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Sears Tower and AT&T Corporate Center
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Aerial view looking southwest towards the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and the AT&T Corporate Center (now Franklin Center) at 227 West Monroe Street/100 South Franklin Street).
Date:
1995; 1974 (Sears Tower); 1989 (AT&T Corporate Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
High-rise buildings in the Loop
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Aerial view from 330 North Wabash, looking southeast. 75 East Wacker Drive (originally Mather Tower) and the Executive House Hotel (later Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront) are in the foreground. In the distance, the Amoco Building (later Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building) and Two Prudential Plaza stand out against the sky.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
200 West Monroe Street Building
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View of the street-level arcade of the 200 West Monroe Street Building.
Date:
1983; 1973 (200 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe Street and Xerox Center
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View of 33 West Monroe with the Xerox Center partially visible to its left. A vacant lot is in the lower foreground.
Date:
1987; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center); 1981 (33 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street Mall near Randolph Street
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View along the State Street Mall with shops and buildings occupying Block 37 in the foreground. At the left is a one-story retail structure. Next to that is the Springer Block (Bay State Building and Kranz Building, 126-146 North State Street). The taller building with the political advertisements painted on the side is the Butler Building. One of the Marina City towers is in the distance.
Date:
1982; 1878 (Bay State Building); 1924 (Butler Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street Mall at Jackson Street
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View along the State Street Mall at the intersection with Jackson Street. The Maurice L. Rothschild Store Building (now John Marshall Law School) is partially visible at the far left. Next to it is 10 W. Jackson. The Consumers Building (220 South State Street) rises behind that to the right.
Date:
1982; 1928 (Maurice L. Rothschild Store building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe
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Undated view of 33 West Monroe seen from across Chase Tower Plaza (originally First National Bank Plaza).
Date:
1980 (33 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
55 West Monroe
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View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1986; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
333 West Wacker Drive
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View looking north from a plaza on Franklin Street toward the rear of the 333 West Wacker building, designed in the form of a parallelogram marked by notches.
Date:
1985; 1979-1983 (333 West Wacker Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building and Congress Hotel
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Undated view of the Auditorium building and Congress Hotel.
Date:
1885-1889 (Auditorium Building); 1893 (Congress Hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building and Congress Hotel
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View of the Auditorium building and Congress Hotel in 1966.
Date:
1966; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building); 1893 (Congress Hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Monadnock Building
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View of the facade of the Monadnock Building showing the projecting window bays.
Date:
1977; 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 1971.
Date:
1971; 1893-1895 (Marquette Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rookery Building
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View of the upper part of the front facade of the Rookery building (209 S. LaSalle Street).
Date:
1984; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marquette Building
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Sketch of the Marquette building by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street: 100-200 South State (Folder 1179)
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Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street: 100 South State (Folder 1181)
8 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street: N.E. from Monroe (39 S.) (Folder 1182)
4 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street: Stewart Building (Folder 1191)
7 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street: 200-298 South State (Folder 1177)
36 Images
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
South Dearborn Street, Printers' Row
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View looking south along South Dearborn Street from West Congress Parkway. The nineteenth-century Morton Building (538 South Dearborn Street) and Duplicator Building (530 South Dearborn) are visible at the right. South of these, the Pontiac Building (542 South Dearborn Street) and the Transportation Building (600 South Dearborn Street) are visible. The clock tower of the Dearborn Station headhouse rises in the distance.
Date:
1978; 1886 (Duplicator Building); 1891 (Pontiac Building); 1896 (Morton Building); 1911 (Transportation Building)
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
Nankin Restaurant, North Dearborn Street
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View of Nankin Restaurant at 230 North Dearborn Street and West Wacker Drive, with high-rise buildings in the background.
Date:
c. 1950s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1 North La Salle
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View of the entrance to 1 North La Salle.
Date:
1989; 1930 (1 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Conway Building
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View of the Conway Building (now Burnham Center) located at 111 West Washington Street.
Date:
1984; 1913 (Conway Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Troescher Building
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View of the Troescher Building in 1962. Now demolished, the building once stood at 15 S. Wacker Drive.
Date:
1962; 1884 (Troescher 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:
1962; 1898-1904 (Carson Pirie Scott store)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carson Pirie Scott store
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Detail of decorative metalwork above 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
Reliance Building
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View southwest showing of the middle part of the Reliance building, with its large windows. The State Street facade is on the left, and the West Washington Street facade is on the right.
Date:
1977; 1890-1895 (Reliance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Reliance Building
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View of the State Street facade (east facade) of the Reliance building during restoration. 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 lower part of the facade of the Monadnock building.
Date:
1977; 1889-1891 and 1891-1893 (Monadnock Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rookery Building and S. LaSalle Street
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View northeast along South LaSalle Street from the intersection with W. Jackson Boulevard. The Rookery Building is at the center of the image.
Date:
1962; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marquette Building
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Floor plan of the Marquette building, drawn by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s; 1893-1895 (Marquette Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
People's Gas Building
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Sketch of the People's Gas Building by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s; 1910-1911 (People's Gas Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marshall Field's department store
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View looking southeast across the vacant Block 37 site from the intersection of West Randolph Street and North Dearborn Street, towards the State Street facade of the Marshall Field's department store (now Macy's State Street).
Date:
1995; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Franklin Street
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View looking north on South Franklin Street. The white-facaded building in the middle ground on the left is the 300 West Adams Building. The Adams-Franklin building is at the right.
Date:
1968; 1927 (300 W Adams, and Adams-Franklin Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Wabash Avenue storefronts
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View of the colorful storefront of the Arcadia at Carson's shop, located along Wabash Avenue between Madison and Monroe Streets. The elevated train tracks are visible at the top of the photograph.
Date:
1987
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
10 South LaSalle
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Undated view of a model of 10 South LaSalle (originally Chemical Plaza).
Date:
1986 (Chemical Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Loop buildings
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Aerial view looking northwest over part of the west Loop in 1962. The Hartford Fire Insurance Building (later Hartford Plaza North) and the Civic Opera building are visible.
Date:
1962
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
One South Wacker during construction
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View of One South Wacker from across the Chicago River, during the building's construction.
Date:
1982; 1979-1982 (One South Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Wabash Avenue and Continental National Insurance Building
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View looking north along South Wabash Avenue from the intersection with East Congress Parkway towards the Continental National Insurance Building (55 E. Jackson Street). The elevated train tracks along South Wabash Avenue are visible at the right.
Date:
1966; 1962 (Continental National Insurance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carson Pirie Scott store, State Street
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View of State Street in 1962 with the Carson Pirie Scott store.
Date:
1962
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Carson Pirie Scott store
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Detail of fenestration on the upper facade 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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Detail of decorative metalwork above 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 Building
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Undated view of the south facade of the Auditorium Building.
Date:
1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
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View of the Auditorium building showing the south wall stonework.
Date:
1962; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
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View of the Auditorium building in 1962, showing the building's south face with theatre entrance.
Date:
1962; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Reliance Building
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View of part of the State Street facade (east facade) of the Reliance building, showing the large windows.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marquette Building, Hit or Miss store
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View of the shop window of a Hit or Miss women's clothing store occupying street-level retail space in the Marquette building (140 S. Dearborn Street).
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rookery Building
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View of the top part of the Rookery building (209 South LaSalle Street).
Date:
1971; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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