Crowds Return to Eastern Market

Joshua Zumbrun reports on the state of Eastern Market in today's article in the District Extra. Read here. It is a promising description of the return of business to the historic market. The neighborhood was picked as one of the country's Ten Great Neighborhood's by the American Planning Association. Go see for yourself how the market is doing. Keep going, buy from the wonderful vendors and support the arts with your patronage. You can see the 27 murals installed by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities on the historic Eastern Market windows while visiting and purchasing art from the artist vendors at the market.

Eastern Market is at Seventh Street and South Carolina Avenue SE.
Market merchants, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays,
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Flea market and arts and crafts market,
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Farmers' line, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information, go to http://www.easternmarketdc.com.

Good shopping!

More reading:
National Planning Group Lauds Eastern Market Neighborhood

Great Places in America - The 10 Great Neighborhoods

The Eastern Market neighborhood has been recognized as one of the nation's 10 Great Neighborhoods by the American Planning Association, a nonprofit public-interest and research group focusing on city planning.

"The American Planning Association liked "the unique businesses there, the sense of local identity and local commerce," said association spokesman Denny Johnson. "In so much of the country you see more and more franchises. We're not opposed to those, but having a strong local identity is important."

Today's Article in WaPo READ HERE

Go to Eastern Market, visit the Eastern Market vendors, enjoy the neighborhood businesses and see the Eastern Market Arts Restoration Project Murals.