We got an email today from Marla McLean, one of the art teachers at the School-Within-School at Peabody; she said that the artwork in the Market 5 Gallery came down from the walls (as scheduled) today, but that the notecards based on the artwork are still available online. The first 400 sets of cards were printed for free by Brightdoc and all the proceeds (over $1,000!) went to the support the Eastern Market merchants; 20% of all further proceeds from sales of the cards will go to Eastern Market. She also mentioned that they've put the address to this very website on the back of the cards -- we're incredibly thankful for such high praise!
The regular monthly EMCAC meeting is at 7:00 PM tomorrow night; it's held in the multipurpose room at the Rumsey Aquatic Center (on North Carolina SE between Sixth and Seventh Streets). The agenda for the meeting is up on the EMCAC weblog; it includes updates on the state of the temporary structure and rebuilding effort.
Speaking of the temporary structure, after three days of little to no visible work on the Hine Junior High lot, today appears to have brought a lot of digging -- from all the trenches that are throughout the area on which the new building will sit, it looks like the utility build-out is starting to occur. (Shannon is going to try to take a picture on her way to work in the morning, so we should have that in tomorrow's post.)
And finally, in the every-little-bit-helps category: a Philly-resident friend of ours posted a great rave to Craigslist encouraging other Philadelphians to feed their change to Reading Terminal Market's Philbert the Pig to support the rebuilding here in Capitol Hill. It's nice to see people who support their own local fresh food markets helping support ours as well!