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Baltimore's Lexington Market bills itself as the world's largest continuously running market of its type. Located on Lexington Street between Eutaw and Greene streets, the market was established in the late 1780s on land donated by American Revolution hero General John Eager Howard, for whom Maryland's Howard County is named. The land had been a farm on Howard's family estate. A shed to shelter the vendors was built on the property in 1803; before then, farmers and merchants set up outside. The market continued to grow in number of vendors and volume of produce and goods that passed through its doors. But a six-alarm fire in March of 1949 stifled that progress, tearing through the market and...
Baltimore's Lexington Market bills itself as the world's largest continuously running market of its type. Located on Lexington Street between Eutaw and Greene streets, the market was established in the late 1780s on land donated by American Revolution hero General John Eager Howard, for whom Maryland's Howard County is named. The land had been a farm on Howard's family estate. A shed to shelter the vendors was built on the property in 1803; before then, farmers and merchants set up outside. The market continued to grow in number of vendors and volume of produce and goods that passed through its doors. But a six-alarm fire in March of 1949 stifled that progress, tearing through the market and causing millions of dollars in damage. Today, Baltimore's Lexington Market features about 140 vendors selling baked goods, produce, seafood, international cuisine, meat, poultry, gifts and more. Among the best-known foods from the market are crab cakes from Faidely's Seafood and Berger cookies. The Lexington Market has several annual events that draw thousands to the market, including the Chocolate Festival in mid-October and the Preakness Crab Derby before the Preakness Stakes in May.
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Sausage shop reopens in time for Oktoberfest
The phone at Binkert's German sausage factory rang nonstop yesterday. It was the first day for the wholesale delivery of sausages, hot dogs and cold cuts since early August, when an electrical fire and subsequent water damage put this Golden Ring business...Tags: Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Locust Point, Armed Forces, Defense
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Scaled-back plan for west side unveiled
A scaled-back revitalization plan for the "superblock," a crucial piece of Baltimore's west-side renewal effort, would include small- and medium-size stores, market-rate apartments in a 32-story tower and a 150-room boutique hotel. Revised plans by...Tags: National Government, Tourism and Leisure, Hotels and Accommodations, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Government
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Sara Frances Lewis Faidley
Sara Frances Lewis Faidley, a former elementary school teacher who taught hundreds of students in West Baltimore over a career that spanned five decades, died Thursday at the Joseph Richey Hospice. She was less than one month shy of her 105th birthday....Tags: Catonsville, Anglican, Elementary Schools, Christianity, Colleges and Universities
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No, I did not say Attman's is No. 1
Dining@LargeI just got a very long voice mail message from Elliot Bodner, owner of Mary Mervis delicatessen in the Lexington Market, asking why I said he was No. 6 of the Top 10 Delicatessens and not No. 1 because he......Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Top Ten Delis
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Baltimore's inner charm
Special to amNewYorkNew Yorkers donšt have to travel far for a little Southern comfort. Just three hours south on Amtrak, sits Baltimore. Dubbed 'Charm City,' this proud working and middle class town gets a bad rap, thanks in part to television dramas like "The Wire" and...Tags: Maryland Science Center, Chesapeake Bay, Sculpture, USS Constellation, Murder
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A stable, close-knit community
Tucked behind busy West Baltimore intersections lies a tiny neighborhood where one home caught the public eye this spring. That's because the homeowner offered his broad, flat front yard as the Baltimore site of "Edible Estates," the project that...Tags: Catonsville, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Sales
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Ravens fans may miss the bus
Sun reporterAs the Baltimore Ravens kick off their preseason home schedule tonight, thousands of Ravens fans who formerly relied on state-operated express buses to get to the games are scrambling to find transportation that doesn't involve parking at or near M&T Bank...Tags: Minnesota Vikings, M&T Bank Stadium, Marketing, Public Transportation, Subway Transportation Industry
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Parked
Sun reporterI'm wobbling down Light Street toward a busy intersection, clinging perilously yet stylishly to a sleek hybrid bicycle: metallic gray with gears to shift and a beverage holder clearly meant for someone brave enough to pry a hand from the handle bars....Tags: Honda, Cycling, AAA, Passenger Cars, Vehicles
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Quit thinking small, people of Baltimore
As for the nattering negativists who will surely say this is a dumb idea, that it will never work, that Baltimore will never get this and never get that - well, blah, blah, blah. We've heard it all before. Mr. Grumpy-Gills really should treat himself to...Tags: Muggsy Bogues, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, Michael Phelps, Petroleum Industry
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City officer indicted in Jan. death of man
Sun ReporterA Baltimore grand jury indicted a city police officer yesterday on charges of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man he was questioning in Northeast Baltimore in January, according to the state's attorney's office....Tags: NAACP, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Laws, Law Enforcement, Trials
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Underground blaze scalds life overhead
Sun reportersThe underground electrical fire that blasted a North Charles Street manhole cover skyward Monday continued to hobble downtown traffic and commerce yesterday - a frustrating reminder of how the aging, unseen matrix of wires and pipes beneath Baltimore...Tags: Fires, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Employees, Consumer Electronics Industry
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