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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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1300 block of N. Astor Street
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View of nineteenth century houses across the street from Astor House apartment building, with Lake Shore Drive high-rises behind. The brownstone with the large arched doorway is the Edwin J. Gardiner House, located at 1345 N. Astor Street. At the far left (obscured by the Astor House canopy and trees) is Astor Court (1355 N. Astor Street). A high-rise apartment building, Astor House (1340 N. Astor Street), stands on the southeast corner of N. Astor Street and E. Banks Street.
Date:
1976; 1887 (Edwin J. Gardiner House)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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1550 North State Parkway
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View of the facade of the 1550 N. State Parkway apartment building, located at the southwest corner of N. State Parkway and North Avenue.
Date:
1985; 1911-1912 (1550 North State Parkway)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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235 West Eugenie Street
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View of the apartment building at 235 West Eugenie Street, located at the southeast corner of the intersection of West Eugenie Street and N. North Park Avenue.
Date:
circa 1970s; 1962 (235 West Eugenie Street)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
35th Street, Bridgeport
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View looking east along the north side of West 35th Street. The intersection with South Lowe Avenue is in the distance at the far right.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
652 Roscoe Street, apartment building entranceway
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Front entrance to an apartment building at 652 West Roscoe Street, between Broadway and North Elaine Place. The entrance facade features an arch with a carved keystone at the center and pilasters on each side and above.
Date:
1981
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
835 West Willow Street
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View looking southwest at 835 West Willow Street from the intersection with North Dayton Street. The narrow front facade of this nineteenth-century building faces North Dayton Street.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
860-880 Lake Shore Drive apartments
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View to the northwest along North Lake Shore Drive, towards the 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive apartments. The Esplanade Apartments (900-910 North Lake Shore Drive) and 990 North Lake Shore Drive are partially visible to their right. 850 North Lake Shore Drive (originally Lake Shore Athletic Club) is just visible on the extreme left.
Date:
1990; 1948-1951 (860-880 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments
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View of the 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments.
Date:
1966; 1948-1951 (860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments
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Sketch of the 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartment building by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s; 1948-1951 (860-880 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments
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View looking east toward the 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments.
Date:
1962; 1948-1951 (860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments
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View from the west looking towards the 860 N. Lake Shore Drive apartment building.
Date:
1962; 1948-1951 (860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments
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View of the piers at the base of the 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments.
Date:
1962; 1948-1951 (860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments
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Undated view of the 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments.
Date:
1948-1951 (860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments from the lake
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Undated view of the 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments from Lake Michigan.
Date:
1948-1951 (860-880 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
860-880 N. Lake Shore and 900-910 N. Lake Shore Drive
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View of the 860-880 N. Lake Shore apartment buildings and 900-910 N. Lake Shore Drive (Esplanade apartments) from the west.
Date:
1962; 1948-1951 (860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive); 1953-1956
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
860-880 North Lake Shore Drive apartments
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View of the 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive apartments, looking northeast from East Chestnut Street.
Date:
circa 1962; 1948-1951 (860-880 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Aerial view of the area around Ogden Slip
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Aerial view to the east from the Equitable Building (401 North Michigan Avenue) showing land use on the Near North Side around Ogden Slip. Parking lots occupy a large area around Ogden Slip; cleared but unused land is on its south side. North Columbus Drive is in the foreground. In the distance, the James Jardine Water Filtration Plant and Navy Pier are visible on the lakefront. The Kraft-Phenix building and plant, and North Pier Terminal (Pugh Terminal) are in front of Lake Point Tower to the west.
Date:
1985; 1905-1920 (North Pier Terminal); 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Albany Terrace Apartments
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View looking east towards the Albany Terrace Apartments, a high-rise apartment building located at 3030 West 21st Place, at South Albany Avenue.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Andersonville two-flats
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View of two-flats, looking north along the west side of North Wayne Avenue, north of West Balmoral Avenue. 5416 North Wayne Avenue is at the left.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment Houses, North Lawndale
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View in winter of a greystone and a brick apartment house on South California Avenue across from Douglas Park. The greystone on the right is located at 1335 South California Avenue.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment block with street-level retail, North Clark Street
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View looking southwest along the west side of North Clark Street, at a 1920s apartment block with street-level retail businesses, located between West Thome Avenue and West Granville Avenue (6200 - 6244 North Clark Street).
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building adjacent to Loyola Park
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View looking west across the western edge of Loyola Park towards an apartment building at 1122 West Lunt Avenue. A parking lot for users of the park facilities sits between the apartment building and the park itself.
Date:
1982; 1949 (1122 West Lunt Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building and house overlooking Auburn Park
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View looking northwest across the Auburn Park lagoons towards an apartment building (462 West Winneconna Parkway) and a nineteenth-century house (demolished).
