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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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Fox River, McHenry, Illinois

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View of the Fox River, looking southeast from just south of the West Elm Street (US 120) bridge. The bridge is visible at the far left.

Date:: 1979

Collection:: C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:: Public access

Loop skyline from North Branch of Chicago River

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View looking southeast along the Chicago River from the West Kinzie Street Bridge. The (now unused) Kinzie Street railroad bridge is in the raised position in the upper left foreground of the photograph. The Fulton House Condominiums (originally North American Cold Storage Company warehouse) are on the far right. The Lake Street elevated train tracks, with a CTA Green Line train running across them, are visible in front of the cluster of Loop high-rises. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) rises above them.

Date:: 1986; 1974 (Sears Tower); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)

Collection:: C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:: Public access

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Repository: University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)