Maxwell Street Bibliography

by Dan Parker <ParkDan@aol.com>

Dan Parker, a musician and scholar, lived on Maxwell Street in the early 1990s while a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He did research about Maxwell Street for his Masters Thesis in the Sociology Department at De Paul University.


Maxwell Street: Periodical Sources

Maxwell Street: Books, Papers and Other Sources

Maxwell Street: Related Issues

Beale Street: Articles


Maxwell Street: Periodical Sources

Aamidor, Abraham. "Maxwell Street: the ghosts still linger." Sentinel 5 Aug.1976: 11.

Allen, J. Linn. "Maxwell Street a Market for Land." Chicago Tribune 27 Nov.1988: 1C-1D.

Anderson, David. "Urban Renewal? Not For Maxwell St.!" Chicago Sun-Times 23 Mar. 1964: 3.

Anderson, Jon. "Remnants, leftovers make this warehouse a gold mine. " Chicago Tribune 4 Apr. 1997, sec. 2: 1-2.

---. "Can't go home again? Try the bus." Chicago Tribune 23 Apr. 1997, sec. 2: 1-2.

Balkin, Steven. Letter. Chicago Tribune 3 June 1993, sec. 1: 30.

---. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 2 Mar. 1994: 32.

---. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 12 Apr. 1994: 28.

---. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 3 June 1994: 36.

---. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 12 Sept. 1994: 22.

---. Letter. Chicago Tribune 18 Sept. 1994, sec. 4: 2.

---. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 13 Jan. 1995: 30.

---. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 30 June 1995: 30.

---. Letter. Chicago Tribune 6 July 1995, sec. 1: 18.

---. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 9 Feb. 1996: 40.

---. "Save your soul Chicago." Chicago Flame 28 Jan. 1997: 7.

---. Letter. Chicago Tribune 21 June 1997, sec. 1: 22.

---. Letter. Chicago Reader 16 Jan. 1998, sec. 1: 3.

Beale, Joseph S. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 12 Apr. 1994: 28.

Beardsley, Harry M. "Maxwell Street Heart Of Ghetto." Chicago Daily News 28 Apr. 1928: 14.

Beaubien, Greg. "Buffing up UIC." Chicago Tribune 11 Jan. 1995, sec. 5: 1-2.

Bey, Lee. "Maxwell St. Vendors, City Talk." Chicago Sun-Times 8 Apr. 1994: 7.

---. "Maxwell Street in stone, song." Chicago Sun-Times 27 Oct. 1997: 16.

Black, Lester. "Last Days of Maxwell Street." Editorial. Chicago Flame 30 Aug. 1994: 6.

Block, Mervin. "No Market in the World Like Maxwell Street." Chicago American 9 Aug. 1957: 8.

Boyce, Bill. "Vendors sold on Maxwell Street market." Chicago Tribune 5 May 1985, sec. 3: 3.

Braden, William. "Immigrants' Outpost Layered With History." Chicago Sun Times 10 Apr. 1994: 23.

Broski, David C. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 1 Aug. 1993: 38.

Buck, Thomas. "City Speeds Renewal Plans." Chicago Tribune 25 Feb. 1968, sec. 1: 12.

"Buy Much For A Penny." Chicago Tribune 20 Sept. 1896: 34.

Cahan, Richard. Obituary. "Nathan Lerner, 83, fine art photographer, design educator." Chicago Sun Times 11 Feb. 1997: 56.

Callahan, Patricia. "Few sold on new Maxwell Street Market." Chicago Tribune 4 Sept. 1995, sec. 2: 1, 4.

Camper, John."40-Year Plan to Expand UIC Campus Announced." Chicago Tribune 10 May 1990: 4.

---. "... But Not With UIC as Landlord." Editorial. Chicago Sun-Times 24 July 1993: 18.

---. "City Group OK's Maxwell Street Purchase." Illinois Quarterly Mar./Apr.1994: 12.

---. "Maxwell Street market moves east to Canal Street Sept. 4." UIC News 24 Aug. 1994: 1-2.

---. "South land purchase now official." UIC News 31 Aug. 1994: 3.

---. "Two developers make final cut for expansion of south campus." UIC News 22 Jan. 1997: 1-2.

Cappo, Joe. "Minister Of Defense Against Scammers." Crain's Chicago Business 17 Oct. 1994: N. pag.

