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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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222 West Superior Street
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View of the facade of 222 West Superior Street after renovation, looking northwest across West Superior Street.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
225 West Illinois Street
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View of the facade of 225 West Illinois Street.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
311 West Superior Street
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View of the east half of 311-313 West Superior Street, located on the south side of West Superior Street between North Franklin Street and North Orleans Street. At the time of the photograph the building housed Selfix, a plastic products manufacturing company.
Date:
1978; 1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
343 West Erie Street building
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View of the west facade (facing N. Orleans Street) of 343 West Erie Street, looking southwest from the intersection of North Orleans Street and West Erie Street.
Date:
1985; 1910 (343 West Erie)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
368 West Huron Street
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View looking northwest across West Huron Street towards 368 West Huron Street, which stands at the northeast corner of West Huron Street and North Sedgwick Street. The factory building to its right is the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building. On the left of the photograph, part of the side of the concrete-framed building at 420 West Huron Street is visible, and above that, part of the Montgomery Ward & Company headquarters (now The Montgomery condominiums, 535 West Chicago Avenue/ 500 West Superior Street) is visible.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
400 West Erie Street
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View of the facade of 400 West Erie Street, looking northwest across that street. The building is located at the northwest corner of West Erie and North Sedgwick Streets.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
400 West Erie Street
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View looking northeast along the north side of West Erie Street at 400 West Erie. Part of 416 West Erie is visible at the far left.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
400 West Superior Street, development project
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View looking west along the north side of West Superior Street from the intersection with North Sedgwick Street. The former candy factory building in the right foreground (400 West Superior Street/ 740 North Sedgwick Street) is being renovated. On the left, the Montgomery Ward & Company headquarters (535 West Chicago Avenue/ 500 West Superior Street) is silhouetted against the sky.
Date:
1985; 1972 (Montgomery Ward headquarters)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
430 West Erie Street
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View looking east along the north side of West Erie Street. 430 West Erie Street is in the foreground, at the northeast corner of West Erie Street and North Hudson Avenue. 416 West Erie and 400 West Erie are partially visible at the lower right.
Date:
1978; 1915 (430 West Erie)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
440 and 444 North Wells Street
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View looking northwest along the west side of North Wells Street from the intersection with West Hubbard Street. 440 North Wells is on the left. 444 North Wells Street (formerly the First Commonwealth building) is next to it on the right.
Date:
1985; 1900 (444 North Wells Street Building); 1903 (440 North Wells Street Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
444 North Wells Street, and West Illinois Street
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View looking west along the south side of West Illinois Street from the intersection with North Wells Street. 444 North Wells Street (formerly the First Commonwealth building) stands at the southwest corner of this intersection. Visible next to it on the right are 215-217 West Illinois Street and 225 West Illinois/ 445 North Franklin Street. Assumption Catholic Church (323 West Illinois Street) is in the distance on the right.
Date:
1985; 1900 (444 North Wells Street Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
632 North Dearborn
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This Romanesque Revival building at 632 North Dearborn Street, on the northwest corner of North Dearborn and West Ontario Streets, was for sale at the time of the photograph. The 640 North LaSalle Building is visible on the far left behind the gas stations. On the far right, 642 and 650 North LaSalle stand in a derelict state.
Date:
1984; 1892 (Chicago Historical Society Building); 1973 (640 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
640 North La Salle Building
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View of the facade of the 640 North LaSalle Building, a commercial and office building on the northwest corner of West Ontario and North LaSalle Streets. A Volkswagen dealership occupies the street-level space.
