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Chicago River and Apparel Center construction
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View to the north along the South Branch of the Chicago River. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and the Apparel Center is visible behind it, under construction. Gateway Center I is partially visible in the left foreground; in the distance on the left is Butler Brothers Warehouse I (now River Center). Part of the Civic Opera Building is visible on the extreme right of the image.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyscrapers
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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.
Date:
1995; 1930 (Chicago Board of Trade); 1974 (Sears Tower); 1987 (190 South LaSalle); 1990 (311 South Wacker Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Gateway Center
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View looking north along the South Branch of the Chicago River from the West Jackson Boulevard bridge. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and two of the buildings in the Gateway Center complex are behind it on the left. The Butler Brothers Warehouse I (later River Center) is in the distance, with a John Plain & Company sign on its clock tower.
Date:
1969; 1913 (Butler Brothers Warehouse); 1965 (Gateway Center I); 1967 (Gateway Center II, CDW Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
River City
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View of River City (800 South Wells Street), looking southeast from south of West Harrison Street near the South Branch of the Chicago River. The power station on the west bank of the river (301 West Taylor Street) is visible to the right. A corner of the 310 West Polk Building (originally Marshall Field River Warehouse, now demolished) is visible at the far right.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Branch of the Chicago River and Loop skyscrapers
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View looking northeast from the west bank of the South Branch of the Chicago River, south of West Polk Street. On the left is the red brick 310 West Polk Building, occupied by the Cadaco game company at the time of the photograph. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) stands out against the sky.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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Creator Facet: Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002   Geographic Location: Loop (Chicago, Ill.)   Geographic Location: Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)   Subject Topic: Architecture   Remove all