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Construction site, West Grand Avenue
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View looking northwest from a construction site occupying the block bounded by North Grand Avenue, West Illinois Street, North Franklin Street, and North Orleans Street. Behind the construction site on the right, 318 West Grand Avenue, 316 West Grand Avenue, and part of 300 West Grand Avenue are visible. The facade of the Off Center Building (300 West Grand Avenue) is painted with a trompe-l'oeil mural showing a cutaway view of the building's interior. The Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters (now The Montgomery condominiums) is in the distance near the center of the photograph.
Date:
circa 1985; 1986 (River North Park)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
225 West Illinois Street
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View of the facade of 225 West Illinois Street.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rear of Orleans-Huron Building, 325 West Huron Street
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View looking northeast from the intersection of North Orleans and West Erie Streets, towards the rear of the Orleans-Huron Building, a concrete-framed eight story warehouse at 325 West Huron Street. At the time of the photograph, Helix was a tenant. In the foreground, a Shell gas station (demolished) occupies the northeast corner of West Erie Street and North Orleans Street.
Date:
1976; 1930 (Orleans-Huron Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Billboard advertisements for cigarettes and rental cars
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View of billboards in front of a building wall bordering a parking lot. The top billboard with the slogan "Marlboro Country" advertises cigarettes. Below it is a billboard for Ace Rent-a-Car Company. Part of the John Hancock Center is on the upper right of the image, and part of Lawry's restaurant, at East Ontario and North Rush Streets, is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Ohio Street between Rush Street and Michigan Avenue
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View of the office and commercial buildings on the north side of East Ohio Street on the block between and North Rush Street and North Michigan Avenue. The Corner House restaurant and the Just Pants clothing store occupy the ground floor of the 100 East Ohio Street building (demolished). Next to it on the right, a cocktail lounge occupies the ground floor of another office building.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment houses and businesses on North State Street
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View along the west side of North State Street, looking north from West Ontario Street. On the left are dilapidated nineteenth-century apartments with street-level retail businesses. On the right is the Dana Hotel at 666 North State Street (demolished). The top part of the Lawson House YMCA building (Victor F. Lawson YMCA) located at 30 West Chicago Avenue, is visible in the background.
Date:
1976; 1891 (Dana Hotel); 1930-1934 (Lawson House YMCA)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Tree Studios, North State Street
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View looking northeast at the Tree Studios (601-623 North State Street) from the intersection of West Ohio and North State Streets. The spire of Holy Name Cathedral is visible in the distance at the left.
Date:
1976; 1894 (Tree Studios); 1912-1913 (Tree Studios annexes)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Wallace Press Building and Chicago River
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View southeast across the North Branch of the Chicago River, looking towards the Wallace Press building (later Wallace Business Forms Building; now the River Bank Lofts at 550 N. Kingsbury) and the Grand Avenue bridge. Behind the bridge are the East Bank Club, and the Apparel Center/ Holiday Inn hotel. Part of the Merchandise Mart is also visible.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Bank Club
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View of the East Bank Club, an exercise, recreation and dining facility, showing the main entrance off North Kingsbury Street.
Date:
1985; 1980 (East Bank Club)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Fullerton Ave. Bridge through Halsted St. Lift Bridge (Folder 40)
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Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Fullerton Ave. Bridge (1940, 1961); Grand Ave. Bridge (1944, 1955); N. Halsted St. River Bridge (1940); N. Halsted St. Canal Bridge (1955); N. Halsted St. Bridge (1964); S. Halsted St. Bridge (undated (1933); Halsted St. Lift Bridge (undated)
Date:
1933-1964
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts (Folder 97)
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Bridges and viaducts: S. Kedzie Ave. Bridge; Kennedy Feeder ramp; W. Kinzie St. Bridge; Kilpatrick-Kinzie Viaduct; E. Lake St. Viaduct; W. Lake St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive (Outer drive. Ogden Slip); Lake Shore Drive at Wilson; La Salle St. Viaduct. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1971
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Clark Street (Folder 536)
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Streetscapes (Urban design)
Date:
1955; 1958; 1963-1965
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hubbard Street (Folder 226)