---. "White-Bread Retailers Co-Opt Maxwell Street." Crain's Chicago Business 11 Sept. 1995: N. pag.

Carlbom, Arthur. "Bargains under the sun." Chicago Magazine Sept. 1954: 36-41.

Caro, Mark. "Maxwell Street Blues Fest howls to save historical flea market." Chicago Tribune 6 June 1994, sec. 2: 3.

---. "Slice-of-life deli calls it quits." Chicago Tribune 16 Jan. 1995, sec. 2: 1, 5.

Cassel, Andrew. "After A Century Of Dying, Market's Time May Be Up." Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Feb. 1990: N. pag.

Castillo, Ana. "Chicago Con Salsa." New York Times Magazine 12 Nov. 1995: 22+.

Chiapetta, Mike. "Maxwell Street's 'Dark Underbelly'." Chicago Tribune 17 Apr.1983, sec. 18: 2.

Class, Rev. Michael. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 1 Aug. 1993: 38.

Coffey, Raymond R. "UIC Expansion Plan: Does It Make Sense?" Chicago Sun-Times 16 July 1993: 3.

---. "Maxwell St. Ready to Fight Local 'Bully'." Chicago Sun-Times 18 July 1993: 5.

---. "UIC, City Created Maxwell St. 'Mess'." Chicago Sun-Times 20 July 1993: 4.

Coopersmith, Bernard I. Letter. Illinois Quarterly May/June 1995: 5-6.

Crimmins, Jerry. "UIC wants Maxwell Street land." Chicago Tribune 11 Sept. 1992, sec. 2: 3.

Crum, Tina. "RU prof launches web site." The Torch 1 Apr. 1996: 2.

Daniels, Mary. "The Maxwell Street market: go before it's too late." Chicago Tribune 8 Aug. 1969, sec. 2: 1.

Deuel, Peter. "Council Group Approves Study For Redeveloping Maxwell St." Chicago Sun-Times 12 Jan. 1965: 16.

Dishon, Robert L. "Maxwell Street clearance OKd." Chicago Daily News 2 Oct. 1967: 8.

"Doom Hangs Over Maxwell St." Editorial. Chicago Daily News 28 Dec. 1962: 6.

Eastwood, Carolyn and Steven Balkin. "Maxwell Street: An urban amenity that can be saved." Editorial. Chicago Tribune 23 May 1990, sec. 1: 19

Eastwood, Carolyn. "Keep Maxwell Street Market... " Editorial. Chicago Sun-Times 24 July 1993: 18.

---. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 12 Apr. 1994: 28.

Ellis, Deb. Letter. Chicago Tribune 3 June 1993, sec. 1: 30.

Erickson, Gladys. "Urban Renewal Smothering Maxwell Street." Chicago's American 18 Aug. 1963: 4.

Eshelman, Charles. Photograph. Chicago Reader 21 Sept. 1990, sec. 1: 49.

Fernandez, Monica and Sandy Villegas. "UIC vs. Mexicanos de Pilsen." La Raza 13-19 Feb. 1997: 1, 5.

Fila, Bob. "Blues Brothers." Photograph. Chicago Tribune 16 May 1993, sec.10: 35.

Frank, Sheldon. "Up against it on Maxwell St." Chicago Daily News 29/30 Oct. 1977: "Panarama," 14.

Garvey, Megan. "The Last Sale Of a Faded Urban Market." Washington Post 12 Apr. 1994, sec. A: 3.

Garza, Melita Marie. "Groups decry UIC's plans to expand campus. " Chicago Tribune 15 Jan. 1997, sec. 2: 3.

---. "Developer to plan UIC expansion. " Chicago Tribune 12 June 1997, sec. 2: 9.

"Goodbye, Maxwell Street." Economist 23 Apr. 1994: 31.

Granger, Bill. "Maxwell Street: Still crazy after all these years." Chicago Tribune Magazine. 7 Feb. 1982, sec. 9: 10+.

Grimes, David. "The Big Toot of Zoot Suits." San Francisco Chronicle 4 Oct. 1988: N. pag.

Grossman, Ron. "Maxwell Street's a quilt of the city's immigrant past." Chicago Tribune 14 June 1985, sec. 7: 6, 16.

---. "Slicing up a tradition." Chicago Tribune 20 Mar 1990, sec. 5: 1, 5.

Haider, Vicky Chen. "Maxwell St. treasure hunt." 26 Mar. 1976: 63.

