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C. William Brubaker Collection

During the 1960s through 1990s, architect and photographer Charles William “Bill” Brubaker (1926-2002) photographically documented examples of significant architecture and design of the urban environment in the Chicago area and in other cities that he lived in or visited. This collection consists of slides taken by Brubaker.
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Apartment buildings, North Winthrop Avenue
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View of apartment buildings on the east side of North Winthrop Avenue, north of West Ardmore Avenue. 5825 North Winthrop Avenue is on the left, and 5821 North Winthrop is partially visible on the right.
Date:
1980; 1907 (5821 North Winthrop Avenue); 1909 (5825 North Winthrop Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apartment buildings, North Winthrop Avenue
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Apartment buildings and two-flats on the east side of North Winthrop Avenue between West Foster Avenue and West Berwyn Avenue. An abandoned apartment building is at the center of the image, flanked by another apartment building to its left (5237 North Winthrop Avenue) and a greystone two-flat on its right.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apartment buildings, North Winthrop Avenue
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View looking northeast along the east side of North Winthrop Avenue towards the intersection with West Rosemont Avenue. The Coronado Apartments (originally Coronado Apartment Hotel) is visible on the left; the building stands at the southeast corner of the intersection of North Winthrop and West Rosemont Avenues (1061 West Rosemont Avenue). The Winthrop Beach Apartments (6241 North Winthrop Avenue) is near the center of the image. On the far right, 6237 North Winthrop Avenue is visible.
Date:
1980; 1913 (6237 North Winthrop Avenue); 1928 (Winthrop Beach Apartments); 1929 (Coronado Apartment Hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apartment buildings, North Wolcott Avenue
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Two-flats along the west side of North Wolcott Avenue, between West Berteau Avenue and West Cullom Avenue.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apartment buildings, Oakland neighborhood
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View of apartment building located east of South Cottage Grove Avenue and north of East Oakwood Boulevard.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apartment buildings, South Lowe Avenue
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View looking north along the east side of South Lowe Avenue, north of West 29th Street. 2837 South Lowe Avenue is at the far right, and the intersection with West 28th Street is in the distance on the left.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartment buildings, South Paxton Avenue
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View along the sidewalk towards the entrance to an apartment building on South Paxton Avenue, just north of the intersection with East 69th Street. The apartment building stands at the northeast corner of this intersection.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apartment buildings, West Fargo Avenue, Rogers Park
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View looking west along the sidewalk along the north side of West Fargo Avenue from the intersection with North Damen Avenue. Three story and four story apartment buildings line the block. Part of 2000 West Fargo is visible on the right of the photograph. Further to the left, down the block are apartments at 2014 West Fargo Avenue, 2016 West Fargo Avenue, and 7431-7437 North Seeley Avenue.
Date:
1982; 1925 (2014 West Fargo Avenue); 1925 (7431-7437 North Seeley Avenue); 1926 (2000 West Fargo Avenue); 1927 (2016 West Fargo Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apartment buildings, West Lunt Avenue
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View looking northwest from the north side of West Lunt Avenue, at apartment buildings at 1138 and 1140 West Lunt Avenue.
Date:
1982; 1953 (1138 and 1140 West Lunt Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartment buildings, West North Shore Avenue
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View looking northeast across West North Shore Avenue at apartment buildings on the north side of that street. 1054-1056 W. North Shore Avenue is on the left side of the image; 1050 W. North Shore Avenue is next to it on the right. Lake Michigan is visible on the far right.
Date:
1982; 1917 (1054-1056 West North Shore Avenue); 1921 (1050 West North Shore Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apartment house, West Wellington Avenue
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Remodeled nineteenth century building at 1056 West Wellington Avenue, at the northeast corner of the intersection with North Seminary Avenue.
Date:
1981; 1889 (1056 West Wellington Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartment houses and businesses on North State Street
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View along the west side of North State Street, looking north from West Ontario Street. On the left are dilapidated nineteenth-century apartments with street-level retail businesses. On the right is the Dana Hotel at 666 North State Street (demolished). The top part of the Lawson House YMCA building (Victor F. Lawson YMCA) located at 30 West Chicago Avenue, is visible in the background.
Date:
1976; 1891 (Dana Hotel); 1930-1934 (Lawson House YMCA)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartment houses and house, South Ada Street
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View of apartment houses and a house along the west side of South Ada Street, north of West 48th Street. The brick building at the right is 4749 South Ada Street.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartment houses, South Trumbull Avenue
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View looking north along the west side of South Trumbull Avenue towards West Ogden Avenue. 1950 South Trumbull Avenue is the greystone at the left.
