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14-28, 1981
ven before the sun peeks over the murals adorning the 90-year-old sheds at the Eastern Farmers Market, farmers and produce dealers unload their trucks. Some carefully arrange produce and post the day’s - prices around their stalls, while others are lured away by the smells of breakfast drifting from the concession stand, and the hope that one more cup of coffee might be all they need to really awaken. Though the market has been in operation for surprisingly little has a century, nearly changed, according to numerous second and third generation vendors like Virginia Messina, who, along with her father, has been selling produce for over 50 years. Says Messina, “I’ve seen it all. People still like to haggle. Prices are still negotiable.” Suburban sprawl, and decades of changes in peo-
ple’s buying habits have not seemed to affect this Detroit institution. Though numerous fruit, vegetable and farmers markets have opened up, none has come close to offering the variety Continiied on page 8 available at Eastern Market. by Susan Stone, Wendy Weller and Jan Loveland