Hanuszczak, Sharon. "End Of An Era: Bulldozers clear out last of historic Maxwell Street Market." Chicago Defender 17 Aug. 1994: 1.

Hawthorne, Michael. "General Assembly Grants UIC Carte Blanche On Campus Plan." Crain's Chicago Business 17 June 1996: 18.

Heise, Kenan. Obituary. "'Maxwell St. Jimmy' Davis." Chicago Tribune 5 Jan.1996, sec. 2: 11.

---. Obituary. "Maxwell Street musician Willie James." Chicago Tribune 7 Dec. 1997, sec. 2: 13.

Hemmens, George. "Moving 'Maxwell Street': An economic and historic loss."Editorial. Chicago Tribune 17 Mar. 1994, sec. 1: 31.

Henderson, Harold. "What Next for Maxwell Street?" Chicago Reader 13 May 1994,sec. 1: 12,15.

---. "Are We Missing Something?" Chicago Reader 6 Jan. 1995, sec. 1: 1+.

Herguth, Bob. "Chicago Profile: Larry Callahan." Chicago Sun-Times 2 June 1993: 18.

Higgins, Jack. Cartoon. Chicago Sun-Times 16 July 1993: 27.

---. Cartoon. Chicago Sun-Times 22 July 1993: 29.

---. Cartoon. Chicago Sun-Times 8 Aug. 1993: 35.

Hoekstra, Dave. "R & B singer LaVern Baker dead at 67." Chicago Sun Times 12 Mar. 1997: 54.

Holschlag, Judith. "Maxwell street waits for the wreckers." Chicago's American Magazine 30 Oct. 1966: 4-6.

Howard, Trisha. "Maxwell Street Smarts." StreetWise 1-15 June 1995: 1+.

Husar, John. "Trolling along Maxwell Street." Chicago Tribune 24 Dec. 1986, sec. 2: 1, 4.

Johnson, Dirk. "Famed Shopping Street Is Fighting for Survival." New York Times 3 Jan. 1990: A14.

Johnson, Sammye. "Bargains and baubles on Maxwell Street." Chicago Today Magazine 2 Apr. 1972: 6, 7.

Johnson, Steve and Steve Mitra. "Daley's move to sanitize the city in effect may suburbanize its character." Chicago Tribune 12 Jan. 1992, sec. 2: 1, 2.

Jones, Patrice M. "UIC works to put end to tensions with Pilsen." Chicago Tribune 11 Nov. 1997, sec. 2: 6.

Jovarsky, Ben. "Polishing Off Maxwell Street." Chicago Reader 7 Mar. 1997: 5+.

Kaminskas, F. E. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 1 Aug. 1993: 38.

Kantzavelos, Maria. "Tommy's Corner." The University of Illinois at Chicago Campus Chronicle 21 May- 3 June 1990: 1+.

Kass, John. "Ready to Rumble? Step into Council Chambers." Chicago Tribune 14 Apr. 1994: 1, 21.

Katov, Oscar. "Maxwell St. Has Air of Bagdad Bazaars." Chicago Sun-Times 24 May 1951: 35.

Kaysser, Mary. "How Long, Maxwell Street?" Chicago Tribune 16 May 1965, sec. 7: 37+.

Keegan, Anne. "Legal Gymnastics May Flip Team From Dorm." Chicago Tribune 19 Oct. 1987, sec. 2: 1, 4.

---. "Maxwell Street vendor may sing swan song." Chicago Tribune 9 May 1990, sec. 2: 1, 2.

---. "Maxwell Street." Chicago Tribune Magazine 9 Dec. 1990: 15-20.

---. "Maxwell Street, R.I.P." Chicago Tribune 16 Aug. 1994, sec. 5: 1,7.

---. "The Big Squeeze." Chicago Tribune 26 Sept. 1994, sec. 5: 1, 2.

"Keep Maxwell St. Market Vibrant." Editorial. Chicago Sun-Times 19 Apr. 1994: 27.

Kennedy, Sheryl. "Maxwell Street Station goes out in style." Chicago Tribune 12 Oct. 1997, sec. 4: 3.

Killian, Michael. "Once Busy Maxwell St. Dying." Chicago Tribune 25 Nov. 1968, sec. 1: 9, sec. 3: 12.

Krecun, Matthew A. "City votes on Maxwell Street." Chicago Flame 22 Mar.1994: 4.

