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Emerson Street, Evanston
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Image
View looking east along Emerson Street from the intersection with East Railroad Avenue. Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church is visible on the left, and a number of houses and apartment buildings are farther in the distance.
Date
:
circa 1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
652 Roscoe Street, apartment building entranceway
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Image
Front entrance to an apartment building at 652 West Roscoe Street, between Broadway and North Elaine Place. The entrance facade features an arch with a carved keystone at the center and pilasters on each side and above.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartments and houses, North Menard Avenue
Image
Image
Brick apartment buildings and houses on the west side of North Menard Avenue, just north of the intersection with West Altgeld Street. 2512 North Menard Avenue is the building at the far left.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment building, West Roscoe Street
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Image
Apartment building at 5114 West Roscoe Street, just west of the intersection with North Leclaire Avenue.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Indian Boundary Park
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Image
View of the Park Gables apartments, Tudor Revival style co-op apartment buildings facing onto the northern edge of Indian Boundary Park.
Date
:
1981; 1915 (Indian Boundary Park)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment houses, South Trumbull Avenue
Image
Image
View looking north along the west side of South Trumbull Avenue towards West Ogden Avenue. 1950 South Trumbull Avenue is the greystone at the left.
Date
:
1970s
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment houses, West 15th Place
Image
Image
View looking west along the north side of West 15th Place at nineteenth century apartment houses between Plamondon School and South Rockwell Street.
Date
:
1970s
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Two-flats, South Artesian Avenue, Chicago Lawn
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Image
Brick two-flats on the east side of South Artesian Avenue, between West 69th Street and West 70th Street.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Two-flats, South Morgan Street, Englewood
Image
Image
Brick two flats on the east side of South Morgan Street, between West 64th Street and West 65th Street.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Throop Street, Pilsen
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Image
View to north of nineteenth century buildings on the west side of South Throop Street, just north of West Cullerton Street. 1920 South Throop Street is at the left.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Robert Taylor Homes
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Image
View of the Robert Taylor Homes public housing complex, seen from South State Street and 41st Street.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Children in playground next to apartment building
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Image
Group of three children sitting on a bench in a play area adjacent to an unidentified apartment building.
Date
:
circa 1960s
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Western Avenue and Hirsch
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Image
View looking northwest along the west side of North Western Avenue. The intersection with West Hirsch Street is visible near the center of the image. Wanda's Record Shop, Stan's Tap, and a grocery store are visible.
Date
:
1967
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Duplexes and apartment buildings, East Chicago
Image
Image
View of duplexes and apartment buildings in East Chicago.
Date
:
1972
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Two-flat, South Troy Street, Brighton Park
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Image
Brick two-flat with an ivy-covered facade, located at 4559 South Troy Street, at the northeast corner of the intersection of South Troy Street and West 46th Street.
Date
:
1977
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
West Estes Avenue, Rogers Park
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Image
View looking east at three-flats and single-family houses along the north side of West Estes Avenue between North Oakley Avenue and North Bell Avenue. 2228 West Estes Avenue is on the left. Next, to the right are houses at 2226, 2222 and 2218 West Estes Avenue. Another three-flat is visible to the right of this group of three houses.
Date
:
1982; 1913 (2218 West Estes Avenue); 1914 (2222 West Estes Avenue); 1919 (2226 West Estes Avenue); 1924 (2228 West Estes Avenue)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment buildings, North Sheridan Road
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Image
View looking southeast at apartment buildings along the east side of North Sheridan Road, north of West Pratt Boulevard. The apartment building on the right with "The Rogers Park" painted on a side wall is located at 6807 North Sheridan Road, at the northeast corner of the intersection with West Pratt Street. Next to it on the left is a smaller apartment building (6815 North Sheridan Road); next again to the left is another apartment building at 6821 North Sheridan Road. Part of the apartment building at 6825 North Sheridan Road is visible on the left.
