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4th Street and Linden, Wilmette
View looking northeast across 4th Street toward the Linden CTA terminal. Shops are visible to the left of the terminal, along Linden Avenue.
1971
Market Square, Lake Forest
View of shops in Market Square in Lake Forest's business district, looking northeast from the west end of the complex at shops along its north arm. The intersection with North Western Avenue is in the distance at the far right.
1975
Downtown shops, Woodstock, Illinois
View looking northeast across Cass Street at the intersection with Benton Street in Woodstock, Illinois. Several shops occupy the street level of an 1859 building situated across from the town's downtown square.
1979
Broadway, and Illinois Central Electric Station, Harvey, Illinois
View looking northeast from Broadway just north of East 155th Street, towards the IC (Illinois Central) Electric station. Bloom Auto Electric is in the foreground. The buildings on the left are on Park Court, which branches off diagonally from Broadway.
1976
Small businesses, Central Avenue, Wilmette
View of shops in Wilmette's business district, looking east along the north side of Central Avenue from just east of Wilmette Avenue. At the far left is John's Shoes (1128 Central Avenue). A barber shop is next to it on the right, and next to that is a bookstore. A built-in brick planter in the foreground helps with traffic control.
1979
Shops, Park Avenue, Glencoe
View looking north across Park Avenue at a variety of small businesses and shops on the north side of the street. The Rehn Huerbinger Pharmacy at the left (353 Park Avenue) is at the intersection with Vernon Avenue. Diagonal on-street parking is provided in front of the shops.
1983
Walker Bros Original Pancake House, Wilmette
View looking south through the rain along Green Bay Road at Walker Bros Original Pancake House restaurant, with its neon sign illuminated. The restaurant is located at 153 Green Bay Road in Wilmette.
1975
Western Avenue and Hirsch
View looking northwest along the west side of North Western Avenue. The intersection with West Hirsch Street is visible near the center of the image. Wanda's Record Shop, Stan's Tap, and a grocery store are visible.
1967
South Ewing Avenue at East 95th Street
View in winter looking northwest along South Ewing Avenue from just south of the intersection with East 95th Street. The Skyway Dog House (9480 South Ewing Avenue) is visible on the left. The two-story brick building on the right houses a bar. Highway signs for US 12 and US 20 are in front of that building. A sign for US 41 is just behind that.
1972
East Chicago, Indiana, downtown business district
View looking north along Indianapolis Boulevard from the intersection with West Chicago Avenue. A Walgreens drugstore is in the foreground on the left. Crossing arms for a level railway crossing are just visible in the distance.
1972
Gately's People's Store, South Michigan Avenue commercial strip
View looking north along a thriving commercial strip on South Michigan Avenue. Gately's department store (Gately's People Store, 11201 South Michigan Avenue at East 112th Street) with its five-story parking garage is visible near the center of the image. Numerous other businesses line both sides of the street. The light posts are decorated for the Christmas holiday season.
1972
Harper Court
View of Harper Court, a development project that included clusters of small businesses and artisans shops, located on South Harper Avenue between 53rd and 52nd Streets.
1978
Warehouse building, South Indiana Avenue
View of a building located at 1727 South Indiana Avenue, on the northeast corner of the intersection of South Indiana Avenue and East 18th Street.
1978
Sears Tower and AT&T Corporate Center
Aerial view looking southwest towards the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and the AT&T Corporate Center (now Franklin Center) at 227 West Monroe Street/100 South Franklin Street).
1995
Bank building, North Clark Street and West Lunt Avenue
View looking towards the northeast corner of the intersection of North Clark Street and West Lunt Avenue. A Greek temple style bank building, home to a branch of the First Federal of Chicago bank stands on that corner (7001 North Clark Street).
1982
Bryn Mawr Avenue at Winthrop Avenue
View looking east along West Bryn Mawr Avenue from west of the intersection with North Winthrop Avenue. The Belle Shore Apartments (1062 West Bryn Mawr Avenue) with its distinctive green glazed terra cotta tile facing and neon sign reading "Belle Shore Apt. Hotel" is at the right.
