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Standard Oil Building, plaza
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View of the plaza in front of the Standard Oil Building in 1975.
Date:
1975; 1970-1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Inland Steel Building and Dearborn Steet
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Night view looking north along North Dearborn Street, with the Inland Steel Building at the center of the photograph. Part of one of the Marina City towers is visible in the distance.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
First National Bank of Chicago building
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Undated view looking up the side facade of the First National Bank of Chicago building (now Chase Tower).
Date:
1964-1969 (First National Bank of Chicago building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
One South Wacker during construction
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View of One South Wacker during late stages of the building's construction, seen from across the South Branch of the Chicago River at West Madison Street.
Date:
1982; 1979-1982 (One South Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Board of Trade addition
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View of the atrium of the Chicago Board of Trade addition, showing John Warner Norton's "Ceres" mural from the trading room of the old building installed in the atrium in a steel framework.
Date:
1980-1983 (Chicago Board of Trade addition)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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Undated view of the James R. Thompson Center.
Date:
1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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View of the James R. Thompson center under construction in 1983.
Date:
1983; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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View of the James R. Thompson center under construction in 1983.
Date:
1983; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Federal Center
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Detail of a Federal Center building showing a corner where the supporting pier meets the building.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Dirksen Building, Chicago Federal Center
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View of the facade of the Dirksen Building, one of the buildings comprising the Chicago Federal Center.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
333 North Michigan
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View of 333 North Michigan. To the right is the Carbide & Carbon Building.
Date:
1928 (333 North Michigan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Temple Building
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View of the spire of the Chicago Temple Building (77 West Washington Street).
Date:
1923 (Chicago Temple)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Central Post Office
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View looking across the South Branch of the Chicago River towards the former Central Post Office.
Date:
1984; 1921 and 1932 (Central Post Office)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Fort Dearborn Hotel
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Architectural model of the Fort Dearborn Hotel (401 South LaSalle Street).
Date:
1984; 1912 (Fort Dearborn Hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Fort Dearborn Hotel
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View from above of the upper part of the Fort Dearborn Hotel, located at 401 South LaSalle Street.
Date:
1984; 1912 (Fort Dearborn Hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Art Institute of Chicago and Michigan Avenue
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View looking north along South Michigan Avenue from in front of the Art Institute of Chicago (right foreground). The exhibition "Italian Painting of the 18th Century: Rococo to Romanticism" was on display, and the Italian flag flies on the museum's facade. The Prudential Building rises in the distance to the left.
Date:
1970; 1893 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Edison Shop, South Wabash Avenue
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View (out-of-focus) of the upper stories of the Edison Shop (229 S. Wabash Avenue).
Date:
1964; 1912 (Edison Shop)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Stock Exchange Building, rear
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View of the rear facade of the Stock Exchange Building at 30 North LaSalle Street.
Date:
1970; 1893-1894 (Stock Exchange Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carson Pirie Scott store
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View of the Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street.
Date:
circa 1977; 1898-1904 (Carson Pirie Scott store)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carson Pirie Scott store
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View of the main entrance to the Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street.
Date:
1962; 1898-1904 (Carson Pirie Scott store)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Theater
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View of the interior of the Auditorium theater in 1966 with restoration work in progress.
Date:
1966; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
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View of the upper facade and tower of the Auditorium building.
Date:
1995; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
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Undated view of the Auditorium building, showing the decorative metalwork over one of the entryway arches.
Date:
1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
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View of stone arches framing an entryway to the Auditorium building.
Date:
1977; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Manhattan Building
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View looking northeast across West Congress Parkway toward the Manhattan building (431 South Dearborn Street), showing its bow windows and bay windows.
Date:
1966
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Reliance Building
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View of the east facade of the Reliance building showing restoration in progress.The building reopened in 1999 as a hotel.
Date:
1995; 1890-1895 (Reliance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Monadnock Building
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View of the Monadnock building, looking southwest from the intersection of South Dearborn Street and West Jackson Boulevard.
Date:
1889-1891 and 1891-1893 (Monadnock Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Monadnock Building
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View of the upper part of the east facade of the Monadnock building, showing the projecting window bays.
Date:
1974; 1889-1891 and 1891-1893 (Monadnock Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marquette Building
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View of the Marquette building in 1974.
Date:
1974; 1893-1895 (Marquette Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marquette Building
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View of the Marquette building, located at 140 S. Dearborn Street.
Date:
1974; 1893-1895 (Marquette Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rookery Building
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Undated view of the upper part of the Rookery building facade (209 S. LaSalle Street).
Date:
1960s; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Inland Steel Building
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Sketch of the Inland Steel building by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s; 1954-1958 (Inland Steel Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Mergenthaler Linotype Building, Renovation
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View of the south facade during conversion of the Mergenthaler Company's former printing loft, located at 531 South Plymouth Court (at W. Harrison Street), into residential condominiums. Installation is in progress on new bay windows that protrude out at an angle from the building's south wall. These windows also serve as small walk-on spaces.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Dearborn Park residential development
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View looking northeast from a landscaped open area with a play structure and benches, part of the low-rise townhouse development immediately behind it. These townhomes and the high-rise apartment buildings behind them are part of the Dearborn Park development. The two high-rises are Dearborn Park High Rise I (899 South Plymouth Court) and Dearborn Park High Rise II (901 South Plymouth Court).
