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Save Maxwell Street's Heritage
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The unique history of Chicago's Maxwell Street neighborhood deserves to be preserved and that is the mission of the Maxwell Street Foundation. If you are researching the history of the Maxwell Street neighborhood, check out "Maxwell Street, Still Hanging On," "Requiem for Maxwell Street," "Some Thoughts (Possibly Final) About Maxwell Street," and our National Register nomination. To add your own Maxwell Street memories, write in our guestbook.
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Chicago Blues Festival 2009 |
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Look for the historic Maxwell Street Blues Bus and the Maxwell Street Foundation (MSF) at the Chicago Blues Festival, June 12-14, 2009.
Go here for more information about the MSF's Blues Festival and Blues Month activities, including free guided walking tours of the old neighborhood. Also, volunteers are needed to help us at the booth during the Blues Festival. (Blues bus photo © Robert Weiglein, 2004, all rights reserved) |
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The Maxwell Street Collection |
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The Maxwell Street Collection is a portfolio of limited edition photographs by eleven Chicago photographers. The photographers are: Tom Arndt, Patty Carroll, Ron Gordon, James Iska, Jack Jaffe, Kenneth Josephson, Nathan Lerner, Tom Palazzolo, Marc PoKempner, Bob Thall, and Jay Wolke. Proceeds benefit the Maxwell Street Foundation. |
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News Update |
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If it has anything to do with Maxwell Street and the activities of the Maxwell Street Foundation, you can read all about it here. (With links to stories in our News Archive too.)
The News Update page is in chronological order, with the most recent stories first. It goes back to 1997. (Photo by Bernie Beckman, c. 1964) |
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Upcoming Events |
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Find
out about current and upcoming events, brush up
on the issues surrounding the Maxwell Street controversy and find out what
you can do to help.
This page could also be titled "Miscellaneous." An earlier form of this page was the first Maxwell Street content I put up here. (Photo by Tom Palazzolo, 1961) |
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Buy Something |
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Chicago's Maxwell Street contains evocative images of Maxwell Street from throughout its history. Photo-edited and written by MSF board members Lori Grove and Laura Kamedulski. 200 photos, 128 pages. $19.99 + $3.00 USA shipping and handling, $22.99 total. Proceeds from sales benefit the Maxwell Street Foundation. Click here for this and other Maxwell Street merchandise. |
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