Broadway Market, the first city market in Baltimore, was sometimes used to auction people. For example, Nicholas Strike was an auctioneer who held auctions here regularly. Like Centre Market, its proximity to the docks made this a convenient…

The "gastronomic capital of the world" declared Ralph Waldo Emerson on a visit to Lexington Market. Originally known as the Western Precincts Market, the first market shed on this site was built around 1805 on land first offered for a…