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building and house, West Giddings Street
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Streetscape with an apartment building on the north side of West Giddings Street at the intersection with North Hamilton Avenue. 2148 West Giddings Street, the large single-family house with the flower boxes, is to the left of it.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building, Drexel Boulevard
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U-shaped apartment building, located on the west side of South Drexel Boulevard between East 43rd and East 44th Streets.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building, East 32nd Street
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View towards the rear of the high-rise apartment building at 601 East 32nd Street, looking north from East 33rd Street at South Cottage Grove Avenue.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building, Logan Square
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View into U-shaped courtyard of an apartment building in Logan Square.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building, Logan Square
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View of U-shaped courtyard apartment building in Logan Square.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
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Apartment building, Roscoe Street
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View of apartment building at 628 West Roscoe Street with a central U-shaped courtyard. The building is on the north side of the street, just west of the intersection with North Broadway.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building, West Catalpa Avenue
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View looking northeast towards the Catalpa Edgewater Apartments (1022-1024 West Catalpa Avenue) from the intersection of North Kenmore Avenue and West Catalpa Avenue. The Renaissance Apartments (5510 North Sheridan Road, now condominiums) are visible behind it. West Catalpa Avenue runs across the bottom of the image.
Date:
1980; 1927 (The Renaissance Apartments); 1968 (Catalpa Edgewater Apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building, West Leland Avenue
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Apartment building at 3849 West Leland Avenue, at the southeast corner of the intersection with North Springfield Avenue.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building, West Roscoe Street
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Apartment building at 5114 West Roscoe Street, just west of the intersection with North Leclaire Avenue.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings along North Lake Shore Drive
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Street-level view looking north along North Lake Shore Drive from north of East Bellevue Place. The exterior landscaping and sidewalk approach to The Carlyle (1040 North Lake Shore Drive) is in the foreground. The lower part of that apartment building (now condominiums) is visible at the upper left. To its right, 1100 North Lake Shore Drive, 1110 North Lake Shore Drive, and 1212 North Lake Shore Drive are all partially visible.
Date:
1982; 1967 (The Carlyle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings near O'Hare airport
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Low-rise apartment buildings clustered along a major street near O'Hare airport, viewed from the air.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, 15th Place, North Lawndale
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View in winter of nineteenth-century apartment houses along the north side of West 15th Place, between Plamondon School and South Rockwell Street. 2630 West 15th Place is at the far left.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Douglas Boulevard, North Lawndale
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View from the wide grassy median towards two story apartment buildings on the north side of West Douglas Boulevard. The intersection with South Central Park Avenue is at the far left.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Hyde Park Boulevard
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Apartment buildings on the north side of East Hyde Park Boulevard, just east of South Woodlawn Avenue. The building partially visible at the far left is located at 1220 East Hyde Park Boulevard.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Indian Boundary Park
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View of the Park Gables apartments, Tudor Revival style co-op apartment buildings facing onto the northern edge of Indian Boundary Park.
Date:
1981; 1915 (Indian Boundary Park)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Kenwood
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View looking northeast from the lakefront towards high-rise apartment buildings across South Lake Shore Drive. Regents Park North Tower (5020 South Lake Shore Drive) is on the left, with one of the Twin Towers Apartments (1649 East 50th Street) visible next to it on the right. Further to the right is The Powhatan (4950 South Chicago Beach Drive).
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Logan Square
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View of apartment buildings in Logan Square with U-shaped courtyards.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, North Avenue at Astor Street
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View of apartment/ condominium towers on North Avenue at Astor Street, across from Lincoln Park. 1555 North Astor is on the right.
Date:
1985; 1975 (1555 North Astor)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, North Kenmore Avenue
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View looking northeast along the east side of North Kenmore Avenue between West Thorndale Avenue and West Glenlake Avenue. The Colony Apartments (6001 North Kenmore Avenue) are on the right. Next on the left is to 6007 North Kenmore Avenue, and next again to the left is 6011 North Kenmore Avenue.
Date:
1980; 1958 (6007 North Kenmore Avenue); 1969 (Colony Apartments, 6001 North Kenmore Avenue; 6011 North Kenmore Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, North Kenmore Avenue
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Street-level view looking north along the east side of North Kenmore Avenue towards West Ardmore Avenue. The Edgewater Apartments (5737 North Kenmore Avenue) are in the foreground on the upper right. Next to it on the left is the Johnson Residence (5743 North Kenmore Avenue). The red sandstone Church of the Atonement (5749 North Kenmore Avenue) is visible behind that on the left.
Date:
1980; 1915 (Johnson Residence, 5743 North Kenmore Avenue); 1919-1924 (Church of the Atonement); 1927 (Edgewater Apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, North Kenmore Avenue
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View looking northeast along the east side of North Kenmore Avenue from north of West Bryn Mawr Avenue. The Envoy Apartments (5633 North Kenmore Avenue) rise on the left. Next to that on the right is a three story Prairie-style apartment building at 5629 North Kenmore Avenue. On the right, partially obscured by a tree, is 5621-5625 North Kenmore Avenue (now condominiums).
Date:
1980; 1909 (5621-5625 North Kenmore Avenue); 1909 (5629 North Kenmore Avenue); 1930 (Envoy Apartments, 5633 North Kenmore Avenue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, North Sheridan Road
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View looking southeast at apartment buildings along the east side of North Sheridan Road, north of West Pratt Boulevard. The apartment building on the right with "The Rogers Park" painted on a side wall is located at 6807 North Sheridan Road, at the northeast corner of the intersection with West Pratt Street. Next to it on the left is a smaller apartment building (6815 North Sheridan Road); next again to the left is another apartment building at 6821 North Sheridan Road. Part of the apartment building at 6825 North Sheridan Road is visible on the left.
Date:
1982; 1922 (The Rogers Park Hotel); 1964 (6821 North Sheridan Road); 1970 (6825 N. Sheridan Road); 1973 (6815 N. Sheridan Road)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
Public access
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
Access:
Public access

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