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'Old-School' Food Shopping Feels New As U.S. Cities Revive Public Markets

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In 2007, the Eastern Market suffered a devastating fire but through community and Government joined to preserve the architectural edifice. The market reopened on June 26, 2009.

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Merchants bring fruits and homemade jellies and jams from local establishments providing customers fresh options.

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Public markets bring everything a shopper needs under one roof even meat where they connect directly with the butcher.

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Public markets also support local vendors who otherwise could be outsold by corporate markets and warehouse establishments.

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The Eastern Market building is 137 years-old attracting thousands of shoppers and vendors rain or shine.

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The Eastern Market in Washington DC was completed in 1873 designed by German-born architect Adolf Cluss.

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Consumer's interest in public markets continues to grow. Oxbow Public Market in Napa, Calif., was opened in 2007 and was designed to look like the existing architecture of its neighboring business

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Cleveland Ohio's West Side Market began in 1840 as an open air market on land owned and donated by Josiah Barber and Richard Lor

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Today the Cleveland West Side Market provides 100 vendors opportunities to sell and connect with their local community and tourists.

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Lexington Market in Cleveland, Ohio is 220 years-old. General John Eager Howard, who fought in the American Revolution, donated the land for the market. It was a pastor on his family's large estate.

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in 1937, plans to replace the old building with something new and modern, was in place but not until 1949 when a fire destroyed it, did those plans become a reality. Today the market houses 140 merchants and is preparing to undergo a major renovation.

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Cleveland Ohio's West Side Market began in 1840 as an open air market on land donated by Josiah Barber and Richard Lord, who were two of the first property owners and mayors of the city's oldest neighborhood. The market was renovated in 2004.

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Today, the Cleveland West Side Market is a space for 100 vendors opportunities to sell and connect with the local community and tourists.

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Lexington Market in Baltimore, Md., is more than 200 years old. General John Eager Howard, who fought in the American Revolution, donated the land for the market to the city.

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Eastern Market in Washington, D.C. was completed in 1873 and designed by German-born architect Adolf Cluss.

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After a fire destroyed the old Lexington Market in Baltimore 1949, the city rebuilt it. Today, the market houses 140 merchants and developers are preparing it for another major renovation.

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Oxbow Public Market in Napa, Calif., opened in 2007 and was designed to blend in with the surrounding architecture.

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The Eastern Market in Washington, D.C. is 137 years old and attracts thousands of shoppers and vendors, rain or shine.

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Ivy Maynor is a vendor inside Eastern Market in Washington, D.C. Public markets support local businesspeople who otherwise could be outsold by corporate markets and warehouse establishments.

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Merchants bring fruits and homemade jellies and jams from local establishments to Eastern Market to provide customers with fresh options and personal service.

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Oxbow Public Market in Napa, Calif., opened in 2007 and was designed to blend in with the surrounding architecture.

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Originally published on Tue October 2, 2012 8:37 am

One hundred years ago, before Walmart and Whole Foods and Albertson's and Kroger, grocery shopping was a very different experience.

Many American city dwellers flocked to the indoor public markets — huge, high-ceilinged halls lined with vendors hawking everything from fresh fruit and vegetables to full-service meat and fish counters.

8:15 am

Mon October 1, 2012

Watch This: Native American Author Sherman Alexie

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Author and Spokane Indian Sherman Alexie won the American Book Award in 1996 for Reservation Blues.

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Originally published on Mon October 8, 2012 2:35 am

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7:21 am

Mon October 1, 2012

'Carmageddon II' Wasn't So Scary Either

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All clear: A section of the 405 freeway in Los Angeles was empty while crews worked over the weekend to demolish the Mulholland Bridge.

By Mark Memmott

Last year it was "carmageddon, schmarmaggedon."

This year, our friends at Southern California Public Radio are asking "carma-what?"

Once again, it seems, car-crazy Los Angelenos coped well with a weekend shutdown of a major freeway so that crews would demolish a no-longer-needed bridge.

6:44 am

Mon October 1, 2012

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The contenders.

By Mark Memmott

We're nearly to the last of the many milestones that come along during presidential campaigns.

The primaries? Long over.

The conventions? All wrapped up.

Labor Day, when voters supposedly start paying attention? That was four weeks ago.

5:35 am

Mon October 1, 2012

Jack White Disappointed In Fans' Energy Level

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5:30 am

Mon October 1, 2012

'The Onion' Apologizes For Presidential Poll

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The satirical news site reported a bogus poll: 77 percent of rural white voters would rather vote for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than President Obama. The Iranian news agency Fars did not understand it was a joke, and reported the survey as fact.

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5:30 am

Mon October 1, 2012

Bombing Kills At Least 14 In Afghanistan, Including Three NATO Troops

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Blood stained the ground at the scene today in Khost, where a suicide bomber struck.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Mon October 1, 2012 5:34 am

Some of the latest news from Afghanistan, including a grim milestone:

-- "A suicide bombing [today] in the eastern Afghan city of Khost has killed at least 14 people, three of them Nato soldiers, officials say." (BBC News)

3:20 am

Mon October 1, 2012

Syria Experiences More Bloody Weekend Fighting

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It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.

Day after day in Syria, people are being killed, but sometimes it takes a weekend like this past one to remind us just how horrifying the conflict is. Government troops were battling rebels were for control of Aleppo, Syria's largest such city. And as they fought, flames spred through a centuries-old market, burning huge sections to the ground.

3:13 am

Mon October 1, 2012

New York Hosts World Maker Fair

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Originally published on Mon October 1, 2012 3:23 pm

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Thousands of people gathered at the New York Hall of Science this weekend for what's called the World Maker Faire. It was the third an annual celebration of 21st century Do-It-Yourself culture, with workshops, speakers and demonstrations.

But, as reporter Stan Alcorn discovered, the main attraction is the makers themselves.

STAN ALCORN, BYLINE: At the center of the World Maker Faire is Katy Perry.

JESSE GREEN: Katy Perry is the unicorn that we made for a friend's wedding.

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