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Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View, looking northeast, at the installation of Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures for the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" in Grant Park.
Date:
1994
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Indian Boundary Park
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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
Land use along the lakefront near Lincoln Park
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Detail of a land use map showing the area along the lakefront near Lincoln Park and Belmont Harbor. The brown-colored blocks show the locations of buildings which are six or more stories in height.
Date:
1980
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Douglas Park Fieldhouse
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View of the fieldhouse in Douglas Park, seen across the lake in winter.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Calumet Park and State Line Power Plant
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View looking south from Calumet Park towards the State Line Power Plant.
Date:
circa 1972
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Calumet Park, Chicago
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View of the Lake Michigan lakefront and park buildings in Chicago's Calumet Park.
Date:
1974
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Marquette Park
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View of the lagoon at Marquette Park.
Date:
1977
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Rogers Beach Park, Rogers Park
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View looking northwest from the beach at Rogers Beach Park towards apartment buildings along North Eastlake Terrace. The side and rear of 7729-7731 North Eastlake Terrace is visible on the right. To the left across the street from it (with pointed gable) is 7730 North Eastlake Terrace.
Date:
1982
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Navy Pier Headhouse
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View of the Navy Pier Headhouse from the park immediately to the west of it. The sign for the Chicago Children's Museum, which opened at Navy Pier in 1995, is visible on the front of the building.
Date:
1995; 1916 (Navy Pier Terminal Building)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Michigan Avenue looking south from Grant Park
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View of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" looking southwest from Grant Park, The Monroe Building (104 S. Michigan Avenue) is at the right. The People's Gas Building, located at 122 S. Michigan Avenue, is visible at the center of the image.
Date:
1984
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Auburn Park lagoon, houses and apartments
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View northeast across the Auburn Park lagoons with apartment buildings and houses surrounding the adjacent area. The apartment building at 462 West Winneconna Parkway is at the left, and nineteenth century houses are next to it on the right.
Date:
1974
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Auburn Park lagoon and apartment building
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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
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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
Douglas Park and Roosevelt Road
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View in winter from Douglas Park, looking towards apartment buildings along West Roosevelt Road. The intersection of Roosevelt Road and South Francisco Avenue is near the center of the photograph. Playground equipment is visible in the park, behind the trees.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
West Lawn Park play area and Fieldhouse
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View of a playground area with swings and a sandbox at the north end of West Lawn Park. The rear of the West Lawn Park Fieldhouse is visible behind this.
Date:
1977
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Apartment building and house overlooking Auburn Park
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View looking northwest across the Auburn Park lagoons towards an apartment building (462 West Winneconna Parkway) and a nineteenth-century house (demolished).
Date:
1974
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Japanese Garden, Wooded Island, Jackson Park
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View of the Japanese garden built on Wooded Island in Jackson Park.
Date:
circa 1980s
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Loop high-rises and Lake Michigan lakefront
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View looking southeast over Loop skyscrapers towards Lake Michigan. CNA Plaza (333 South Wabash Avenue) with its distinctive rust-red color is at the lower right. The Britannica Center (now Metropolitan Tower, originally Straus Building) with its pyramidal roof and beehive lamp, is to the left of it. Buckingham Fountain, situated within Grant Park, is visible to the left of that. The Mid-Continental Plaza (55 East Monroe Street) is partially visible at the far left of the image.
Date:
1995; 1972 (CNA Plaza)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Sedgwick Childrens' Park, Lincoln Park
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A group of children and their guardians sit on concrete risers in the brick-paved central plaza of Sedgwick Children's Park, located at the southeast corner of the intersection of North Sedgwick and West Wisconsin Streets. Townhouses on the north side of West Wisconsin Street are visible behind the park.
Date:
1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Navy Pier ferris wheel
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View of the Navy Pier ferris wheel, installed as part of a major Pier renovation in 1995.
