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The Maxwell Street Foundation
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The unique history of Chicago's Maxwell Street neighborhood deserves to be preserved. That is the mission of the Maxwell Street Foundation (MSF).
For the fifth consecutive year, the Maxwell Street Foundation is a not-for-profit sponsor of the Chicago Blues Festival, June 8-10, 2012, in downtown Chicago's Grant Park. Click here for the official Blues Festival web site. Click here to volunteer at the MSF tent.
If you are researching the history of the Maxwell Street neighborhood, please check out these articles:
"Maxwell Street, Still Hanging On,"
"Requiem for Maxwell Street,"
"Some Thoughts (Possibly Final) About Maxwell Street,"
Our National Register nomination.
To navigate the rest of the Maxwell Street Foundation web site, just page down to see the different sections.
To add your own Maxwell Street memories, write in our guestbook.
To contact us via email, click here.
Follow us Facebook.
To make a secure, tax-deductible donation to the MSF via PayPal using your PayPal account or any major credit card, click on the DONATE button below.
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FREE Maxwell Street Walking Tours.
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A FREE Maxwell Street Walking Tour will be given on the first Sunday of the month, now through August. It is a featured event in the city’s calendar of cultural events celebrating Chicago's 175th birthday year. The tour begins at 11 AM and takes 90 minutes. Meeting location: Maxwell Street cul de sac, one block south of Roosevelt Rd., ˝ block west of Halsted. The tour is free but pre-registration is required at info@maxwellstreet.org. Please include your tour date, name, and the number in your party. Click here for more information.
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The Maxwell Street Collection |
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The Maxwell Street Collection is a history of the Maxwell Street Market and community as told in eleven powerful images by Chicago's top photographers. It spans 1937 to 2000 and features the work of Tom Arndt, Patty Carroll, Ron Gordon, James Iska, Jack Jaffe, Kenneth Josephson, Nathan Lerner, Tom Palazzolo, Marc PoKempner, Bob Thall, and Jay Wolke. Proceeds from sales of the limited-edition fine art portfolio benefit the Maxwell Street Foundation. Click here to view. Click here for more information. |
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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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Get the new Maxwell Street "Birthplace of the Chicago Blues" poster (shown, left) and other great Maxwell Street merchandise directly from the Maxwell Street Foundation (MSF). Proceeds from sales help the MSF preserve Maxwell Street's heritage. Click here for official Maxwell Street stuff sold by the MSF. Click here for Maxwell Street-related CDs, videos and books from other sources. |
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