Date:
1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apartment houses, West 15th Place
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View looking west along the north side of West 15th Place at nineteenth century apartment houses between Plamondon School and South Rockwell Street.
Date:
1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartment houses, West Hutchinson Street
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View of apartment houses on the 5200 block of West Hutchinson Street, west of North Laramie Avenue.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartments and houses, North Menard Avenue
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Brick apartment buildings and houses on the west side of North Menard Avenue, just north of the intersection with West Altgeld Street. 2512 North Menard Avenue is the building at the far left.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartments and houses, North Springfield Avenue
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View south along the east side of North Springfield Avenue between North Avenue and West Le Moyne Street. 1521 North Springfield Avenue is at the left.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartments and shops, Winnetka Avenue and Wilson Street, Winnetka
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View southeast from the intersection of Winnetka Avenue and Wilson Street. A sign for Indian Hill Park is in the foreground. A number of shops occupy the ground floor of the mixed-use residential-commercial building adjacent to the park on the north side of Winnetka Avenue, including White's Drug Store, Avery Murphy TV Radio, A Record Store, Indian Hill Cleaners and Indian Hill Beauty Salon.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartments, North Dayton Street
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View looking southeast at apartment houses on the east side of the 2100 block of North Dayton Street. 2103 North Dayton Street is at the center of the image; the intersection with West Dickens Avenue is just out of the frame to the right.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apparel Center
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View of the Apparel Center (350 North Orleans Street, at Wolf Point.) The building's top ten floors are occupied by the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza hotel. Part of the Merchandise Mart is visible at the far right.
Date:
1976; 1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apparel Center
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View of the Apparel Center (located at 350 N. Orleans).
Date:
1976-1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Apparel Center and Holiday Inn, at Wolf Point
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Aerial view of the Apparel Center/ Holiday Inn (now Holiday Inn Chicago-Mart Plaza).
Date:
circa 1977; 1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apparel Center during construction
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View of the Apparel Center under construction. The building is located at 350 N. Orleans, at the fork of the Chicago River (Wolf Point), and is directly west of the Merchandise Mart.
Date:
circa 1976; 1976-1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Archer Avenue commercial strip
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View of the commercial strip along South Archer Avenue. The intersection with South Kedzie Avenue is immediately to the right of the building on the right. Businesses pictured include Archer Jewelers and the Golden Heart Snack Shop Restaurant.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Archer Avenue commercial strip
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View looking southwest along South Archer Avenue. The intersection with South Sacramento Avenue is to the left of the large Standard Federal Savings bank. Numerous stores and other small businesses line both sides of the street. A small sign suspended from the light post at the far right reads "Welcome to Brighton Park".
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Area near railroad station, Evanston
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View looking northwest from the railroad embankment near the former Railroad Avenue, north of Davis Street and east of Maple Avenue. The Chicago and North Western railroad station is partially visible at the left. Businesses along Church Street, including a Dominick's grocery store, are visible in the center of the image.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Area west of the Howard CTA station
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View of mixed commercial and residential-use land and vacant lots west of the CTA Howard station.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Argyle Street and Winthrop Avenue
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View looking west along West Argyle Street towards the Argyle CTA station. The intersection with North Winthrop Avenue is in the foreground. Various restaurants and small businesses line both sides of the street.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Argyle Street and Winthrop Avenue
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View looking northwest across West Argyle Street from North Winthrop Avenue towards the Argyle CTA station. A grocery store is at the far left and other small businesses line both sides of the street.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Armitage Avenue and Armitage CTA station
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View east along the north side of West Armitage Avenue from the intersection with North Sheffield Avenue. The Armitage CTA station (now part of the Brown and Purple lines) is atop the elevated train tracks crossing over Armitage Avenue.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Art Institute of Chicago and Michigan Avenue
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View looking north along South Michigan Avenue from in front of the Art Institute of Chicago (right foreground). The exhibition "Italian Painting of the 18th Century: Rococo to Romanticism" was on display, and the Italian flag flies on the museum's facade. The Prudential Building rises in the distance to the left.
