It endures as a fleeting memory in the vast history that is the city of Chicago and regularly crosses the minds of a few. Stretching about a mile in distance, Maxwell Street was once the epicenter of commerce, the birth of culture and change. From its birth during the Great Chicago Fire, to the first Jewish immigrants, to its last day as a bazaar, it is this rise and fall of Maxwell Street that has contributed to the cultural differentiation that ultimately gives a overview of urban spacing and transitions in the city of Chicago. Once a vacant lot southwest of downtown Chicago, Maxwell Street was undeveloped until the 1850s. With the influx of trade and commerce, made possible by the addition of railroad tracks, the city of Chicago has experienced a staggering population influx. Fort Dearborn, a military base founded on the Chicago River, had been established as a Native American trading post until 1833, when the fort's surrounding occupants voted it into their growing community and thus made Fort Dearborn legally incorporated into the rest of the community. . The fort would be officially deserted in 1836. Fort Dearborn would be the first official community setting that would eventually become the city of Chicago. After the military base disbanded, people moved into the surrounding community to begin building it. One of the occupants of Fort Dearborn, a medical surgeon, Dr. Philip Maxwell, would eventually become the Chicagoan for whom the Near West Side street would be named. The phenomenon of naming streets after influential members of society is a long-standing practice in the United States. The streets of Chicago were no exception, but the exact time the street names were officially adopted is ...... middle of paper ......r the development of a street market Maxwell better and bigger. The modernization movement began with the Code of Ethics but did not stop there. The Maxwell Street Association, in order to gather information about cart businesses and store owners, conducted surveys of salespeople. The purpose of the investigation was "to obtain the actual facts and merchandising habits of the businesses and professions situated on Maxwell Street, calculated to promote, improve and improve conditions connected with real estate and commercial interests in the great neighborhood ". Sellers were asked about 1938 sales and how they compare to current sales statistics. Sellers were also asked if they were satisfied with their current sales volume, what personal improvements they would like to see, in terms of street lighting, carts and stalls, improved street health and sanitation..