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Children playing, South Bishop Street
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View looking south along South Bishop Street north of West Taylor Street. Children play in the spray of a fire hydrant in the cul-de-sac at the south end of the street.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Jackson Boulevard Historic District
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View of nineteenth-century houses in the West Jackson Boulevard Historic District, looking northwest along the north side of West Jackson Boulevard from the intersection with South Laflin Street.
Date:
circa 1990s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Westgate Terrace Townhouses
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View of the West Westgate Terrace townhomes. The top part of University Hall on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus is visible in the distance above the townhouses.
Date:
1970; 1967-1968 (West Westgate Terrace)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Buildings along the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
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View looking northwest looking over the Chicago River from West Wacker Drive just west of North Franklin Street. The low-rise buildings at 212 and 222 North Canal Street still stand, as well as the tall smokestack adjacent to them (located at the junction of North Clinton, West Fulton and West Milwaukee Streets). The Braun Bottles plant (now replaced by Left Bank at K Station) is visible, with a Metra train running on the elevated tracks behind it. The red brick warehouse building slightly to the left behind Braun Bottles was converted to the 600 West Fulton office building. At the far right of the image is Wolf Point, with the Fulton House Condominiums, a converted former warehouse building at 345 North Canal Street, visible across the river behind it. Part of the Cassidy Tire Company building (344 North Canal Street) is visible behind the condominium building.
Date:
1989; 1908 (North American Cold Storage Company); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
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
Skyline from Jackson Boulevard and Franklin Street
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View looking northwest from the Jackson-Franklin Building (now demolished), formerly at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Franklin Street. Near the center of the image are the Chicago Daily News Building (now Riverside Plaza) and the Butler Brothers Building (now The Gogo Building). On the far left is the Chicago and Northwestern Terminal. The Civic Opera House is on the right.
Date:
1956; 1929 (Chicago Daily News Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Presidential Towers
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View of the Presidential Towers in 1984, while the complex was under construction.
Date:
1984; 1985 (Presidential Towers)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
St. Ignatius High School
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View of St. Ignatius High School, located at 1076 West Roosevelt Road, on the northwest corner of Roosevelt Road and South Blue Island Avenue.
Date:
1964; 1869 (St. Ignatius High School)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
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View of the north tower of Old St. Patrick's Church. The church is located on the northwest corner of Adams and Des Plaines streets.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Greystone, South Laflin Street
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Greystone at 817 South Laflin Street, south of West Polk Street. A 1970s townhouse development is partially visible at the left.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rear of apartment buildings and houses
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View of the rear of brick apartment buildings and nineteenth-century houses, with laundry hung up outside on clotheslines.
Date:
1963
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses, Near West Side
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View in winter of nineteenth-century brick houses along a street in Chicago's Near West Side.
Date:
1964
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses on Bishop Street, Near West Side
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Nineteenth-century brick houses along an unidentified stretch of Bishop Street.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Alley, West Washington Boulevard
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View of cars in parking lots and the rear of aging brick buildings from an alley along West Washington Boulevard.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
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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.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal demolition
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View of the demolition of the Western Warehousing Company plant at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Polk Street freight terminal. Two dumpsters and a large truck are amid the rubble in front of the wrecking crane.
Date:
1974; 1918 (Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal)
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
Garden Courts townhouses, South Racine Avenue
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View of the Garden Courts townhouse development (851 South Racine Avenue) from the parking lot on the east side of South Racine Avenue. The top of University Hall on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, and the upper part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) are visible in the distance above the townhouses.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus
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View towards the Loop from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus (then University of Illinois at Chicago Circle). Part of the Science and Engineering South building (SES) is visible on the left. A large parking lot is to the right of that building.
Date:
1973
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
First Baptist Congregational Church
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View northwest from Union Park towards the First Baptist Congregational Church, located at 60 N. Ashland Avenue, just south of Lake Street.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
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View of Old St. Patrick's Church, looking northwest across West Adams Street at the intersection with Des Plaines street.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
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View looking west along West Adams Street towards Old St. Patrick's Church, located on the northwest corner of the intersection with Des Plaines Street.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
901-905 South Laflin Street
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View of 901-905 South Laflin Street, a nineteenth century structure located between West Polk Street and West Taylor Street.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Coughlan House, Near West Side
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View looking northwest from the intersection of South Lytle Street and West Lexington Street at the John Coughlan House (1246 West Lexington Street).
