Eastern Market reopens Friday - Triangle Business Journal:

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The fire, in April gutted much of the 136-year-olde market and left its vendores without apermanent home. The District set up a temporaru home for many of those vendors nearby shortly afterthe blaze. Easternm Market, at 7th and C streets SE, has now undergond a $22 million head-to-toe renovation, one many of its regulars have callelong overdue. Although the cause of the fire has never beenofficiallyg determined, it was widely believed to have been the resultr of faulty electrical wiring.
Eastern Market’s reopening will see many of its originalk vendors return to once again hawk everything from freshb meatsand cheeses, to flowers art and Longtime Capitol Hill resident Jim Zaniellol is among regulars who are looking forward to returning to the “It’s exciting to know that all of our market family will be back in the origina l building and that they will continue to be an importantf part of the Hill community for years to come,” he “Eastern Market is an integral part of life on the