Tom Palazzolo captures Maxwell Street Market in his Unique Lens

Steve Balkin, professor of Economics at Roosevelt University in Chicago, had this to say to Tom Palazzolo, compiler and editor of At Maxwell Street: Chicago's Historic Marketplace Recalled in Words and Photographs:

" I was very impressed with your book. Of all the photographers that shot the Maxwell Street area, your photos best capture the soul and spirit of the place. They are works of art -- the subject matter and the photographs. It was the last place that connected the old world to the new, a remarkable place of authentic folk culture. I appreciate your sensitivity to Maxwell Street's gritty urban beauty. You are a hero for history. But for all the bastards that destroyed Maxwell Street, they should spend eternity in Schaumburg. "
-- http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/balkin/

And also, the following excerpted comments about this book:

"His book serves as a historic record about the phenomenon that was Maxwell Street … To see Maxwell Street through the eyes and lens of Tom Palazzolo with the help of photos and stories of his students, friends and wife, is to be transported back to a place that engages all the senses: images of the people, including merchants, shoppers and street performers, the products, and outsider art on a massive scale; the sounds of jazz and blues; the smells of street food, of Polish sausage sandwiches (of particular interest to Tom); and the feel of the market and the goods being sold by vendors, hawkers and pullers who drew people into the stores."
-- CHRISTINE VERNON Contributing Reporter -- Chicago Journal
see http://chicagojournal.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=6713&SectionID=5&SubSectionID=5&S=1

Bob Sirott, host of WGN AM 720 Radio, the Noon Show, calls this book, “quite a nice little keepsake.” http://wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46757&Itemid=557

Book Information:
AT MAXWELL STREET: CHICAGO’S HISTORIC MARKETPLACE RECALLED IN WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Compiled by Tom Palazzolo
With Introduction by Jack Helbig & Foreword by Lori Grove
$45, Hardcover with DVD, ISBN 978-0-9789676-1-1 Wicker Park Press -- http://www.wickerparkpress.com/