Leticia Gandara sold artesanía Mexicana out of the same space at Long Bazaar for 28 years.
During the week, the indoor market’s aisles are quiet. On the weekends, crowds bring the space to life.
Quinceañera dresses hang from racks beside stalls selling candy, furniture and jewelry. Barber shops are just a few doors down from a botánica. Neighbors lean across counters to talk, the way people do when they have shared a space for years.
Gandara and other vendors learned in April they have until May 31 to clear out. The Northside market at 318 E. Long Ave. in Fort Worth had been sold. Vendors said they received no warning before the letter arrived, leaving many with weeks to relocate their businesses…