The Broadway Market bustles every Easter ... but not this year By Samantha Christmann Apr 4, 2020 Apr 4, 2020 Updated Mar 18, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If the world hadn't been turned upside down by coronavirus, the Broadway Market would be pulsing with life right now.kAmp H66< 367@C6 t2DE6C[ 4FDE@>6CD H@F=5 36 D9@F=56C E@ D9@F=56C 2E E96 `ba\J62C\@=5 >2C<6E[ 4=2>@C:?8 7@C D>@<65 <:6=32D2[ EC25:E:@?2= A:6C@8: 2?5 !@=:D9 H@@56? 688D 42==65 A:D2?<:] u2>:=:6D H:E9 49:=5C6? H@F=5 E2<6 EFC?D A@D:?8 H:E9 E96 t2DE6C 3F??J[ E96? DE@A 2E E96 8:2?E H@@56? 3FEE6C =2>3 7@C >@C6 A:4EFC6D]k^AmkAmqFE E96 H@C=5 k6>m:Dk^6>m FAD:56 5@H? C:89E ?@H] p?5 :?DE625 @7 36:?8 2=:G6 H:E9 D9@AA6CD[ E96 >2C<6E :D 2D BF:6E 2D :E >:89E 36 2?J @E96C H66<6?5]k^Am kAm%92E :D?VE 8@@5 7@C E96 >2C<6EVD G6?5@CD[ H9@ C6=J @? E96 DA:<6 :? 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Another Broadway Market rescue plan: 'It needs to be big enough or not at all' At a cost of $50 million over five years, the plan from Aaron Zaretsky calls for transforming the market into an international food mecca.