--. "Vote postponed on sale of Maxwell." Chicago Flame 29 Mar. 1994: 4.

---. "Maxwell Street vote heats up City Hall." Chicago Flame 19 Apr. 1994: 1, 4.

---. "Maxwell landowner never contacted." Chicago Flame 26 Apr. 1994: 1, 4.

Kuczka, Susan. "Despite protests, 3 buildings razed in Maxwell Street area." Chicago Tribune 21 Sept. 1990, sec. 2: 3.

Kuhl, Janet. "Historic Maxwell Street building home to UIC athletes." Chicago ILLINI 24 Feb. 1986: 4,5.

Lang, Scott. "Marchers shouting to save Maxwell." Chicago Flame 23 Aug. 1994: 1, 8.

---. "University set to move into Maxwell." Chicago Flame 30 Aug. 1994: 1.

---. "Maxwell Street Market reborn." Chicago Flame 9 Sept. 1994: 1.

---. "Maxwell Street and protestors locked up." Chicago Flame 9 Sept. 1994: 3.

Langer, Adam. "Wood If He Could." Chicago Reader 15 May 1992: 1+.

Lanning, Kristin. "Debates over Maxwell Street continue." Chicago Flame 14 June 1994: 1.

Lavicka, William L. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 27 July 1993: 24.

---. Letter. Chicago Tribune 24 Mar. 1997, sec. 1: 14.

Leroux, Charles. "Cold Shoulder: UIC and Its Neighborhood Are Thriving, But the Two Have Yet to Embrace." Chicago Tribune 25 Sept. 1991: 14-17.

Littlewood, Tom. "Senate OKs 4-Year County U. Of I." Chicago Sun-Times 2 May 1957: 3.

Loera, George. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 12 Apr. 1994: 28.

Longworth, R.C. "Maxwell St. in the Middle." Chicago Tribune 21 Nov. 1993, sec. 7: 1, 6.

---. "Maxwell Move: 'No One Told Us'." Chicago Tribune 24 Nov. 1993, sec. 3: 1, 4.

---. "City attempts to calm neighbors fighting Maxwell market move." Chicago Tribune 29 Nov. 1993, sec. 4: 2.

---. "Panel Votes to Sell Maxwell Site to UIC." Chicago Tribune 1 Dec. 1993, sec. 3: 1, 5.

---. "Maxwell St. vendors might start packing." Chicago Tribune 22 Mar. 1994, sec. 2: 3.

---. "Time Running Out for Urban Bazaar on Maxwell Street." Chicago Tribune 27 Mar. 1994, sec. 2: 1-2.

---. "Maxwell Street Teardown Begins." Chicago Tribune 16 Aug. 1994, sec. 2: 3.

---. "New Maxwell market a hard sell." Chicago Tribune 5 Sept. 1994, sec. 1: 1, sec. 2: 1, 5.

"Manny Abrahams, Alderman, Dead." Chicago Tribune 2 July 1913: 1.

"Market was Chicago's 'little bit of Europe'." Chicago Sun-Times 23 Oct. 1987, advertising supplement: 1, 10.

Marshall, Jon. "Chicagoans Aim to Save Outdoor Market." Christian Science Monitor 7 Dec. 1993: 8.

Marx, Gary. "Opposition brewing to UIC expansion." Chicago Tribune 12 Mar. 1997, sec 2: 1, 13.

"Maxwell Mart Near Doom." Chicago Daily News 29 Nov. 1921: 3.

"Maxwell St. Backers to Rally at Fest." Chicago Sun-Times 3 June 1994: 26.

"Maxwell St. -- going, going... " Chicago Tribune 20 Sept. 1976, sec. 1: 16.

"Maxwell Street Market to Get Modern Face." Chicago's American 29 Apr. 1967: 4.

"Maxwell Street Must Go, Declare Jewish Leaders." Chicago Daily News 27 June 1938: 5.

"Maxwell Street tear down begins with tire dealers." Chicago Tribune 16 Aug.1994, northwest ed., sec. 2: 7.

"Maxwell Street U.S.A." Chicago Tribune 4 Feb. 1974, sec. 3: 12.

"Maxwell St. Vendor Fee Hike Urged." Chicago Sun-Times 30 Nov. 1965: 54.

Mazur, Edward H. Rev. of Maxwell Street, by Ira Berkow. Chicago History Summer 1979: 123-24.