2 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access

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163 Cities and towns 143 Architecture 80 Industrial buildings 60 Buildings--Remodeling for other use 44 Streets 42 Commercial buildings 28 Industrial districts 24 Warehouses 21 Movable bridges 19 Bridges--Foundations and piers 18 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 16 Parking lots 16 Skyscrapers 16 Watchtowers 14 Automobiles 14 Iron and steel bridges 13 Office buildings 12 Signs and signboards 11 Bridges--Abutments 11 Factories 10 Bridges--Design and construction 10 Bridges--Floors 9 Community development, Urban 8 Railroad tracks 8 Restaurants 8 Stores, Retail 8 Wood poles 7 Aerial photographs 7 Apartment houses 7 City planning 7 Commercial art 7 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 6 City traffic 5 Advertising 5 Bridges 5 Buildings 5 Hotels 5 Rivers 5 Waterfronts 4 Barges 4 Bridges--Deterioration 4 Construction and demolition debris 4 Construction workers 4 Expansion joints 4 Iron and steel workers 4 Railroad yards 4 Railroads, Elevated 4 Sidewalks 4 Soil stabilization 4 Street lighting 4 Trucks 4 Underpasses 4 Viaducts 3 Animal shelters 3 Boats and boating 3 Bridge railings 3 Church buildings 3 Concrete masonry 3 Cranes, derricks, etc. 3 Dwellings 3 Elevated highways 3 Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration 3 Movable bridges--Design and construction 3 Museum buildings 3 Pedestrians 3 Roads 3 Street-railroads 3 Tall buildings 3 Truss bridges 3 Wrecking 2 Aerial views 2 Alleys 2 Automobile Showrooms 2 Automobile dealers 2 Award presentations 2 Banners 2 Bolts and nuts 2 Bridges--Bearings 2 Building sites 2 Children 2 Citizen participation 2 Community development 2 Concrete bridges 2 Concrete construction 2 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 2 Couplings 2 Drawing 2 Engineering personnel 2 Express highways 2 Fire stations 2 Fracture mechanics 2 Garages 2 Gearing, Bevel 2 Gearing, Spur 2 Gearing, Worm 2 Hoisting machinery 2 Landscape architecture 2 Litter (Trash)--Prevention 2 Mechanical engineering 2 Parks 2 Pipe 2 Plank roads 2 Posters 2 Printing plants 2 Public works 2 Refuse and refuse disposal 2 Reinforced concrete 2 Roads--Maintenance and repair 2 Scaffolding 2 School children 2 Sculpture 2 Shafting--Bearings 2 Steel I-beams 2 Stonemasonry 2 Street life 2 Street-railroad tracks 2 Structural steel workers 2 Tanks 2 Teens 2 Traffic signs and signals 2 Truck-mounted cranes 2 Truss bridges--Maintenance and repair 2 Urban transportation 2 Viaducts--Design and construction 2 Water towers 2 Water towers--Maintenance and repair 2 Youth 1 African American children 1 African Americans 1 Amusement parks 1 Apartment house 1 Arches 1 Architectural models 1 Architecture -- Details 1 Architecture --Details 1 Athletic clubs 1 Automobile repair shops 1 Bars (Drinking establishments) 1 Bas-relief 1 Billboards 1 Boatyards 1 Bridges, Movable--Design and construction 1 Bridges--Floors--Deterioration 1 Brush 1 Building, Brick 1 Ceilings 1 Cement industry workers 1 Cement mixers 1 Cement--Deterioration 1 Chimneys 1 Cobblestone roads 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete bridges--Cracking 1 Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion 1 Concrete building 1 Concrete construction--Maintenance and repair 1 Concrete--Cracking 1 Construction equipment 1 Courthouses 1 Courtyards 1 Dedication services 1 Department stores 1 Dinners and dining 1 Docks 1 Drawings 1 Electric circuits 1 Electric conduits 1 Electric wiring 1 Employees 1 Excavating machinery 1 Exhibitions 1 Express Roads 1 Feed-water pumps 1 Fire department 1 Fire engines 1 Flags 1 Floors, Wooden 1 Footbridges 1 Freight cars 1 Gates 1 Graffiti 1 Graffiti, Machinery, Movable bridges 1 Grandstands 1 Grounds maintenance 1 Hand-railing 1 High-rise apartment buildings 1 Historic buildings 1 Iron and steel bridges-- Design and construction 1 Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Landscape gardening 1 Landscape plants 1 Landscapes 1 Lintel 1 Lintels 1 Loaders (Machines) 1 Machinery 1 Motor vehicles 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction, Viaducts, Underpasses 1 Moveable bridges 1 Overhead electric lines 1 Parking garages 1 Pavements (Sidewalks) 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Pavements, Concrete--Design and construction 1 Pavements--Maintenance and repair 1 Pedestrains 1 Pedestrian areas 1 Pedestrians area 1 Plague 1 Plaques, plaquettes 1 Plates, Iron and steel--Welding 1 Police 1 Political participation 1 Politicians 1 Pumping machinery 1 Pumping stations 1 Railroad bridges 1 Railroad bridges--Design and construction 1 Railroad cars 1 Refuse collection vehicles 1 Religious facilities 1 Road construction workers 1 Road work zones 1 Roads--Guard fences 1 Roofs--Maintenance and repair 1 Scaffolding, Metal 1 School buildings 1 Scrap materials 1 Service stations 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Spectators 1 Staircases--Conservation and restoration 1 Steel construction 1 Steel, Structural 1 Steel--Corrosion 1 Stone buildings--Maintenance and repair 1 Streetscapes (Urban design) 1 Tall buildings, Pedestrian areas 1 Traffic flow 1 Trees 1 Truss bridges--Design and construction 1 Tubes 1 Tunnels 1 Turrets--Maintenance and repair 1 Underpasses--Clearances 1 Used car trade 1 Walking 1 Water towers--Design and construction 1 Water tunnels 1 Water-supply engineering 1 Waterworks 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams 1 Wooden bridges 1 Wooden bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Work environment