Oil Paintings by










Maxwell Street
the end of an era

Many Chicagoans remember Maxwell St. as one of America's
best flea markets for more than one hundred years.

And some Chicagoans think of it as a neighborhood and an important piece of Chicago's history where
thousands of immigrant families have made their start as the new Americans.

"Progress," in the form of gentrified development, is now in the process of erasing all this, as we move into
the new millennium.

Vanessa Shinmoto has captured the last few years of old
Maxwell St. on canvas with oil paint, depicting the last remnants of a time that is lost forever.  

She uses bold colors to express the intense feelings nearby residents had regarding the razing of an entire
neighborhood to build new condominiums.
Crumbled Sidewalk                                                                    Oil    10 in. x 28 in.
Skyline at Roosevelt Rd. & Canal St.                      Oil  28 in. x 55 in.
Reconstruction at 13th & Halsted St.
Oil      34 in. x 21 in.
Anticipating University Village                                               Oil  17 in. x 28 in.