1980
222 West Superior Street
View of the facade of 222 West Superior Street after renovation, looking northwest across West Superior Street.
1985
400 West Superior Street, development project
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.
1985
Adlake Building
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.
1978
I. Magnin store, North Michigan Avenue
View of the I. Magnin store at the northwest corner of the intersection of North Michigan Avenue and East Pearson Street (830 North Michigan Avenue).
1978
Buildings along the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
View looking northwest looking over the Chicago River from West Wacker Drive just west of North Franklin Street. The low-rise buildings at 212 and 222 North Canal Street still stand, as well as the tall smokestack adjacent to them (located at the junction of North Clinton, West Fulton and West Milwaukee Streets). The Braun Bottles plant (now replaced by Left Bank at K Station) is visible, with a Metra train running on the elevated tracks behind it. The red brick warehouse building slightly to the left behind Braun Bottles was converted to the 600 West Fulton office building. At the far right of the image is Wolf Point, with the Fulton House Condominiums, a converted former warehouse building at 345 North Canal Street, visible across the river behind it. Part of the Cassidy Tire Company building (344 North Canal Street) is visible behind the condominium building.
1989
Landscaping, 700 block of North Michigan Avenue
View along the sidewalk on the east side of the 700 block of North Michigan Avenue. Trees, flowers and bushes have been planted in enclosed streetside beds. The lower part of the facade of the Allerton Hotel is visible at the right, along with the Brooks Brothers store occupying a street-level retail space in the hotel.
1994
Wally Findlay Galleries, North Michigan Avenue
View of Wally Findlay Galleries (800 North Michigan Avenue) looking west across East Tower Court from the park surrounding the Chicago Water Tower. To the right of the gallery is Lewis Towers (820 North Michigan Avenue).
1982
North Michigan Avenue high-rise buildings
View along the west side of North Michigan Avenue, towards the Chicago Water Tower. 444 North Michigan and 500 North Michigan are the two high-rise towers at the far left. The intersection with East Illinois Street is visible near the foreground at the first set of traffic lights. The Omni Hotel (676 North Michigan Avenue), with its curved top, is in the distance. The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago (900 North Michigan Avenue), with its twin turrets is visible to the right of that.
1993
High-rise buildings in the Loop
Aerial view from 330 North Wabash, looking southeast. 75 East Wacker Drive (originally Mather Tower) and the Executive House Hotel (later Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront) are in the foreground. In the distance, the Amoco Building (later Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building) and Two Prudential Plaza stand out against the sky.
1994
200 West Monroe Street Building
View of the street-level arcade of the 200 West Monroe Street Building.
1983
33 West Monroe Street and Xerox Center
View of 33 West Monroe with the Xerox Center partially visible to its left. A vacant lot is in the lower foreground.
1987
State Street Mall near Randolph Street
View along the State Street Mall with shops and buildings occupying Block 37 in the foreground. At the left is a one-story retail structure. Next to that is the Springer Block (Bay State Building and Kranz Building, 126-146 North State Street). The taller building with the political advertisements painted on the side is the Butler Building. One of the Marina City towers is in the distance.
1982
State Street Mall at Jackson Street
View along the State Street Mall at the intersection with Jackson Street. The Maurice L. Rothschild Store Building (now John Marshall Law School) is partially visible at the far left. Next to it is 10 W. Jackson. The Consumers Building (220 South State Street) rises behind that to the right.
1982
55 West Monroe
View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
1986
333 West Wacker Drive
View looking north from a plaza on Franklin Street toward the rear of the 333 West Wacker building, designed in the form of a parallelogram marked by notches.
1985
Auditorium Building and Congress Hotel
View of the Auditorium building and Congress Hotel in 1966.
1966
Monadnock Building
View of the facade of the Monadnock Building showing the projecting window bays.
1977
Marquette Building
View of the Marquette building in 1971.
1971
Rookery Building
View of the upper part of the front facade of the Rookery building (209 S. LaSalle Street).
