John R., a Vendor - Maxwell Street Theology John R., a Vendor I came here from Belize in 1973. The importance of the Market is that it got people. People find reasonable buying here from the salesmen. The soul of Chicago is at Maxwell Street.
All people come together under one banner.
There is love and affection here. The people, they worship this street. Maxwell Street is an original. There is no other place like it in Chicago, and there can never be. You don't destroy such a living tumultuous monument.