Date
:
1982; 1922 (The Rogers Park Hotel); 1964 (6821 North Sheridan Road); 1970 (6825 N. Sheridan Road); 1973 (6815 N. Sheridan Road)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bryn Mawr Avenue at Winthrop Avenue
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Image
View looking east along West Bryn Mawr Avenue from west of the intersection with North Winthrop Avenue. The Belle Shore Apartments (1062 West Bryn Mawr Avenue) with its distinctive green glazed terra cotta tile facing and neon sign reading "Belle Shore Apt. Hotel" is at the right.
Date
:
1980; 1929 (Belle Shore Apartment Hotel)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
North Damen Avenue at McLean
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Image
View looking east from West McLean Avenue towards mixed-use commercial/residential buildings on the east side of North Damen Avenue. A narrow four story building houses the Los Amigos Barber Shop (2025 North Damen Avenue) at street level, with apartments on the upper levels. Next to that on the right is Accurate Door Service (2023 North Damen Avenue). The top of a cylindrical gas holder (gas storage tank), with its red and white checkerboard pattern, is visible at the extreme right. Shoreline Cleaners (2030 North Damen) is at the left, on the west side of Damen Avenue.
Date
:
1972; 1898 (2025 North Damen Avenue)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment block with street-level retail, North Clark Street
Image
Image
View looking southwest along the west side of North Clark Street, at a 1920s apartment block with street-level retail businesses, located between West Thome Avenue and West Granville Avenue (6200 - 6244 North Clark Street).
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
High-rise development along North Lake Shore Drive
Image
Image
View of high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums) along North Lake Shore Drive, looking northwest from Oak Street Beach. 1212 North Lake Shore Drive is under construction on the left of the image. The skyscrapers to the right of that are 1242 North Lake Shore Drive and 1300 North Lake Shore Drive. 1550 North Lake Shore Drive, at the northern end of the Gold Coast where Lake Shore Drive meets Lincoln Park, is in the distance at the right.
Date
:
1969; 1930 (1242 North Lake Shore Drive); 1965 (1300 North Lake Shore Drive); 1969 (1212 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Marina City under construction
Image
Image
View looking west along East Wacker Drive from the intersection with North Michigan Avenue, towards the Marina City towers during construction. The Chicago Sun-Times building (demolished) is at the right. Part of the sign for the London House, a restaurant and jazz club, is visible at the lower left.
Date
:
1963; 1964 (Marina City)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Cabrini-Green public housing complex, West Division Street
Image
Image
View of the William Green Homes, high-rise apartment buildings in the Cabrini-Green public housing development, looking northeast along the north side of West Division Street, just east of the intersection with North Crosby Street.
Date
:
1976; 1962 (William Green Homes)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Brick apartment buildings, North Franklin Street
Image
Image
Nineteenth-century brick apartment buildings on North Franklin Street, at the intersection with West Hill Street. (West Hill Street is at the lower right).
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Atrium Village apartment building
Image
Image
View of the atrium in the Atrium Village apartment building (300 West Hill Street), showing seating and planters in the common area. An elevator to the upper floors is in the background.
Date
:
1979; 1977 (Atrium Village)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Atrium Village apartment building
Image
Image
View of the atrium at the Atrium Village apartment building (300 West Hill Street) from above, showing the arrangement of seating and planters in the common area.
Date
:
1979; 1977 (Atrium Village)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
East Chicago Avenue towards Rush Street
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Image
View to east along East Chicago Avenue, showing nineteenth-century residential structures. The Hotel St. Benedict Flats (42-50 East Chicago Avenue) are at the left. Beyond them on the right are the Amanda Apartments (56-60 East Chicago Avenue) and the Water Tower Hyatt House hotel (originally Water Tower Inn, now demolished.)
Date
:
1976; 1882 (Hotel St. Benedict Flats)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Town houses and apartments, West Ontario street
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Image
View of dilapidated nineteenth-century apartments and town houses along West Ontario Street between North Dearborn and North State Streets. Three of these structures are still standing - the partially visible brick building on the extreme left, and the two buildings next to it (20-22 West Ontario, 18 West Ontario; and 16 West Ontario.) The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place rise behind them. A street-level parking lot is in the foreground.
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Lake Point Tower and industrial-use land along the Chicago River
Image
Image
View to northeast along north side of the Chicago River toward Lake Point Tower, with storage facilities and a parking lot along the riverfront. North Lake Shore Drive (elevated) is visible at the horizon, and a large billboard advertising cigarettes rises above it.
