, to dancing, zydeco and listening to R&B – and of course, shopping. Lots of shopping. Shoppers were out in force both Saturday and Sunday, many using the celebratory bags distributed by Eastern Market Community […]
Longtime Hill resident and historian Robert Pohl shared these photos of today’s activities. Pohl remarked he was “extremely pleased” with the results of the renovation. “After the ribbon-cutting, done by some of the many kids who were present, we were invited inside. They have truly made a place that is a jewel for the […]
Today at 11:10 a.m. Mayor Adrian Fenty, together with city and neighborhood officials, cut the ribbon on the newly reopened Eastern Market. A crowd of more than 300 people waited in the heat as Fenty, Council Member Tommy Wells, Council Chair Vincent Gray, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and other spoke about the history of the […]