Date:
1970; 1893 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Arterial roads of the Near North Side
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Map of arterial roads of the Near North Side, drawn by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Asbury Avenue, Evanston
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View northeast along Asbury Avenue from just south of the intersection with Crain Street. The white painted nineteenth-century Italianate house at the left is 1124 Asbury Avenue. The intersection with Crain Street is partially visible at the far right.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Asbury Plaza, North Dearborn Street
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View to the north along the west side of North Dearborn Street. Asbury Plaza (750 North Dearborn Street) stands at the northwest corner of the intersection of North Dearborn and West Superior Streets. 712 North Dearborn Street is on the extreme left. The building next to it on the right has been demolished. On the right side of the photograph, the Fewkes Tower apartments (55 West Chestnut Street) are visible.
Date:
1985; 1967 (Fewkes Tower); 1981 (Asbury Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Asbury Plaza, parking structure
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View looking north along the sidewalk on the west side of North Dearborn Street, at the entrance to the parking structure for Asbury Plaza apartment tower which adjoins the north side of the building. Landscaped beds with flowers and small trees enhance the entrance area and separate the garage entrance from the sidewalk. The Fewkes Tower apartments are visible on the upper right.
Date:
1985; 1981 (Asbury Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Ashland Avenue and W. J. Saunders Office Supplies
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View north along North Ashland Avenue from just north of the intersection with West Homer Street. W. J. Saunders & Co. stands on the west side of the street. The Chicago and North Western Railroad tracks are visible at the far left, behind the business.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Ashland Avenue businesses, West Town
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View of neighborhood businesses along the west side of North Ashland Avenue, south of Division Street, including Chester's Custom Tailors and Cleaners, Thad Niemira real estate and insurance office, Club Velvet (1112 North Ashland Avenue), and Kingsbury Polish Inn. A street sign marking the intersection with West Thomas Street is at the far left.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Ashland Avenue businesses, West Town
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View of neighborhood businesses along the west side of North Ashland Avenue, south of Division Street, including Chester's Custom Tailors and Cleaners, Thad Niemira real estate and insurance office, Club Velvet (1112 North Ashland Avenue), and Kingsbury Polish Inn. A street sign marking the intersection with West Thomas Street is at the far left.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Associates Center and Prudential Building
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View of the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue) and the Prudential Building (130 E. Randolph Street, now One Prudential Plaza) from Grant Park.
Date:
1986; 1983-1984 (Associates Center); 1952-1955 (One Prudential Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Assumption Catholic Church
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View looking southwest across West Illinois Street at Assumption Catholic Church (323 West Illinois Street). Part of 444 North Orleans is visible at the lower right, home to Oasis Oriental Rugs at the time.
Date:
1985; 1886 (Assumption Catholic Church)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Assumption Catholic Church
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View looking southeast across West Illinois Street from the intersection with North Orleans Street. Assumption Catholic Church (323 West Illinois Street) is in the foreground on the right. On the far left side of the photograph, 225 West Illinois Street/445 North Franklin Street is visible, with Marina City behind it to the right.
Date:
1976; 1886 (Assumption Catholic Church)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Assumption School
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View of the Assumption School building (319 West Erie Street), looking southwest across West Erie Street. The building housed Pallas Photo Labs at the time of the photograph.
Date:
1899 (Assumption School)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Atrium Village
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View southeast of a walkway through the Atrium Village complex with low-rise apartment buildings on the left, and Loop skyscrapers in the distance.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Atrium Village apartment building
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View of the atrium in the Atrium Village apartment building (300 West Hill Street), showing seating and planters in the common area. An elevator to the upper floors is in the background.
Date:
1979; 1977 (Atrium Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Atrium Village apartment building
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View of the atrium at the Atrium Village apartment building (300 West Hill Street) from above, showing the arrangement of seating and planters in the common area.
Date:
1979; 1977 (Atrium Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Atrium Village apartment building
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View of the atrium at the Atrium Village apartment building (300 West Hill Street), showing seating and planters in the common area.
Date:
1977 (Atrium Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Atrium Village apartment building
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View of the atrium in the Atrium Village apartment building (300 West Hill Street), showing seating and planters in the common area.
Date:
1979; 1977 (Atrium Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Atrium Village apartment building and pool
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View northwest of the outdoor swimming pool and nine-story apartment building at the Atrium Village complex.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Atrium Village apartment building and pool
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View looking southeast, showing an outdoor swimming pool next to the nine-story Atrium Village apartment building (300 West Hill Street).
Date:
1979; 1977 (Atrium Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access