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Clark Street (Folder 535)
Streetscapes (Urban design) and Mayor Richard J. Daley attending a Festival in Andersonville community
1958

Houses, North Neva Avenue
Brick houses along the west side of North Neva Avenue, north of the intersection with West George Street. 2914 North Neva Avenue is at the far left.
1981

Apartments and houses, North Menard Avenue
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.
1981

House, South Woodlawn Avenue, Kenwood
Nineteenth century house on the west side of South Woodlawn Avenue, just south of the intersection with East 48th Street. The Tudor style house partially visible to its right is located at 4804 South Woodlawn Avenue, on the southwest corner of the intersection with East 48th Street.
1981

Dearborn Park residential development
View of townhouses and apartment buildings in Dearborn Park, looking northeast across South Park Terrace. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and One Financial Place rise in the distance.
1985

North Broadway Avenue businesses
View looking north along the sidewalk on the east side of North Broadway, south of the intersection with West Bryn Mawr Avenue. 5549 North Broadway, a two story brick building, is near the center of the photograph. 5545 North Broadway, which housed a photo studio at the time the photograph was taken, is partly visible at the far right.
1980

East Huron Street from east of Rush Street
View looking east along the sidewalk on the north side of East Huron Street from east of Rush Street. A parking garage is in the foreground on the left. A canopy for the Allerton Hotel can be seen above the bus in the center of the photograph. In the distance, part of the Veteran's Administration Research Hospital and the American Furniture Mart building (later Lake Shore Place) at 680 North Lake Shore Drive are visible.
1976

Sandburg Village
View of Sandburg Village, showing a pedestrian walkway with kiosks, flanked by row houses and apartment towers. The complex occupies the area along Clark and LaSalle Streets between Division Street and North Avenue, with a few buildings on the east side of Clark Street.
1969

Staircase to riverfront walkway
View of a curved staircase leading down from North Michigan Avenue to the riverfront walkway along the north side of the Chicago River. A raised concrete planter with flowers and other plants is at the walkway level.
1994

North Michigan Avenue at Huron Street
View of pedestrians on the sidewalk on the east side of North Michigan Avenue. The intersection with East Huron Street runs across the middle of the image, and part of the Allerton Hotel is visible in the distance. Concrete planters with trees and flowers have been installed along the sidewalk. A Gap store occupies the street-level retail space at the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Huron.
1994

Landscaping, North Michigan Avenue
View along the sidewalk on the east side of North Michigan Avenue between East Chicago Avenue and East Superior Street. A raised concrete planter surrounded by a low iron fence has been installed. Part of the facade of 777 North Michigan is visible at the left, and part of the Neiman Marcus store facade (737 North Michigan Avenue) is visible at the right.
1994

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

Cartier store, North Michigan Avenue
View of shoppers on the sidewalk in front of the Cartier store at 630 North Michigan Avenue.
1993

Walgreens store, North Michigan Avenue
View of pedestrians on the sidewalk outside a Walgreens drugstore at 430 North Michigan Avenue (Realtor Building).
1993

Water Tower Place
View of the pedestrians on the sidewalk outside Water Tower Place (845 Michigan Avenue). A sign on the pier gives the name of the building.
1993

200 West Monroe Street Building
View of the street-level arcade of the 200 West Monroe Street Building.
1983

State Street Mall sidewalk
Detail of the sidewalk pavement blocks on the State Street Mall.
1987

Crabtree Farm Nature Center, Walks and Service Drive; Camp Reinberg Bus Turnaround; Northwestern Golf Course, Parking Area Resurfacing, scale: 1 in. = 200 ft
Location and Quantities, Walks and Service Drive, Crab Tree Farm Nature Center; Northwest Division; Job No. 70-04; File No. 1-15; sheet 2 of 17 sheets
1970

Houses, South Yates Boulevard
Two story brick houses on South Yates Boulevard, looking north along the west side of the street from north of the intersection with East 83rd Street. 8232 South Yates Boulevard is near the left of the image.
1981

