A fire on Morse Street NE burned down a warehouse last night, the Washington Post reports.
The warehouse housed wholesale vendors, according to the Post. The cause of the fire hasn't been made public yet.
The fire, which started around 10 p.m., damaged at least three buildings in the warehouse near Union Market. According to WUSA9, firefighters' attempts [...]

And now, an update on Washington City Paper's Crafty Bastards arts and crafts fair: It's going outdoors again.
The fair, which will be held at Union Market this year, was originally scheduled to be inside the market building. But City Paper and the market's organizers have been able to expand the festival to take over the Union Market [...]

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Crafty Bastards, the massive indie arts fair that Washington City Paper has sponsored since 2004, will have a new home this year: Union Market.
The fair, which had set up for the last seven years at the Marie Reed Learning Center in Adams Morgan, will take place Nov. 10 at the new venue. Union Market, opening [...]

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