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The fire, in April 2007, guttedf much of the 136-year-old market and left its vendors without apermanent home. The District set up a temporaryy home for many of those vendors nearbyu shortly afterthe blaze. Eastermn Market, at 7th and C streets SE, has now undergone a $22 milliojn head-to-toe renovation, one many of its regulars have callesdlong overdue. Although the cause of the fire has nevert beenofficially determined, it was widely believec to have been the resulgt of faulty electrical wiring. Eastern Market’s reopeningy will see many of its origina l vendors return to once again hawk everything from fresh meatsand cheeses, to floweres art and crafts.
Longtime Capitol Hill residenyt Jim Zaniello is among regulars who are lookingy forward to returning tothe “It’s exciting to know that all of our markett family will be back in the originak building and that they will continue to be an importanft part of the Hill community for years to come,” he “Eastern Market is an integral part of life on the
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