Date
:
1978; 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Lake Point Tower and industrial-use land along the Chicago River
Image
Image
View to northeast along north side of the Chicago River, toward Lake Point Tower. North Pier Terminal (Pugh Terminal) is the white multi-story building on the left. Built along the Ogden Slip, the building occupies the 400 block of East Illinois Street.
Date
:
1978; 1905-1920 (North Pier Terminal); 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Buildings along the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
Image
Image
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
North Lake Shore Drive skyline from Oak Street beach
Image
Image
View of high-rise apartment buildings along North Lake Shore Drive, seen from Oak Street Beach. The two white-facaded modernist high-rises are 1212 North Lake Shore Drive and 1300 North Lake Shore Drive.
Date
:
1976; 1965 (1300 North Lake Shore Drive); 1969 (1212 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
1550 North State Parkway
Image
Image
View of the facade of the 1550 N. State Parkway apartment building, located at the southwest corner of N. State Parkway and North Avenue.
Date
:
1985; 1911-1912 (1550 North State Parkway)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Newberry Plaza Town homes and Newberry Plaza condominium tower
Image
Image
View of Newberry Plaza. The Newberry Plaza Town homes (1000 N. State St.), built on top of the complex's three-story garage structure, are visible in the foreground. Part of the Newberry Plaza condominium tower (1030 N. State St.) is visible behind them.
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Presidential Towers
Image
Image
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
Chestnut Place Apartments
Image
Image
View looking west along Chestnut Street towards the Chestnut Place Apartments (850 N. State Street).
Date
:
1999; 1982 (Chestnut Place Apartments)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Lake Point Tower
Image
Image
View of Lake Point Tower (located at 505 N. Lake Shore Drive) from below.
Date
:
1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Lake Point Tower
Image
Image
View of Lake Point Tower, located at 505 N. Lake Shore Drive.
Date
:
1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Esplanade Apartment Buildings
Image
Image
View of the Esplanade Apartments, located at 900-910 N. Lake Shore Drive.
Date
:
1962; 1953-1956 (900-910 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments
Image
Image
View from the west looking towards the 860 N. Lake Shore Drive apartment building.
Date
:
1962; 1948-1951 (860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago and North Western Railroad station and Wheaton Center apartments
Image
Image
View of the then-new Chicago and North Western Railroad station in downtown Wheaton, with the Wheaton Center apartment complex visible behind it.
Date
:
1975 (Wheaton Center apartments)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartments, North Dayton Street
Image
Image
View looking southeast at apartment houses on the east side of the 2100 block of North Dayton Street. 2103 North Dayton Street is at the center of the image; the intersection with West Dickens Avenue is just out of the frame to the right.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Palmer Square
Image
Image
View looking west at apartment buildings facing the north side of Palmer Square. Old Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church (3062 West Palmer Square) is visible at the far left.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Greystone, South Laflin Street
Image
Image
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
Auburn Park lagoon and apartment building
Image
Image
View northwest west across the Auburn Park lagoons towards an apartment building at 462 West Winneconna Parkway.
Date
:
1974
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Kenwood
Image
Image
View looking northeast from the lakefront towards high-rise apartment buildings across South Lake Shore Drive. Regents Park North Tower (5020 South Lake Shore Drive) is on the left, with one of the Twin Towers Apartments (1649 East 50th Street) visible next to it on the right. Further to the right is The Powhatan (4950 South Chicago Beach Drive).
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Houses, Harding Avenue, South Lawndale
Image
Image
View of houses and apartment houses along South Harding Avenue at West 27th Street in the Little Village.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Residential street, West Ridge
Image
Image
View of apartment buildings and houses in the residential area west of North Western Avenue, near West Peterson Avenue.
Date
:
1967
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Rear of apartment buildings and houses
Image
Image
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
Apartment Houses, North Lawndale
Image
Image
View in winter of a greystone and a brick apartment house on South California Avenue across from Douglas Park. The greystone on the right is located at 1335 South California Avenue.
Date
:
1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
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