McCarron, John. "Maxwell St. fears growth by U. of I." Chicago Tribune 26 Dec.1989, sec. 2: 1, 6.

---. "Here's a way to curb the latte invasion." Chicago Tribune 17 Mar. 1997, sec. 1: 15.

McCawley, James D. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 1 Aug. 1993: 38.

Meyerson, Harvey. "Maxwell St. Keeps Pace -- Reluctantly." Chicago Sun-Times 9 July 1962: 3, 30.

Michaeli, Ehtan. "Opposition mounts to Maxwell St. shutdown." Chicago Defender 1 Dec. 1993: 1, 22.

---. "Maxwell Street may be singing its last hurrahs." Chicago Defender 2 Dec. 1993: 1, 26.

Mier, Robert. "Scrap Daley's Maxwell St. Plan And Just Start Over." Crain's Chicago Business 21 Feb. 1994: 13.

Mitra, Steve. "UIC fence has ominous look to Maxwell Street's regulars." Chicago Tribune 13 Jan. 1992, sec. 2: 3.

Moore, Ruth. "Plan $5 Million W. Side Land Clearance." Chicago Sun-Times 16 Apr. 1957: 3.

Morales, Abe. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 5 Oct. 1994: 40.

Morales, Alfonso; Balkin, Steven; and Persky, Joseph. "The Value of Benefits of a Public Street Market: The Case of Maxwell Street." Economic Development Quarterly Nov. 1995: 304-320.

---. "Rejoinder: Contradictions and Irony in Policy Research." Economic Development Quarterly Nov. 1995: 327-330.

Morgan, Gene. "Maxwell Street to Have Face Lifted, Ears Scoured." Chicago Daily News 24 May 1939: 17.

---. "Spruced-Up Maxwell Street Holding Preview of New Era." Chicago Daily News 18 Aug. 1939: 5.

Morris, Steven. "Maxwell Street update: Not as hot as it used to be, but bargains still there." Chicago Tribune 30 Oct. 1981, sec. 3: 3.

Morrow, Thomas. "Memories of Maxwell St." Chicago Tribune 17 Sept. 1957, sec. 2: 4.

Murray, George. "Life in 'Old Ghetto' Days." Editorial. Chicago American 28 Nov. 1958: 11.

Newman, M.W. "City Planners OK Maxwell St. Sale to UIC." Chicago Sun-Times 4 Mar. 1994: 26.

Norwood, Willis. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 12 Apr. 1994: 28.

Olmstead, Rob. "Closeout Starts in Maxwell St. Area." Chicago Sun-Times 16 Aug. 1994: 1,20.

"Our Russian Exiles." Chicago Tribune 19 July 1891: 26.

Parker, Angela. "Flea Market Spirit Lives on Maxwell Street." Chicago Tribune 20 Sept. 1970, sec. 10: 8.

Parker, Dan. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 1 May 1994: 42.

---. Letter. Illinois Quarterly May/June 1995: 6.

Perry, Dorothy. Photograph. Streetwise 16 Sept. 1994: 14.

Pollack, Neal. "Public Image Limited." Chicago Reader 5 May 1995, sec. 1: 33-34.

---. "The Pushcart War." Chicago Reader 9 May 1997, sec. 1: 1+.

Pratt, Steven. "Mexican Maxwell." Chicago Tribune 6 Sept. 1995, sec. 7: 5A.

"Preserving Maxwell St.'s rich heritage." Editorial. Chicago Sun Times 4 Mar. 1997: 19.

Pupchuk, Yuri. Letter. Chicago Flame 30 Aug. 1994: 7.

"Redevelopment Threatens Colorful Market On Maxwell." Chicago Sun-Times 19 May 1957, "Midwest" sec.: 4-5.

Reich, Howard. "Musicians also singing the Maxwell Street blues." Chicago Tribune 13 Apr. 1994, sec. 5: 1,3.

Reilly, Bill. "Death of a Bazaar." Inside Chicago Mar.-Apr. 1990: 28-29.

"Relocate Maxwell St. District." Editorial. Crain's Chicago Business 27 Sept. 1993: N. pag.

Rhodes, Steve. "UIC, city agree to plan to move Maxwell St. Market to save it." Chicago Tribune 11 Aug. 1993, sec. 2: 2.

Roeder, David. "2 developers vie for UIC job on Maxwell Street." Chicago Sun Times 23 Jan. 1997: 47.

---. "Clout-heavy pair to redevelop UIC." Chicago Sun-Times 12 June 1997: 1.

