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Back in my day we called this place JEWTOWn and would go there to buy yummy Giant Polish Sausages with loads of grilled onins, green hot peppers on a poppy seed bun for $.99

@onemanarmy916

Жыл бұрын

Memories as a kid going here on Sunday morning

@sevegarza

Жыл бұрын

Lol damn I guess my dad was telling me the truth about this place. You said exactly what he told me verbatim. My dad still hasn’t found a place that serves polish sausage the “right” way

@wesleystacknik1920

Жыл бұрын

Great memories of Maxwell Street

@CirceandLillith

Жыл бұрын

My uncle showed me and my older brother this place in the 90s. I was at least 5 or 6 years old... He passed away a month ago... He went into cardiac arrest ON HIS WAY TO PICK UP MAXWELLS ON 79TH. . he was the coolest uncle ever. Died way too soon. Rest in peace my tio fredo "floyd" torres ❤

@MasterRoss-sn7dl

Ай бұрын

It was called Jewtown by ppl who weren’t Jews

Them polish sausages and pork chop sandwiches they used to sell on Maxwell Street were delicious. They served them 24/7.

The original Flea Market/Block party!

l loved going to maxwell street, l wish it was still around.

Love that blues music.

@GCast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I have more at youtube.com/@TheOldTimeyChannel I have so much old footage I’ve moved all my old videos there.

As a kid back in the 80s I remember my father waking us up at 5:00am and making our way to JEWTowN. That’s what they called it if I remember correctly! Loved the food and cheap things you could purchase at reasonable prices. It was a way of life for us growing up. Miss it

@shable1436

2 жыл бұрын

Is that two streets past shecklesbergsteins

@TeslaBoy123

Жыл бұрын

That is priceless bro never never back again 👍

@JR-jk5wz

Жыл бұрын

@@TeslaBoy123 ya unfortunately! I was just having a conversation with my wife and telling her my stories that I had with my father! Now if that market was still open to this date, for sure I’ll be taking my kids there! Lol

@Diogenes-ty9yy

Жыл бұрын

I still remember the first time I went there with my Dad. A street vendor asked if he'd like to buy a watch, then pulled up his right sleeve to display about 10 watches from his wrist up to his elbow. Dad passed on the deal and I had a good laugh. Now, Dad is gone and both he and Maxwell street are only memories.

@JR-jk5wz

Жыл бұрын

@@Diogenes-ty9yy sorry for your loss. My dad has pancreatic cancer and doesn’t have much time! But yes I agree only memories to share with family and friends for years to come

If your hubcaps got stolen you could go there the next day and buy them back.

@yoc4744

9 күн бұрын

😂

Wow! so amazing to see this. Compared to today, chicago has no life at all

@jayaCatLvr-ys5ix

28 күн бұрын

Chicago is boring but I got stuff animals an stickers😁👍

OH - WOW This video takes me back of former days, that were so innocent, full of hope an joy Going to Maxwell Street was a Treat. I miss Mazwell Street - I miss Chicago, but I have the memories. G-Cast Thank-you for sharing this jewel with us . I am eternally grateful ,

@ERen-tj6jg

3 ай бұрын

I grew up a few blocks south on the other side of the tracks.. It was an amazing time to grow up in the 60s 70s and 80s.. I love the Pilsen neighborhood.

Those Maxwell Polishes was so juicy back then now they are so dry. The fries not even the same.

@tblack1264

2 жыл бұрын

And they not 24 hours anymore

@mshepshep258

2 жыл бұрын

Fries are HORRIBLE!!

@jimmiesmith5811

Жыл бұрын

They used real beef sausages back then not this cheap pork and chicken by product garbage they have now

Wish I lived in this year

@redbone8844

3 жыл бұрын

Right we was born in the wrong era 😞

@noahreyna76

3 жыл бұрын

Well from everything I’ve heard that time sucked ass too 😂

@kkarllwt

Жыл бұрын

Color ttv was 5 years old. 6 TV channels, Bias ply tires that lased 25 k miles. Car engines got rebuilt at 70k miles. But, the sunday tribune was 25 cents.

I loved Maxwell Street, Great buys, Good Polish's and the Love of my Life (J T Parker)🧓🏽💖!!! Thanks for the Memories 💋!!!