Date:
1975; 1973 (640 North La Salle Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
70 West Erie Street
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View of the front facade of a four-story, nineteenth-century building located at 70 West Erie Street, just east of the intersection with East Clark Street. The address of this building is also given as 661 N. Clark Street. At the time of the photograph, the building had been renovated to house Salvador's, a Mexican restaurant.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
731-733 North Wells Street
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View of a four-story nineteenth century brick building located at the northeast corner of North Wells and West Superior Streets. The Brehon Pub (731 North Wells Street) is on the ground floor at the corner. Next to it on the left is Phoenix Design Ltd. (733 North Wells Street), a home furnishings store.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Adlake Building
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View looking east at the Adlake Building (320 West Ohio Street) located at the northeast corner of the intersection of North Orleans and West Ohio Streets. West Ohio Street runs along the bottom of the photograph.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Adlake Building
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View looking southeast towards the Adlake Building (320 West Ohio Street) from the intersection of North Orleans Street and West Ontario Street. The facade of this part of the Adlake Building faces West Ontario Street. At the time of the photograph, the building housed Morton Textiles & Furniture.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Alley between West Ontario Street and West Erie Street
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View looking west from North Orleans Street into an alley which runs between West Ontario and West Erie Streets. The rear of 343 West Erie is visible on the right. Part of the rear of 363 West Erie is visible near the center of the photograph.
Date:
1978; 1910 (343 West Erie)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Anti-Cruelty Society
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View of the Anti-Cruelty Society building at 510 North LaSalle Street, located at the southwest corner of the intersection with West Grand Avenue.
Date:
1985; 1977-1981 (Anti-Cruelty Society)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Anti-Cruelty Society and North LaSalle Street
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View looking southwest along the east side of North LaSalle Street from the intersection with West Grand Avenue. The Anti-Cruelty Society building is in the foreground at the southwest corner of the intersection. 500 North LaSalle (originally LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse), home to Ireland's seafood restaurant at the time of the photograph, is next to it on the left. The top part of the Merchandise Mart is visible behind it. The Sears Tower is at the upper left.
Date:
1985; 1977-1981 (Anti-Cruelty Society)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
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:
Public access
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:
Public access
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:
Public access
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:
Public access
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:
Public access
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:
Public access
Bauer Building
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View looking east across North Franklin Street at the Bauer Building (224-230 West Huron Street). The building stands on the northeast corner of West Huron and North Franklin Streets. The CTA Brown Line elevated tracks run adjacent to the building, along North Franklin Street.
Date:
1978; 1919 (Bauer Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bauer Building entrance
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View of the arched entranceway to the Bauer Building (224-230 West Huron Street). The building stands on the northeast corner of West Huron and North Franklin Streets.
Date:
1985; 1919 (Bauer Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Billboard advertisements for cigarettes and rental cars
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View of billboards in front of a building wall bordering a parking lot. The top billboard with the slogan "Marlboro Country" advertises cigarettes. Below it is a billboard for Ace Rent-a-Car Company. Part of the John Hancock Center is on the upper right of the image, and part of Lawry's restaurant, at East Ontario and North Rush Streets, is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building
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Detail of the fenestration on the facade of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building on the south side of West Superior Street between North Sedgwick and North Orleans Streets.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building, West Superior Street
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View looking west along the north side of West Huron Street from the intersection with North Orleans Street. The large brick factory and warehouse is the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building (demolished). Just visible to the left of it is 368 West Huron Street, with the Zolla/Lieberman Gallery's awning over the entrance.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building, West Superior Street
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View looking east along the south side of West Superior Street. The large factory and warehouse on the right, occupying the south side of the block between North Sedgwick and North Orleans Streets is the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Building. To the left of that, the intersection with North Orleans Street is visible. The small two-story building visible on the southeast corner of that intersection is 331 West Superior Street. The warehouse building next to it on the far left is 311-313 West Superior Street.
Date:
1978; 1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Building demolition, River North
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View of building demolition in progress, looking northwest from the intersection of North Orleans Street and West Huron Street.
Date:
1989
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Building demolition, River North
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View of building demolition in progress on the west side of North Orleans Street, between West Huron and West Superior Street. Water is being sprayed by a fire truck to control dust.
Date:
1989
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Building demolition, River North
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Workers stack bricks amid the rubble of a demolished building on West Grand Avenue just west of North Franklin Street. A partially demolished wall stands next to the rubble pile. Part of 300 West Grand Avenue is visible at the upper right.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
C. H. Hanson Company Building
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View of the front facade of the C. H. Hanson Company building (303 West Erie Street), located at the southwest corner of West Erie Street and North Franklin Street.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
C. H. Hanson Company Building
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Partial view of the C. H. Hanson Company building (303 West Erie Street), located at the southwest corner of West Erie Street and North Franklin Street. A large water tower stands on its roof. There is a parking lot is to the north of the building across West Erie Street, and the elevated track supports for the CTA Brown Line are visible to the left of the building, running along North Franklin Street.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Central Arts Building
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View looking west along the sidewalk on the north side of West Superior Street outside the Central Arts Building (300 West Superior Street/ 730-740 North Franklin Street), a former warehouse. Banners advertising businesses within the building hang at street level and are visible to pedestrians.