---. "UIC plans 700 homes." Chicago Sun-Times 17 Nov. 1997: 1-2.

---. "University to review 4 Maxwell St. plans." Chicago Sun Times 12 Dec. 1997: 51.

Ross, Norman. "Memories of Maxwell Street." Streetwise 16 Sept. 1994: 4.

Rotenberk, Lori. "Halsted Street -- 38 miles of Chicago history." Chicago Sun-Times 13 Aug. 1989: 16+.

Rowan, Karen. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 12 Apr. 1994: 28.

Royko, Mike. "It's Hard to Find a Tear to Shed for Maxwell St." Chicago Daily News 13 Jan. 1965: 18.

---. "Don't shed a tear for Maxwell Street." Chicago Tribune 2 Nov.1993, sec. 1: 3.

Schenk, William Paul. "Only on Maxwell Street." Inland Autumn 1964: 15-21.

Shipp, E. R. "Outdoor Market Endures in Chicago Despite Many Pressures for Change." New York Times 17 July 1984: A10.

Shoenberger, Caroline. Letter. Chicago Tribune 24 Sept. 1994, sec. 1: 24.

Seifert, Elana. "A good return." Chicago Reader 18 July 1997, sec. 1: 5.

Siewers, Alf. "Dog stand's success no fluke." Chicago Sun-Times 12 Apr. 1985, north suburban ed.: 15.

---. "UIC gets nod to buy up Maxwell Street." Chicago Sun-Times 20 Dec. 1989: 3.

---. "Maxwell Street Blues." Chicago Sun-Times 24 Dec. 1989: 24-25.

---. "Rooftop Maxwell Street? Idea may be a hard sell." Chicago Sun-Times 9 Oct. 1991: 4.

Simon, Roger. "Capturing song of Maxwell St." Chicago Sun-Times 9 Oct. 1977: 6-7.

Sloan, Paul. "Maxwell Street Market Being Squeezed to Death." Chicago Tribune 21 May 1993: 1,12.

Smith, Zay N. "Maxwell St. Sidewalks Going Out of Business." Chicago Sun-Times 23 May 1993: 3.

Smith, Zay N. and Tim Gerber. "Amid Boos, Maxwell St. Deal Clears City Panel." Chicago Sun-Times 1 Dec. 1993: 23.

Sobolak, Brian and Michael Helke. "Local groups oppose campus expansion." Chicago Flame 4 Feb. 1997: 1, 5.

Soloff, Emily. "Street of Dreams." Jewish United Fund News July 1993: 14-19.

Speilman, Fran. "City May Rethink Maxwell Street Plan." Chicago Sun-Times 30 Nov. 1993: 4.

---. "Shop Owners Decry Maxwell Street Move." Chicago Sun-Times 12 Feb. 1994: 14.

---. "Businesses Not Buying City's Maxwell St. Plan." Chicago Sun-Times 15 Feb. 1994: 4.

---. "Council OKs Moving Maxwell St. Market." Chicago Sun-Times14 April 1994: 5.

Spiegler, Marc. "Street Peddlin' Blues." Metropolis Jan./Feb. 1995: 27-30.

Spizzirri, John. "Maxwell Street." U of I Chicagoan Sept. 1989: 4-5.

Star, Jack. "Maxwell Street lives." Chicago Tribune 25 Aug. 1974, sec. 9: 1+.

Steinberg, Neil. "City, UIC Battle Vendors Over Relocation Plan." Chicago Sun Times 10 Apr. 1994: 23.

---. "Sellers, Buyers Hawk Tradition." Chicago Sun-Times 10 Apr. 1994: 22.

---. "A Slice of Life Closes: Nate's Was Maxwell St. Mainstay." Chicago Sun-Times 15 Jan. 1995: 4.

"Still singin' the blues on Maxwell Street." Editorial. Chicago Flame 21 Jan. 1997: 6.

Stondherry, Ernestine. Letter. Streetwise Feb. 1994: 3.

Strahler, Steven R. "Maxwell Street Taps Advisor." Crain's Chicago Business 20 Sept. 1993: N. pag.

---. "UIC private-sector pitch: Developers wanted for 30-acre expansion." Crain's Chicago Business 27 May 1996: N. pag.

Strausberg, Chinta. "Making a return to Maxwell Street." Chicago Daily News 12 Jan. 1976: 27.

