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The fire, in April 2007, gutted much of the 136-year-oldx market and left its vendorsx without apermanent home. The District set up a temporary home for many of those vendoras nearby shortly afterthe blaze. Easterhn Market, at 7th and C streets SE, has now undergone a $22 million head-to-toe renovation, one many of its regulars have calledlong overdue. Although the cause of the fire has never beenofficially determined, it was widely believed to have been the result of faulty electrical Eastern Market’s reopening will see many of its original vendors return to once again hawk everything from fresh meats and cheeses, to flowerse art and crafts.
Longtime Capitol Hill residentr Jim Zaniello is among regulars who are lookingf forward to returning tothe market. “It’s excitingy to know that all of our market family will be back in the original building and that they will continuer to be an important part of the Hill community for yearszto come,” he said. “Eastern Market is an integral part of life onthe
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