Date:
1995
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Navy Pier
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View looking northeast along the south side of Navy Pier, showing new structures on the pier after completion of a major renovation project. Sightseeing boats and larger cruise boats are moored along the Pier. Behind them, the ferris wheel and other pier structures are visible.
Date:
1995
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue at Chicago Avenue
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View looking southeast along North Michigan Avenue from Water Tower Park. The intersection with East Chicago Avenue is in the middle ground. 777 North Michigan Avenue is at the left, with a Walgreens drug store on the street level. The Allerton Hotel is partially visible at the upper right.
Date:
1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza
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View of the Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza, looking north, with plantings in foreground. The plaza, now part of Maggie Daley Park, is located just south of East Randolph Street. In the distance beyond the plaza on the left are the Hyatt Regency Chicago II hotel (201 East Wacker Drive), Columbus Plaza (233 East Wacker Drive), and Three Illinois Center (303 East Wacker Drive).
Date:
1982
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from Grant Park
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View of the Michigan Avenue streetwall and Loop skyscrapers, looking northwest from Grant Park. The Chicago Cultural Center (originally Chicago Public Library) is visible near the center of the image. The Prudential building is at the right, behind the tree.
Date:
1982
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Michigan Avenue streetwall from Grant Park
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View of the Michigan Avenue streetwall looking southwest from Grant Park. From left to right are the CNA Plaza, the Metropolitan Tower on the Park (formerly Britannica Center), Santa Fe Building, The Mid-Continental Plaza (55 East Monroe Street), People's Gas Building, Monroe Building, and University Club. The "Gage Group" buildings are visible near the right.
Date:
1982
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Municipal Parking Garage, State and Wacker
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View of the Municipal Parking Garage Facility No. 1 at the corner of North State Street and West Wacker Drive. The address was 11 W. Wacker.
Date:
1982; 1955 (Municipal Parking Garage Facility No. 1)
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
Itasca railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View north from park on the south side of Irving Park road toward the Itasca Station (now demolished) on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line.
Date:
1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View of the top part of one of Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures, during the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park. The upper parts of the Prudential Building (One Prudential Plaza) and the Aon Center are visible behind the work.
Date:
1994
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View of Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture The Big Hand, installed for the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park. The Aon Center is visible in the distance.
Date:
1994
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Apartments and shops, Winnetka Avenue and Wilson Street, Winnetka
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View southeast from the intersection of Winnetka Avenue and Wilson Street. A sign for Indian Hill Park is in the foreground. A number of shops occupy the ground floor of the mixed-use residential-commercial building adjacent to the park on the north side of Winnetka Avenue, including White's Drug Store, Avery Murphy TV Radio, A Record Store, Indian Hill Cleaners and Indian Hill Beauty Salon.
Date:
1984
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Boats in Diversey Harbor and Lincoln Park apartment buildings
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View looking southwest at pleasure boats in Diversey Harbor, and towards high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums) in Lincoln Park. The Diversey Yacht Club building is visible on the left side of the image, and the 345 West Fullerton Parkway condominiums rise behind that. The 2400 North Lakeview Apartments are near the center of the image, and to the right of it are 2430 North Lakeview Avenue, 2440 North Lakeview Avenue, and 2450 North Lakeview Avenue.
Date:
1980; 1963 (2400 North Lakeview Apartments); 1973 (345 West Fullerton Parkway)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Douglas Park and Mount Sinai Hospital
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View in winter looking across Douglas Park towards Mount Sinai Hospital. A snow-covered park bench is in the left foreground and playing fields are visible in the park behind it. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is visible in the distance through the trees.
Date:
1979
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Marktown Park and East Chicago refineries
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View of Marktown Park, with refineries adjacent to its borders. A couple of the houses in the Marktown planned community are visible at the far right.
Date:
1972
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Marquette Park
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View of the lagoon at Marquette Park.
Date:
1977
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Navy Pier, Auditorium Building
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View of the Auditorium Building at the east end of Navy Pier, looking northeast from the lake. The Beer Garden entrance arch is visible on the far left, part of a major Navy Pier renovation project completed in 1995.
