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CTA elevated tracks north of Howard station
View looking north along Chicago Avenue towards the viaduct for the CTA elevated tracks (now part of the Purple Line). The east wall of the building at 222 Chicago Avenue (Evanston) is visible at the far left.
1971

Gas station and CTA elevated train tracks, Dayton Street
View of a combination gas station, auto parts store and fast food store located at North Clybourn Avenue and North Dayton Street. The CTA elevated tracks cross North Dayton Street just beyond this intersection.
1971

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

CTA tracks with billboard, Ashland and Roscoe
View north along North Ashland Avenue from the intersection with West Roscoe Street. The CTA elevated train overpass (now part of the Brown Line), with a large billboard advertising cigarettes, crosses Ashland Avenue.
1975

Wilson Avenue west of Wilson CTA station
View looking west along the north side of West Wilson Avenue from the intersection with North Clifton Avenue. Businesses include a Goodwill store, Alhelp (a day labor agency), a bar, a check cashing shop, and the Bachelor Hotel.
1975

Sheridan Road and Sheridan CTA station
View north along North Sheridan Road from just south of the intersection with West Dakin Street, with the CTA elevated train track overpass crossing Sheridan Road. The entrance to the Sheridan CTA station (now part of the Red Line) is under the viaduct.
1975

Davis CTA station, Evanston
View looking northwest across Benson Avenue towards the Davis CTA station.
1976

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

Kenilworth Avenue, Kenilworth
View of trees arching over Kenilworth Avenue.
1970

Illinois Central Electric Station, Harvey, Illinois
View northeast along Park Avenue from the intersection with East 155th Street. The IC (Illinois Central) Electric station is in the middle distance and atop the raised embankment at the right.
1976

East 154th Street and Center Avenue, Harvey, Illinois
View looking east along East 154th Street from the intersection with Center Avenue. Bastar's Jewelry store and the Uptown Shoe Store are on the north side of the street, and the First National Bank in Harvey is in a modern building at the right. The elevated Illinois Central Railroad tracks are visible in the distance.
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

Residential buildings near Waukegan lakefront
View of housing in Waukegan near the Lake Michigan lakefront. Freight cars can be seen in the distance between the buildings.
1972

Sherman Avenue shops, Evanston
View of shoe stores located in a two-story commercial building on the east side of Sherman Avenue south of Church Street in Evanston. A children's shoe store, the Little Chick Shoe Shop, (1629 Sherman Avenue) is on the right. To its left is the Florsheim Thayer McNeil shoe store.
1979

"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

Asbury Avenue, Evanston
View northeast along Asbury Avenue from just south of the intersection with Crain Street. The white painted nineteenth-century Italianate house at the left is 1124 Asbury Avenue. The intersection with Crain Street is partially visible at the far right.
1971

Benson Avenue, Evanston
View looking north along Benson Avenue towards Emerson Street, from the intersection with Church Street. A raised embankment for the CTA tracks is at the left, with adjacent on-street parking along Benson Avenue. The tower of the Second Baptist Church (1717 Benson Avenue) is visible at the right.
1976

Apartments, North Dayton Street
View looking southeast at apartment houses on the east side of the 2100 block of North Dayton Street. 2103 North Dayton Street is at the center of the image; the intersection with West Dickens Avenue is just out of the frame to the right.
1981

West Castlewood Terrace, Uptown
View looking east along the south side of West Castlewood Terrace towards North Marine Drive. The cream brick house is at 859 West Castlewood Terrace, near the center of this block-long cul-de sac.
1981

Lawrence Avenue at Sheridan Road
View looking west along West Lawrence Avenue from the intersection with North Sheridan Road towards the Lawrence House Retirement Hotel (originally the New Lawrence Hotel) at 1020 West Lawrence Avenue. The sign for the Aragon Ballroom is visible in the distance at the left.
1981

Alta Vista Terrace
View along West Alta Vista Terrace. The street is lined with row houses.
1981

Palmer Square
View looking west at apartment buildings facing the north side of Palmer Square. Old Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church (3062 West Palmer Square) is visible at the far left.
1981

Greystone houses, Drexel Boulevard
Greystone houses in derelict condition on the west side of South Drexel Boulevard. East 42nd Place intersects immediately to the right of the last house on the right.
1981

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

Houses, North Kirkwood Avenue
Houses along the west side of the 6000 block of North Kirkwood Avenue in the Sauganash neighborhood, located northeast of North Cicero Avenue and West Peterson Avenue.
1981

Houses, Harding Avenue, South Lawndale
View of houses and apartment houses along South Harding Avenue at West 27th Street in the Little Village.
1981

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

Belden Avenue houses
View of houses on the north side of West Belden Avenue, between Oakley and Western Avenues. 2312 West Belden Avenue is on the right; an alley runs alongside it.
1967

Abraham Lincoln monument, North Western Avenue
View of an Abraham Lincoln monument installed on a traffic island on North Western Avenue just north of West Lawrence Avenue.
1967

Residential street, West Ridge
View of apartment buildings and houses in the residential area west of North Western Avenue, near West Peterson Avenue.
1967

Houses, Near West Side
View in winter of nineteenth-century brick houses along a street in Chicago's Near West Side.
1964

Houses on Bishop Street, Near West Side
Nineteenth-century brick houses along an unidentified stretch of Bishop Street.
1974

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

Apartment Houses, North Lawndale
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.
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

City Hall and railway station, East Chicago, Indiana
View looking northeast along Indianapolis Boulevard towards East Chicago City Hall (located at 4525 Indianapolis Boulevard). There is a level railway crossing in the foreground, marked with crossing arms and signal lights. A small railway station sits adjacent to the tracks, at the far right.
1972

Greenstone Church
View looking northeast at the front of the Greenstone Church, a Romanesque Revival style church located at 11211 South St. Lawrence Avenue, on the southeast corner of the intersection with East 112th Street.
1972

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 55th Street with University Park Apartments
Sketch by William Brubaker of the view looking east along East 55th Street towards the University Park Apartments. At the right is a townhouse development with gardens, located on the south side of East 55th Street just east of South Kenwood Avenue.
1967