It's a crying shame this doesn't exist anymore.

@Thekidyusuke

3 жыл бұрын

Segregation?

@kenkunz1428

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thekidyusuke Gentrification.

@anthony6112

2 жыл бұрын

You can thank the Liberals for destroying Chicago culture!

@shable1436

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thekidyusuke I see all races together in this video wtf are you talking about

@carstarsarstenstesenn

Жыл бұрын

The market and the entire area was destroyed the expansion of University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). In the 90s, the Maxwell Street Market was moved by the City of Chicago to accommodate even more expansion of UIC. This all started in the 60s when Mayor Daley ruined the entire near west side and forcefully relocated tons of working class people, many being African Americans into low income project housing so they could build a modern campus for wealthy white people. The modern campus of UIC stands ontop of what used to be a thriving working class neighborhood just west of downtown

I was born and raised on Taylor Street years ago I still love going down jewtown to buy clothes or stuff I needed and have my suits tailored upstairs from the Chinese guys .. you can buy just about anything in town years ago anything..... It's all changed now the UIC took over I missed the olden days on Taylor Street it was so nice back then.. all of these videos bring back a lot of memories thank you so much and keep it up with those videos.. I was wondering if you had any videos on Taylor Street back in the sixties or '50s?

@augustmosco

Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike---I was born and raised on Taylor St. too, during the 50s and 60s. I went to Andrew Jackson grammar school (by Sheridan Park) and lived on Racine near Mother Cabrini Hospital (where I was born). I remember that Maxwell St was the only stores open on Sunday and we would go and hang out every Sunday morning. It's nice to see these old films.

@MasterRoss-sn7dl

Ай бұрын

Please stop calling it Jewtown

Nothing like a good old Chicago redhot.

@GCast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I have more at youtube.com/@TheOldTimeyChannel I have so much old footage I’ve moved all my old videos there.

My friend's dad sold produce on Maxwell St. in the mid- '60s. We would go with him in his large truck and help set up. He paid some "block guy" for the spot. We would go most of the summer. I never remember any fine artwork being sold there at all, but I do remember the musicians and the guys walking around with watches on the inside of their suit coats. It was wild.

@GCast

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

It went to the Gold Coast Art Fair and Oak & Rush at 3:30. It then goes to Old Town at 5:21.

Grew up on 24th and Princeton. I was only there for the mid 90s Maxwell street. But my Grandfather was a yellow cab driver. He was on level with a beat cop with street life...

Would of loved to done some shoppin there in 60's or 70's..

You could buy anything. Literally until 1996. Anything.

The fist half of this clip is Maxwell St., the second half is Old Town. The loss of Maxwell st. to gentrification is a sin the City can never correct.

@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711

2 жыл бұрын

Gentrification is another word for making the place nice and clean.

@kenkunz1428

2 жыл бұрын

@@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711 You're the kind of guy who would have been scared shitless to walk down the Original Maxwell street.

@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenkunz1428 absolutely. Because it was a third world shit hole and i am used to nice clean Chicago streets the way its been my whole life. Up until now. Im 24.

@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenkunz1428 dont blame me for growing up good fam. Im latino we take advantage of opportunities not squander them and blame whites for our problems.

@kenkunz1428

2 жыл бұрын

@@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711 Well, at least you copped to being scared shitless of the old Maxwell. It was a great place. You missed it.

Check it out mostly po' folks trying to make it here, but notice no car jackings, no one getting robbed or mugged. I was a kid during this time and this is how I remember it. Contrast it with todays massive sh!thole of crime and corruption.

My uncle Augie used to take me and my cousin there all the time in the early 80s. You could find anything they're great food tapes music records anyting anyting in your imagination you could find there. All nice people

@GCast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I have more at youtube.com/@TheOldTimeyChannel I have so much old footage I’ve moved all my old videos there.

I remember those po' boy sandwiches that they sold at the dime store (Neisner). Every now and then I remember the taste (so damn good) and 🤗

@Sentientmatter8

3 жыл бұрын

What they put in them?

