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  via Cleveland19: Over the last year, Ohio City has been actively addressing an ongoing issue: parking scarcity. To fix the problem, more than 100 spaces and new lighting have been added to the lot adjacent to the West Side Market. However, the improvements will come at a cost to visitors and residents. According to a […]

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Cleveland’s West Side Market Tenants Association reports at least three popular stands at the market will close by the end of the year. Association President Vince Bertonaschi told News 5 growing vendor rent costs imposed by the City of Cleveland and parking problems are partly to blame. Bertonaschi said sales at the West Side Market […]

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Monday night’s Cleveland City Council meeting revealed changes coming to the West Side Market. City council approved a plan to spend $86,000 a year to add armed guards to the market. As a part of that ordinance and possible future ordinances, shoppers will have to pay for parking. Councilman Joe Cimperman said the fees would likely be […]

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  As part of the $1.4 million West Side Market infrastructure improvements, the West Side Market will be closed Sunday through Thursday. This round of improvements is for crews to work on the building’s sanitary ejection system — the grease traps — aiming to prevent back-ups and improve access to the traps for future maintenance. […]

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  Shoppers, vendors and employees forced to bundle up at Cleveland’s West Side Market are hoping a solution to cold temperatures inside the market will soon be found. Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman believes he may have found an answer. Cimperman told NewsChannel5 he believes he found the funding need to improve conditions at the market. […]

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When a fire closed down the historic West Side Market, it caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost inventory and productivity. But supporters of the beloved market stepped up and held fundraisers and donation drives to help the vendors make up for what was lost. Here’s a breakdown of who helped and how the […]

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  After being closed since Jan. 30 due to a fire, the doors of West Side Market will reopen at 7 a.m. Monday to the public. Vendors were busy Sunday getting their stands ready for an anticipated large crowd due to Monday being Presidents’ Day. “I’ve been at the market everyday this week getting things […]

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  The West Side Market is scheduled to reopen on Monday, Feb. 18, after a recent fire shut it down for days. Cleanup has been completed on the Market, but the cause of the blaze remains undetermined. Officials deemed the building “structurally safe” on Tuesday during a news conference. Officials said to successfully reopen on […]

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The West Side Market opened its doors to the media Tuesday to take a look inside at the aftermath of a fire that happened the morning of Jan. 30. Vendors have been affected by the temporary shutdown that is projected to last through Feb. 13. To help with recovery efforts, this Wednesday will be set […]

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Clean-up and restoration work began Sunday on the 100-year-old West Side Market following Wednesday’s fire. The work will cost approximately $276,000 and take five to 10 days to complete. While workers began clean-up in the market’s basement, area restaurants and customers continued to do their part to support the restoration effort. At Happy Dog, in […]

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  Fire at the historic West Side Market has it closed indefinitely. The blaze was contained to just two shops but smoke filled the giant structure and that is the real damage. The fumes contaminated thousands of dollars worth of merchandise sold here. The clean-up will be an equally enormous task and costly. Sebastian Meats […]

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A brief fire at the West Side Market left the historic building filled with billows of smoke early Wednesday morning. An overnight security guard reported the fire at Sebastian’s Meats inside the market before 2:30 a.m. Crews quickly controlled the fire, containing it to the one stand, but a fire official says the building sustained heavy smoke damage. […]