-- AGING BUILDINGS PROBLEM.
A BUSY AFTERNOON AT CROSS STREET
MARKET IN FEDERAL HILL.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> THANK YOU, YOUNG LADY.
LACEE: SOME OF THESE VENDORS
HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.
>> THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY
GAVE ME A PARTY FOR MY 30-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY, BECAUSE THIS IS A
SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
LACEE: ANNA EPSILANTIS, WHO OWNS
BIG JIM'S DELI, IS A THIRD
GENERATION OWNER AT THE MARKET.
SHE'S BEEN IN CHARGE FOR ALMOST
38 YEARS
JOHN NICHOLS WHO RUNS STEVE'S
, LUNCH HAS BEEN HERE 53 YEARS.
HIS FATHER STARTED THE BUSINESS.
>> WE DO NEED IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MARKET, BUT NOT WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO.
LACEE: MERCHANTS WE SPOKE WITH
AGREE.
>> WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT
THEY WERE GOING TO WORK AROUND
US SO WE WOULDN'T BE UNEMPLOYED.
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT CAN GO
A YEAR WITHOUT AN INCOME.
LACEE: INSTEAD, EVERYONE WILL BE
OUT OF BUSINESS STARTING IN
APRIL.
>> WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE
10 MONTHS, AND THERE ARE 73
FAMILIES THAT STILL DEPEND ON
THIS PLACE FOR A LIVING, AND
THERE'S NO ANSWER AS TO HOW WERE
SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT FROM POINT A
TO POINT B.
LACEE: SOME OF THESE CUSTOMERS
ARE HEARTBROKEN OVER THE IDEA.
>> I THINK IT'S WRONG THEY'RE
TAKING THE MONEY AWAY FROM THE
SMALL PEOPLE, AND THEY WANT
BIGGER THINGS IN HERE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
LIKE IT IS WHEN THEY CHANGE IT.
LACEE: DAVID'S BEEN COMING IN
SINCE 1981.
THEY'RE LIKE FAMILY.
THE MERCHANTS WONDER WHAT HELP
THEY'LL GET IN THE REDEVELOPMENT
PROCESS, AND SOME SAY THEY WON'T
BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO COME BACK.
>> I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO
LEAVE ME ALONE.
I CAN OPERATE MY BUSINESS THE
WAY I'M DOING IT.
LACEE: 16 OF THE 17 BUSINESS
HAVE JOINED TOGETHER AND HIRED A
LAWYER.
THE DEVELOPERS SAYS THEY ARE
WORKING TO MAKE FAIR INDIVIDUAL
DEALS BETWEEN THE MERCHANTS AND
LANDLORD.
THEY EXPECT SEVERAL BUSINESSES
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