Date:
circa 1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Coughlan House, Near West Side
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View looking northeast across West Lexington Street toward the John Coughlan House, 1246 West Lexington Street.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Christopher Columbus monument, Vernon Park
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View of the top part of the Christopher Columbus monument in Vernon Park (now Arrigo Park).
Date:
1970; 1892 (Christopher Columbus statue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal demolition
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View of the demolition of the Western Warehousing Company plant at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Polk Street freight terminal. The building's clock tower stands at the right with the former Central Post Office partially visible behind it.
Date:
1974; 1918 (Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Juvenile Court Building of Cook County
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View from West Ogden Avenue of the Juvenile Court Building (1100 South Hamilton Avenue).
Date:
circa 1979; 1973 (Juvenile Court building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Proposal for new development, River North
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Map of Chicago's Near North Side drawn by C. William Brubaker, showing recent development and locations for proposed development, including the Wolf Point Landings Apartments along the North Branch of the Chicago River, and a heliport on Wolf Point itself (both unbuilt). Three areas marked "Recycling" indicate locations of existing manufacturing and warehouse buildings which could be renovated and repurposed. The site of the John Moir Trust Building on the north side of the Chicago River is highlighted as a location with "future potential".
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Union Station underground walkway
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View of an underground connecting corridor to Union Station.
Date:
1973
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
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View northwest across Des Plaines Street from the intersection with West Adams Street. Old St. Patrick's Church stands at the northwest corner of that intersection.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Western Avenue railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View north on Western Avenue from north of West Fulton Street towards the train overpass and Western Avenue station on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line. A train is passing in front of the station.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Halsted Street at 13th Street
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View north along the east side of South Halsted Street from the intersection with West 13th Street. Howard Style Shop and Weinstein's Modern Clothing are in the foreground at the right.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Land use, Pilsen
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Detail of a land use map showing a portion of Pilsen, bisected by railway lines. Blue Island Avenue runs diagonally through the area.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
House, 1320 West Lexington Street
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View of a house located on a cul-de-sac at 1320 West Lexington Street.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
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View looking east along West Randolph Street from the intersection with North Peoria Street. Wholesale produce and meat distributors' shops line the street.
Date:
1980
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
Monroe Street at Sangamon
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View in winter looking east along West Monroe Street from just west of the intersection with South Sangamon Street. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) rises on the right.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Greek restaurants, Halsted Street
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View looking southwest across South Halsted Street at Greek restaurants lining the west side of the block. The intersection with West Adams Street is visible at the left, and part of the sign for the Greek Islands Restaurant is visible behind the traffic signals.
Date:
1983
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Jackson Boulevard and 600 West Jackson
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View in winter looking northwest across West Jackson Boulevard towards 600 West Jackson from Lou Mitchell's Restaurant (565 West Jackson Boulevard). Part of the sign for Lou Mitchell's is visible at the far left.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Jefferson Street at Van Buren Street
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View looking north along South Jefferson Street from just south of the intersection with West Van Buren Street. 328 South Jefferson Street/600 West Van Buren is in the foreground at the left, and 600 West Jackson is visible in the distance to the right of it.
Date:
1978; 1928 (328 South Jefferson Street / 600 West Van Buren)
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
Chicago and North Western Railway tracks
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View of the Chicago and North Western Railway tracks, looking toward the Loop.
Date:
circa 1980s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Presidential Towers
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View of the Presidential Towers in 1984, while the complex was under construction.
Date:
1984; 1985 (Presidential Towers)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison
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View of the upper part of the Northwestern Atrium Center (500 West Madison) during the late stages of its construction.
Date:
c. 1987; 1979-1987 (Northwestern Atrium Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverside Plaza
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View looking across the South Branch of the Chicago River at Riverside Plaza (formerly Chicago Daily News Building), located at 2 North Riverside Plaza. The Butler Brothers Warehouse I (later River Center) is visible to the right.
Date:
1971; 1913 (Butler Brothers Warehouse); 1929 (Chicago Daily News Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Union Station demolition
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View of part of the structure of Union Station during demolition.
Date:
1969; 1913-1925 (Union Station)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Union Station
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View of Union Station.
Date:
1968; 1913-1925 (Union Station)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Union Station colonnade
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View of a walkway flanked by a colonnade at Union Station.
Date:
1962; 1913-1925 (Union Station)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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