@ExtraHistoryYT

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGln0MqAqt3Pp8o.html

@bluesquirrel3919

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sentientmatter8...That was a little over 55 years ago, so I don't quite remember, but I do remember the smell and taste 🤗

@tomfilipiak3511

7 ай бұрын

WOW,Niesner brothers dime stores,Memory,sitting with my mon and dad and sisters,at the lunch counter listening to my mom,ordering a coffee Boston,which means double cream or milk! When’s the last time you heard any of that,Born in 1948,lived at2416 South Whipple Street,Near Cermak and Kedzie,Marshall Boulevard!

Awesome!

Pickle Barrel was on Wells! Not Maxwell!

When you are 15 years old,traversing the Chicago,I know,1963 I was 15 years old,had a 53 Pontiac,straight 8,drove all over the CII, town I know!JU,Town,12 street and Halsted,Smoky Joes,for a brim,or some shark skin pants,and a vest!We all dressed to the nines,Hardy’s,or Tom McCanns for some shoes,Jimmys for a polish,the onions you could smell a block away!No,gangs,no trouble,shady as it might be,people trying to make a buck,legal and illegal!The CHI town I knew!Thomas A.FilipiakBringit back!!!

One time I went to Maxwell St. With a buddy who was looking for a car stereo and thought he could haggle for a good price. I told him that he better be ready to pay the asking price because things are are already cheap. After about 45 minutes the guy he was talking to and finally caved and sold one for $50 that he was asking $125 because he got tired of the back and forth.

We would go down there on sunday morning to the flea market to buy tools.1968

I like stuuff animals an stickers😁👍

This would make a great Colt 45 Malt Liquour commercial. Some of their best customers are seen in this video dressed for a night out on the town

@randomuser1105

6 ай бұрын

Very clever comment. So funny. 🙄

Bananas, eight pounds for 50 cents then. Fifty nine cents per pound now.

@oohlaalaagaga

3 жыл бұрын

With inflation that would make 8 lbs $4.37ish and .59x8 = 4.72 so not a huge difference

@GnomeChomsky9999

Жыл бұрын

Always do the math..

7:08 Those girls are now in their 80s.

0:52-1:07 Carrie Robinson.

This is awesome! May i use some of the footage in my "KZread VIDEO"? I will give you credit.

A lot of this film is not on Maxwell Street.

Hey, you left Maxwell and went to Old Town, not fair

@davidzornig1319

2 жыл бұрын

It went to the Gold Coast Art Fair and Oak & Rush at 3:30. It then goes to Old Town at 5:21.

Imagine This Is A theme song

Thanks toteUOI

Hi there, amazing footage here. Do you have an email contact address I can get you on?

Street dancing and singing, independent junk dealers, a woman wearing short white gloves, none of the homogenized feel of today's art shows and flea markets.

Looked dirty and hood but this place holds good memories and was more safer than Chicago nowadays

@jonathanmosher72

Жыл бұрын

No it wasn't, Maxwell St is way safer today. Go look up assaults and murders today in this area vs the 60s and 70s. People are literally brainwashed by fake news

Where's Jake and Elwood and Aretha?

@GCast

7 ай бұрын

They're on a mission from God.

1963'

Мой дед жил и умер в Чикаго.

This is not entirely Maxwell Street. I see Old Town, near North.

Jewtown blues brothers was filmed

@MasterRoss-sn7dl

Ай бұрын

Stop calling it that

so amazing. No blm and feminism. Gotta love it

@kenkunz1428

2 жыл бұрын

Alright Trump, keep your shirt on.

@Denahii

2 жыл бұрын

If that’s all you think about when watching this, there’s something wrong with u. So obsessed for what 😂

@david-lm7iu

2 жыл бұрын

@@Denahii he is right tho its toxic, with everyone that's wants to be in a social group.

@honorbluelovelyful

Жыл бұрын

It surrounds us so much these days that it honestly IS refreshing to not see political signs in these pics.....ppl look a lot more relaxed and engaged with each other

@goulash64

Жыл бұрын

always gotta be one. stfu.

INSTALL ON MY MESSAGING

Honestly looks like shit. Kinda like how it looks now.

@randomuser1105

6 ай бұрын

Kinda how you look.

@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711

6 ай бұрын

@@randomuser1105 how do you know what I look like?? The photo I have is podcaster Tim Dillon. Not myself.

I gotta' say that is some sht bkgrnd music. Drunken 10 y/o's playing that ?