Sullivan, Linda. Letter. Chicago Flame 30 Aug. 1994: 7.

Teller, Alan. "At The Society." Chicago History Fall 1983: 60-67.

"The Wickedest District in the World Where Scores of Men and Women Are Murdered Every Year." Chicago Tribune 11 Feb. 1906, sec. 7: 2-3.

Thornton, Jerry. "Maxwell Street vendors rail against plan to relocate market." Chicago Tribune 27 Oct. 1993, sec. 2: 3.

"Time for Maxwell Street to move on." Editorial. Chicago Tribune 23 Aug. 1993, sec. 1: 8.

"UIC and the importance of listening." Editorial. Chicago Tribune 16 Mar. 1997, sec. 1: 20.

"UIC's Unconvincing Case for Expansion." Editorial. Chicago Sun-Times 8 Aug.1993: 35.

Vachula, Richard J. "Maxwell Street in the streetcar era." Sentinel 27 Oct. 1988: 11, 15.

Veverka, Mark. "Dominick's Targets Mayor's Neighborhood." Crain's Chicago Business 6 May 1996: N. pag.

Wade, Richard C. Rev. of Maxwell Street, by Ira Berkow. Chicago Sun-Times 23 Oct. 1977, "Book Week": 18.

Wanker, Rodney. "Maxwell Street." Chicago Reader 1 Oct. 1971: 1+.

Ward, Lois and Kim Zacharia. "Maxwell Street Makes Way For New Era." Illinois Quarterly Jan./Feb. 1995: 29-31.

Weflen, Matthew. "Historians fight University for Maxwell Street." Chicago Flame 14 Jan. 1997: 1.

---. "Students give views on University expansion plans." Chicago Flame 25 Feb. 1997: 1, 5.

"We'll See You Back at the Station House." Newsweek 27 Oct. 1997: 8.

Whitaker, Dave. "Sites on Maxwell Street: Open Season on the Market." Streetwise Jan. 1993: 7-9.

Whiteis, David. "Weather Permitting." Chicago Reader 12 Nov. 1982: 8+.

---. "Maxwell Street Blues." Chicago Reader 14 Oct. 1988: 8+.

---. "Maxwell Street." Chicago Reader 27 July 1990: 1, 12-28.

---. "Cookie: Life and Death on Maxwell Street." Chicago Reader 30 Aug. 1991: 45-46.

---. "The Last Sunday: A Farewell to Maxwell Street." Chicago Reader 2 Sept.1994: 8-9, 24-27.

---. Letter. Chicago Reader 12 Jan. 1996: 3.

Wilkerson, Isabel. "Change Threatens a Legendary Street Bazaar." New York Times 23 Mar. 1994: A14.

Winn, Marcia. "Ethics Rears Its Ugly Head In Maxwell Street." Chicago Tribune 25 May 1939: 21.

Wolfe, Sheila. "Maxwell Street Looks Into Its Crystal Ball." Chicago Tribune 28 Feb. 1965, sec. 4: 8.

Wyszkowski, Robert. "I've got the moving off Maxwell blues." Photograph.Chicago Flame 31 May 1994: 1.

Youngerman, Sara. "Maxwell Street is still the 'boulevard' of bargains." Chicago Tribune 9 Sept. 1977, sec. 2: 3.

Zashin, Elliot. Letter. Chicago Sun-Times 24 June 1993: 32.

---. "Preserve heritage on Maxwell Street." Chicago Sun Times 29 Dec. 1996: 44.

---. "Historical Plea." Chicago Tribune 4 Jan. 1997, sec. 1: 20.

Ziemba, Stanley. "U. Of I. Seeks to Expand in City." Chicago Tribune 17 Feb. 1988:1, 4.


Maxwell Street: Books, Papers and Other Sources

Abbott, Edith. The Tenements of Chicago 1908-1935. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1936.

Addams, Jane. Twenty Years at Hull-House. 1910. New York: Signet Classic, 1981.

Adelman, William J. Pilsen And The West Side. Chicago: Illinois Labor History Society, 1983.

Appleberg, Marilyn J. I Love Chicago Guide. New York: Collier Books, 1988: 49, 183.

Asbury, Herbert. Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld. Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1986: 211-223.

Bender, Janice L. "Partners Without A Contract." Unpublished essay, 1979.

Berkow, Ira. Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1977.

Blei, Norbert. Chi Town. Minnesota: Ellis Press, 1990: 179.