Two-flats and houses, South Richmond Street
View looking south along the east side of South Richmond Street, just south of West 46th Street. Part of the brick two-flat at 4603 South Richmond Street is visible in the foreground at the left. Two single family houses are next to it, and there is another brick two-flat (4613 South Richmond Street) next to those.
1977

East 23rd Street with Sauer's Restaurant sign
View looking east along East 23rd Street towards McCormick Place. Sauer's Restaurant is in the right foreground. Behind that, the red brick facade of the P. S. Recording Studio (formerly at 323 East 23rd Street) is visible.
1978

Sunken plaza, John Hancock Center
Street-level view of a plaza landscaped with trees on the lower level in front of the John Hancock Center (875 North Michigan Avenue). A large sign with the name "Lake Shore Bank" rises up from the lower level. Part of the facade of the Westin Michigan Avenue Hotel, overlooking East Delaware Place, is visible on the left.
1982

North Michigan Avenue at Water Tower Pumping Station
View looking north along the sidewalk on the east side of North Michigan Avenue, from just south of the Water Tower Pumping Station and the intersection with East Pearson Street.
1976

612-620 North Michigan Avenue
View looking north along the sidewalk on the west side of North Michigan Avenue. The five-story Decorative Arts building (612-620 North Michigan Avenue, demolished 1995) is at the upper left. A men's custom shirt shop and a Florsheim shoe shop occupy the street level of the building. A grass parkway planted with trees separates the sidewalk from the street. The intersection with East Ontario Street is near the center of the image.
1982

Drake Hotel, street-level view
View looking north along the sidewalk on the east side of North Michigan Avenue from the intersection with East Walton Street. The shop windows of the businesses housed in the street level of the Drake Hotel are visible.
1982

Pedestrians on sidewalk, North Michigan Avenue
View looking north along the west side of North Michigan Avenue between Ontario and Erie Streets, showing trees planted in the grass parkway. The former Woman's Athletic Club building (626 North Michigan Avenue) is visible at the upper left.
1982

North Michigan Avenue sidewalk with pedestrians
View looking north along the east side of the 600 block of North Michigan Avenue between Ontario and Erie Streets. The Blair Building (645 North Michigan Avenue), in the center of the image, houses a restaurant on the ground level, and R. S. Johnson Fine Art on the second floor.
1976

500 block of North Michigan Avenue
View of businesses located at the street level on the east side of the 500 block of North Michigan Avenue. A Citibank bank branch is at the left at 539 North Michigan Avenue. At the right are a Chinese restaurant and a One Hour Photo shop, located at 535 North Michigan Avenue. There is a small planting of flowers along the sidewalk.
1994

Landscaping, North Michigan Avenue
View of pedestrians on the sidewalk in front of 777 North Michigan Avenue, just south of the intersection with East Chicago Avenue. Trees, flowers, and grass have been planted along the sidewalk; the bed in the foreground has a short iron fence around it.
1994

Sidewalk, North Michigan Avenue
View of pedestrians walking along a sidewalk on North Michigan Avenue. Newspaper boxes line the sidewalk and an accordion bus blocks the view of the street. A sandwich board sign advertising bus tours stands in the walkway. At the far left, a man solicits donations from passers-by.
1993

Crabtree Farm Nature Center, Walks and Services Drive, scale:1 in. = 20 ft
Grade Sheet--Drainage; Northwest Division; Job No. 70-04; File No. 1-15; sheet 2 of 2 sheets
1970

Clark Street (Folder 534)
Streetscapes (Urban design)
1950

CTA viaduct and embankment wall, Evanston
View of the northwest corner of the intersection of Greenwood Street and Sherman Avenue, showing part of the viaduct and concrete wall surrounding the embankment for the elevated CTA tracks (now Purple Line). Graffiti of a raised fist with the text "Right On!" is painted on the embankment wall.
1971

Sandburg Village
View of Sandburg village, with townhouses and apartment towers facing an open plaza with kiosks.
1969

Bungalows, South Vernon Avenue
View of bungalows, looking north along the east side of South Vernon Avenue from just north of the intersection with East 85th Street.
1981