Date:
1980; 1979 (Dearborn Park townhomes); 1979-1980 (Dearborn Park High Rises I and II)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Reliance Building
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View looking up at the east facade (North State Street facade) of the Reliance Building during restoration.
Date:
1995; 1890-1895 (Reliance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
High-rise buildings near East Randolph Street and Lake Michigan
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View looking northeast at Near North Side skyscrapers and towards the lake. Millennium Park now stands where the gable-roofed high-rise and parking lot are in the lower right. 150 N. Michigan Avenue (Crain Communications Building) is in the lower left corner, with the Prudential Building (now One Prudential Plaza), Two Prudential Plaza and the Amoco Building (now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building) to the right. A cluster of apartment buildings is in the middle right. These are Buckingham Plaza and 400 East Randolph, and behind them, North Harbor Tower and Harbor Point.
Date:
1995; 1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side, Ogden Slip area
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing development along the Chicago River east of Michigan Avenue. Existing structures are indicated, as well as potential locations for future development.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
View along Chicago River towards Ryan Insurance (55 West Wacker)
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View to the west along the Chicago River, with tour boats moored along its south bank. Part of 35 East Wacker Drive (Jewelers Building), and the United of America Insurance Building (1 East Wacker Drive) are on the left. The Sun-Times Building (now demolished) is on the right with the IBM Building and Marina City behind it. The Wabash Avenue bridge is in the middle distance, with the Ryan Insurance Building (55 West Wacker, originally Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building) and the LaSalle-Wacker building (221 North LaSalle Street) beyond the bridge.
Date:
1984; 1955-1958 (Sun-Times Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue at East Wacker Drive
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View looking north along North Michigan Avenue from just south of the intersection with East Wacker Drive. One of the bridgehouses for the North Michigan Avenue bridge is at street level on the left. Part of the Wrigley Building is visible behind that; part of 333 North Michigan Avenue is at the extreme right. The Allerton Hotel, and 625 North Michigan are visible in the center distance.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Plaza, Amoco building
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View to the south of the fountain in the then-new plaza at the Amoco building (200 East Randolph Street, now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building). Buckingham Plaza (360 East Randolph Street, now The Buckingham) rises in the center of the image behind the fountain.
Date:
1994; 1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel
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View of the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel, showing the front of the building facing North Stetson Avenue. This is the first of two Hyatt hotel towers built at this location.
Date:
1994; 1974 (Hyatt Regency Chicago I)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverfront walkway, Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, and Equitable Building
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View from near Wabash Avenue of a landscaped walkway along the Chicago River, looking northeast towards the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, and Equitable Building (401 North Michigan Avenue).
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and North Michigan Avenue
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View looking north across the Chicago River towards North Michigan Avenue. The northeast bridgehouse of the Michigan Avenue bridge is on the left, and improvements along the north bank of the river, including a curved stairwell and plantings, are visible to its right. Part of the Wrigley building is on the extreme left, and the Tribune Tower is on the right. The Elysees Condominiums (111 East Chestnut Street) and 1000 Lake Shore Plaza are visible in the distance, in the center of the image.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Michigan Avenue and Loop skyline from Grant Park
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View northwest towards the Michigan Avenue and Loop skyscrapers from the intersection of South Columbus Drive and East Monroe Street, in Grant Park. On the left, the First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower) is visible under construction.
Date:
1968; 1969 (Chase Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Daley Bicentennial Park
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View of the Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Park and Plaza (now part of Maggie Daley Park), located south of East Randolph Street and east of South Columbus Drive. The prominently visible high-rise apartment buildings are Buckingham Plaza (360 East Randolph Street), 400 East Randolph, and Harbor Point (155 North Harbor Drive).
Date:
1982; 1963 (400 East Randolph); 1975 (Harbor Point); 1982 (Buckingham Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago skyline from Lake Michigan
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View of the Chicago skyline from Lake Michigan.
Date:
1964
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rear of Henrici's Restaurant, W. Randolph Street
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View of the rear of Henrici's restaurant (67-71 W. Randolph Street) from the alley.
Date:
circa 1962; 1875 (67-71 W. Randolph)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center under construction
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View of the John Hancock Center under construction, seen from Monroe Street Parking.
Date:
1968; 1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium building from Grant Park railroad yards
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View towards the Auditorium building and adjacent Michigan Avenue buildings from over the railway yards in Grant Park.
Date:
1972; 1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Dearborn Street at Congress Parkway
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View looking north along South Dearborn Street from Congress Parkway. The Manhattan building is at the far right; next to it is the Plymouth building, and further to the left is the Old Colony building.
Date:
1987
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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