Market(space) Manifesto: New Futures for the Maxwell Street Market – Assistant Professor Ann Lok Lui graduate studio
In the fall of 2016, a graduate studio in the Master of Architecture program with an emphasis in Interior Architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago collaborated with the Maxwell Street Foundation to investigate Chicago’s broader contemporary urban condition by examining the microcosm of the New Maxwell Street Market in its urban … Read More
New Maxwell Street Market: Its Present and Future – Dr. Alfonso Morales Report
The Maxwell Street Market began as a collection of small street markets in immigrant neighborhoods south and west of the Loop. After the 1871 fire, street market activity arose around the intersection of Canal Street and 12th Street (Roosevelt Road). In time, a trolley line on Jefferson Street drew peddlers there, and the outdoor market … Read More
Saving Maxwell Street: The People, Power, and the Politics of Urban Aesthetics in Chicago – Janelle L. Walker Ph.D. thesis
Saving Maxwell Street: The People, Power, and the Politics of Urban Aesthetics in Chicago, PhD thesis by Dr. Janelle L. Walker. Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Folklore, Indiana University. December 2000. The Maxwell Street neighborhood … Read More
“Killing Maxwell Street is like taking opera from Milan”, A Maxwell Street Anthology – Dr. Alphonse Diaz, Dr. Steven Balkin, Reverend Ellis May III, editors
A Plea to the Chicago City Council on April 11, 1994: Mayor Daley has his mind set to eliminate the Maxwell Street Market. The vote in the City Council is set for April 13. The Hispanic and Afro-American grassroots communities are very upset about this. People are already asking how can the President and the Vice … Read More
Losing Maxwell Street? – Hannah Norwood BA thesis
LOSING MAXWELL STREET? A Thesis Submitted to The Faculty of the College of the University of Chicago In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Department of Anthropology by HANNAH NORWOOD. Chicago, Illinois, May, 2013 Maxwell Street Market might still exist by name in Chicago, but ask anyone involved with … Read More
Women’s Voices on Maxwell Street: The Silent Influence – Corine A. Azem MA Thesis
This project was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Maxwell Street Foundation. It is a compilation of stories surrounding five influential women as they pertain to Chicago’s Maxwell Street. These women have each had their stories documented to varying degrees, and some are more well known than others. But it was not … Read More