Campbell, Edna Fay. Our City: Chicago. Chicago: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930: 355.

Counts, Alex. Give Us Credit New York: Random House, 1996: 187-211.

Cutler, Irving. "The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb." Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait Ed. Holli, Melvin G., and Peter d'A. Jones. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995.

---. The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996.

de Kruif, Paul. The Fight For Life. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1938.

Eastwood, Carolyn. Chicago's Jewish Street Peddlers. Chicago: Chicago Jewish Historical Society, 1991.

---. "The Demise Of An Urban Market: Does It Matter? Who Cares?." Presented to Central States Anthropological Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. March 1995.

Fishbein, Morris with Sol Theron DeLee. Joseph Bolivar DeLee: Crusading Obstetrician. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1949.

Gutstein, Morris A. A Priceless Heritage: The Epic Growth of Nineteenth Century Chicago Jewry. New York: Bloch Publishing, 1953.

---. "Chicago." Encyclopaedia Judaica. 1978 ed.

Jacobs, Mary Jane. Culture in Action: A Public Art Program of Sculpture Chicago Curated By Mary Jane Jacob. Seattle: Bay Press, 1995.

Kupcinet, Irv. Kup's Chicago. New York: World Publishing Co., 1962: 17, 205.

Lindberg, Richard. "Jewish Chicago." Passport's Guide to Ethnic Chicago. Lincolnwood (IL): NTC Publishers, 1993: 174-83.

Morales, Alfonso. "Making Money at the Market: The Social and Economic Logic of Informal Markets." Diss. Northwestern University, 1993.

Philpott, Thomas Lee. The Slum and the Ghetto: Immigrants, Blacks, and Reformers in Chicago, 1880-1930. California: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1991.

Pierce, Bessie Louise. A History of Chicago: Vol. II The Rise of a Modern City. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1957: 466.

Rosen, George. Decision-Making Chicago-Style: The Genesis of a University of Illinois Campus. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980.

Rowe, Mike. Chicago Blues: The City & The Music. New York: Da Capo Press, 1975.

Suttles, Gerald D. The Social Order of the Slum: Ethnicity and Territory in the Inner City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968.

Wirth, Louis. The Ghetto. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1928.


Maxwell Street: Related Issues

Bruni, Frank. "Tourists Flood Harlem's Churches." New York Times 24 Nov. 1996: 24.

Howe, Irving. World Of Our Fathers. New York: Touchstone Books, 1976.

Hunter, Albert. Symbolic Communities: The Persistence and Change of Chicago's Local Communities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974.

Keil, Charles. Urban Blues. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 1969.

Kirby, Joseph. "New Stores, tourists kindle Harlem's hopes." Chicago Tribune 16 Mar. 1997, sec. 1: 1, 14.

Kivell, Philip. Land and the City: Patterns and Processes of Urban Change. London: Routledge, 1993.

Maisel, Robert. "The Flea Market as an Action Scene." Urban Life and Culture. Jan. 1974: 488-505.

Miller, H. Max. "Patterns of Exchange in the Rural Sector: Flea Markets Along the Highway." Journal of American Culture. Fall 1988: 55-9.

Miller, Ross. Here's The Deal: The Buying and Selling of a Great American City. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

Rossi, Peter H. and Robert A. Dentler The Politics of Urban Renewal: The Chicago Findings. New York: Free Press of Glencoe, 1963.

Sherry, John F. "A Sociocultural Analysis of a Midwestern American Flea Market." Journal of Consumer Research. Jone 1990: 13-30.

Slayton, Robert A. Back of the Yards: The Making of a Local Democracy. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 1986.

Staudt, Kathleen. "Struggles in Urban Space: Street Vendors in El Paso and Cuidad Juarez." Urban Affairs Review Mar. 1996: 435-454.

Trinkhaus, John. "Buyers' Price Perception at a Local Flea Market -- An Informal Look." Psychological Reports. 46 (1980): 266.


Beale Street: Articles

Nordan, Louis. "Chasing the Beale Street Blues." New York Times Sophisticated Traveler Magazine 2 Mar.1997: 18+.

Robertshaw, Nicky. "Business Briefcase - Beale Street has Surpassed Graceland." Memphis Business Journal 16-20 Sept. 1996: 1.

Rothman, Clifford. "Music and Meatloaf Served a la Elvis." New York Times 5 Mar. 1997: B10.


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