Andersonville two-flats
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.
1981

Houses, South Kostner Avenue
View of residential street with neatly kept houses and lawns located on South Kostner Avenue near the intersection with West 66th Street.
1977

Apartment buildings, West Fargo Avenue, Rogers Park
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.
1982

Landscaped parkway, North Michigan Avenue
View looking south along the east side of North Michigan Avenue. The grass parkway between the sidewalk and the street is planted with trees and tulips. The John Blair Building (645 North Michigan Avenue) is at the left with The Seasons Best shoe and clothing store and Morry's Men's Wear on the ground level, and R. S. Johnson Fine Art on the second floor. The Burberry store and 625 North Michigan Avenue are visible in the distance at the upper right.
1984

Park Hyatt Hotel
View looking east along the north side of East Chicago Avenue just west of North Michigan Avenue, showing the entrance to the Park Hyatt hotel (originally Water Tower Inn, now demolished).
1982

Sandburg Village
View of Sandburg Village, showing a landscaped open area with benches and a kiosk. The complex occupies the area along Clark and LaSalle Streets between Division Street and North Avenue, with a few buildings on the east side of Clark Street.
1969

North Michigan Avenue at Ontario Street
View looking north along the sidewalk on the east side of North Michigan Avenue towards the intersection with East Ontario Street. A CTA bus is standing at the stop at this intersection. Landscaping along the sidewalk includes concrete benches and beds planted with trees and flowers. This image was part of Brubaker's 1994 report on GNMA (Government National Mortgage Association or "Ginnie Mae") landscaping.
1994

Landscaping, North Michigan Avenue
View of pedestrians on the sidewalk on North Michigan Avenue looking towards the intersection with East Huron Street. A fenced-off area with streetside plantings including trees, bushy plants, flowers, and grass is in the foreground. A corner of 676 North Michigan Avenue is visible at the far left. The Chicago Place shopping complex (700 North Michigan Avenue) with a Talbot's store at street level is visible on the right, behind the tree.
1994

Pedestrians in front of Brooks Brothers, North Michigan Avenue
View of pedestrians on the sidewalk in front of the Brooks Brothers store (713 North Michigan Avenue). Brooks Brothers is one of the retail shops located on the street level of the Allerton Hotel.
1993

900 North Michigan Avenue
View along the sidewalk outside 900 North Michigan Avenue showing pedestrians and a planter with flowers.
1993

Crabtree Farm Nature Center, Walks and Service Drive; Camp Reinberg Bus Turnaround; Northwestern Golf Course, Parking Area Resurfacing, scale:not noted
Details-Typicals-Std. Type "A" Headwall, Crab Tree Farm Nature Center; Northwest Division; Job No. 70-04; File No. 1-15; sheet 6 of 17 sheets
1970

Crabtree Farm Nature Center, Walks and Service Drive; Camp Reinberg Bus Turnaround; Northwestern Golf Course, Parking Area Resurfacing, scale: 1 in. = 2.5 miles
Index Sheet; Location No. 1, Walks and Service Drive Crabtree Farm Nature Center; Location No. 2, Bus turnaround Camp Reinberg; Location No. 3, Parking Area Resurfacing Northwestern Golf Course; Northwest Division (locations 1 and 2) and Skokie Division (location 3); Job No. 70-04; File No. 1-15 (location 1), 2-3 (location 2), 10-17 (location 3); sheet 1 of 17 sheets
1970

John Coughlan House, Near West Side
View looking northwest from the intersection of South Lytle Street and West Lexington Street at the John Coughlan House (1246 West Lexington Street).
1970

Apartment buildings, North Kenmore Avenue
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.
1980

Pedestrians, North Michigan Avenue
View looking north along the sidewalk on the west side of North Michigan Avenue. Part of the McGraw Hill Building (520 North Michigan Avenue) is visible at the upper left. The Chicago Marriott Downtown hotel (now Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile) at 540 North Michigan Avenue is visible to its right.
1982