Date:
1985; 1915 (Central Arts Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Central Arts Building
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View looking northeast across West Superior Street at the Central Arts Building (300 West Superior Street/ 730-740 North Franklin Street). The entrance stairway for the CTA Brown Line is at the far right.
Date:
1985; 1915 (Central Arts Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Central Arts Building
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Street-level view of the facade and canopied entrance to the Central Arts Building (730-740 North Franklin Street), looking north along the west side of North Franklin Street. The support posts for the CTA Brown Line elevated tracks are just visible on the extreme right.
Date:
1985; 1915 (Central Arts Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Central Arts Building, North Franklin Street
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Street-level view of the facade and canopied entrance to the Central Arts Building at 730-740 North Franklin Street, containing office and retail space. The elevated tracks of the CTA Brown Line are visible at the right.
Date:
1984; 1915 (Central Arts Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Fire Department Engine Company 42
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View of a Chicago Fire Department fire station at 228 West Illinois Street, on the north side of that street near the intersection with North Franklin Street. The building to the left of it is now demolished.
Date:
1975; 1887 (Chicago Fire Department)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Fire Department Engine Company 42
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View of two nineteenth-century buildings on the north side of Illinois Street near the intersection with North Franklin Street. On the right is a former Chicago Fire Department fire station (228 West Illinois Street). The building to the left of it is now demolished.
Date:
1978; 1887 (Chicago Fire Department)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Construction site, West Grand Avenue
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View looking northwest from a construction site occupying the block bounded by North Grand Avenue, West Illinois Street, North Franklin Street, and North Orleans Street. Behind the construction site on the right, 318 West Grand Avenue, 316 West Grand Avenue, and part of 300 West Grand Avenue are visible. The facade of the Off Center Building (300 West Grand Avenue) is painted with a trompe-l'oeil mural showing a cutaway view of the building's interior. The Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters (now The Montgomery condominiums) is in the distance near the center of the photograph.
Date:
circa 1985; 1986 (River North Park)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cook County Criminal Court Building
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View of the former Cook County Criminal Court Building (54 West Hubbard Street), looking west along the north side of West Hubbard Street from the intersection with North Dearborn Street. Another historic building, the Magie Building (70 West Hubbard Street), is visible to its left.
Date:
1984; 1893 (Cook County Criminal Court Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Development along the Chicago River, west of Michigan Avenue
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Map drawn by C. William Brubaker showing major structures along the north side of the Chicago River, west of Michigan Avenue.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Development on the Near North Side, west of Michigan Avenue
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, highlighting development on the Near North Side, between North Michigan Avenue and North LaSalle Street.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Bank Club
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View of the East Bank Club, an exercise, recreation and dining facility, showing the main entrance off North Kingsbury Street.
Date:
1985; 1980 (East Bank Club)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Chicago Avenue towards Rush Street
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View to east along East Chicago Avenue, showing nineteenth-century residential structures. The Hotel St. Benedict Flats (42-50 East Chicago Avenue) are at the left. Beyond them on the right are the Amanda Apartments (56-60 East Chicago Avenue) and the Water Tower Hyatt House hotel (originally Water Tower Inn, now demolished.)
Date:
1976; 1882 (Hotel St. Benedict Flats)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Ohio Street
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View to the east along East Ohio Street, near the intersection of North State Street. Part of the Tree Studios (Lambert Tree Studios) is visible at the far left of the image. Across Ohio Street to the south are the Tokyo Hotel (17-19 East Ohio Street) and the Hotel Ohio East (now Comfort Inn and Suites) at 15 East Ohio Street. A large liquor advertisement for J&B Scotch is painted on the side wall of the Hotel Ohio East. The Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile (540 North Michigan Avenue) is visible behind.
Date:
1980; 1978 (Chicago Marriott Downtown hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
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Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Natural & Built Environments
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