1984
Marquette Building
Sketch of the Marquette building by C. William Brubaker.
1960
Southport Avenue and Southport CTA station
View north along the west side of North Southport Avenue from the intersection with West Roscoe Street. The Southport CTA station is atop the elevated train tracks which cross above Southport Avenue; the entrance to the station is under the tracks.
1975
Wieboldt's Department Store, Evanston
View east along Church Street from the intersection with Oak Avenue. Wieboldt's department store is on the left.
1976
Winnetka shops and apartments
View of a mixed-use commercial and residential building in downtown Winnetka on the northwest corner of Chestnut and Elm Streets. A Koenig & Strey realty office occupies the corner space, while Pratt & Lambert Paint and wallpaper occupies the adjacent storefronts along Elm Street. The upper floors are apartments.
1995
Crossroads Restaurant, Wilmette
View at dusk of the Crossroads Restaurant (601 Green Bay Road) situated on the northwest corner of Central Avenue and Green Bay Road. The neon sign for the Wil-Shore Motors Ford dealership (611 Green Bay Road) is visible at the right.
1975
Area near railroad station, Evanston
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.
1976
"The Main", Chicago Avenue, Evanston
View looking northeast across Chicago Avenue at "The Main", a two-story building with ground-level businesses and shops, and office space above. The building was at the time home to the music venue Amazinggrace, and the restaurant The Main Cafe (835 Chicago Avenue). On the second story above the restaurant, a large banner proclaims "Congressman Mikva!" The building, demolished in 2007, formerly stood on Chicago Avenue at the southeast corner of the intersection with Main Street in Evanston.
1976
Church Street near Maple Avenue, Evanston
View looking northwest from a parking lot north of Davis Street at the former Railroad Avenue towards of the rear of a department store and shops along Church Street. A Chicago and North Western railroad station and elevated tracks are at the left.
1976
Milwaukee Avenue, Wicker Park
View looking northwest along North Milwaukee Avenue towards the Northwest Tower (Coyote Building), which stands at the intersection with North Avenue. Part of the People's Gas Light & Coke Company building (1520 North Milwaukee Avenue) is visible at the far left. Lubinski Furniture occupied the building at the time of the photograph.
1982
Alley, West Washington Boulevard
View of cars in parking lots and the rear of aging brick buildings from an alley along West Washington Boulevard.
1980
Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
View of wholesale distributors' shops along the north side of West Randolph Street, looking towards the intersection with North Peoria Street. N & G Produce occupies 902-904 West Randolph Street, on the west side of the intersection with Peoria Street. Columbus Meat Market also occupies part of that building.
1980
Commercial area, West Cermak Road
View in winter looking east along West Cermak Road from the intersection with South California Avenue. Part of the Stach Rexall Pharmacy (2756 West Cermak Road) is visible at the far left. Numerous other businesses line both sides of the street, including a hardware store, shoe store and liquor store.
1979
Drug store at Cermak Road and California Avenue
View in winter looking north along the east side of California Avenue from the intersection with West Cermak Road. The Stach Rexall Pharmacy (2756 West Cermak Road) sits at the northeast corner of the intersection.
1979
South Dearborn Street, Printers' Row
View looking south along South Dearborn Street from West Congress Parkway. The nineteenth-century Morton Building (538 South Dearborn Street) and Duplicator Building (530 South Dearborn) are visible at the right. South of these, the Pontiac Building (542 South Dearborn Street) and the Transportation Building (600 South Dearborn Street) are visible. The clock tower of the Dearborn Station headhouse rises in the distance.
1978
Loop skyscrapers
Aerial view looking southwest from the First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower). At the far left, the spire of the Chicago Board of Trade Building (141 West Jackson) is visible. The top part of 190 South LaSalle Street, with its rooftop gables, is visible near the center of the photograph. Part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is visible on the upper right of the photograph. 311 South Wacker stands to the left of that. University Hall, on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, is visible in the distance in the top right corner.
1995

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Creator Facet: Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002   Subject Topic: Commercial buildings   Remove all