As $45 million Lexington Market enters home stretch, vendors have mix of excitement and agitation

It was never going to be easy. Rebuilding Lexington Market, one of the oldest public markets in the country and the largest in Baltimore, was sure to hit bumps in the road. The place itself could be a symbol of all that’s good and bad with city: the gritty charm and tradition alongside the rats, drugs and neglect. City officials scrapped more expensive plans to raze and rebuild the market, instead selecting developer Seawall to build next door.