Date:
1995; 1916 (Navy Pier Terminal Building)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Navy Pier
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View of the south side of Navy Pier, looking northeast from just south of the west end of the pier. The ferris wheel and other structures built as part of a major Pier renovation in 1995 are visible. A sightseeing boat and two large cruise boats are moored alongside the pier.
Date:
1995
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Near North Side high-rises from Navy Pier
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View looking northwest towards Near North Side high-rises from a park near the entrance to Navy Pier at the intersection of North Streeter Drive/ East Ohio Street and East Grand Avenue. Part of the Lakefront Trail is visible in the foreground. The Days Inn hotel (originally a Holiday Inn, 644 North Lake Shore Drive) is visible on the right. The Onterie Center (later Axis Apartments) at 441 East Erie Street is behind the hotel. The John Hancock Center is visible at the far right.
Date:
1995
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Water Tower Place from Water Tower Park
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View looking northeast towards Water Tower Place, from Water Tower Park, near the southwest corner of East Pearson Street and North Michigan Avenue. A Marshall Field's store anchors the southwest corner of the shopping complex.
Date:
1976 (Water Tower Place)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Holiday Inn hotel and American Furniture Mart tower from park along lakefront
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View of the top of the Holiday Inn hotel (later The W Hotel Chicago Lakeshore) at 644 North Lake Shore Drive, and the tower of the American Furniture Mart (Lake Shore Place) from a park area along the lakefront.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Sunken Gardens, North Lawndale
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View of the Sunken Gardens on the north side of West Arthington Street, across from the former Sears, Roebuck and Company complex. Visible at the right, two temple-style pavilions joined by a pergola are an architectural feature of this garden.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Garfield Park and Douglas Park
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, showing the location of Garfield Park and Douglas Park, two of the parks in the "Emerald Necklace", and the boulevards that connect them. Annotations in red ink describe the type of land use in the areas surrounding the park system.
Date:
1979
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Marktown Park and houses, East Chicago
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View in winter towards houses in Marktown, seen from Marktown Park.
Date:
1972; 1917 (Marktown)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
MacArthur Golf Course, East Chicago, Indiana
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View in winter of buildings and park benches at MacArthur Golf Course, located along Indianapolis Boulevard (US-12) between McShane Avenue and West Columbus Drive.
Date:
1972
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Boats in Diversey Harbor, and Lincoln Park apartment buildings
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View looking southwest at pleasure boats in Diversey Harbor, and towards high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums) in Lincoln Park. The Diversey Yacht Club building is visible on the left of the photograph. The 345 West Fullerton Parkway condominiums are in the distance on the left. The 2400 North Lakeview Apartments are near the center of the image, and to the right of that are 2430 North Lakeview Avenue, 2440 North Lakeview Avenue, and 2450 North Lakeview Avenue.
Date:
1977; 1924 (2450 North Lakeview Avenue); 1927 (2430 North Lakeview Avenue and 2440 North Lakeview Avenue); 1963 (2400 North Lakeview Apartments); 1973 (345 West Fullerton Parkway)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Diversey Miniature Golf Course
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View looking west from the Diversey Miniature Golf Course, a 18-hole miniature golf course located within Lincoln Park at 141 West Diversey Parkway. 2800 North Lake Shore Drive, one of the high-rises of the Commonwealth Promenade complex (330-340 West Diversey Parkway), and the Saint Joseph Hospital (2900 North Lake Shore Drive) are all partially visible in the distance.
Date:
1976; 1956 (Commonwealth Promenade Apartments); 1968 (2800 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Boats in Diversey Harbor and North Lakeview Avenue apartment buildings
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View looking northwest from Diversey Harbor towards high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums) on North Lakeview Avenue. 2626 North Lakeview Avenue is on the left and 2650 North Lakeview Avenue is on the right.
Date:
1977; 1968 (2626 North Lakeview Avenue); 1973 (2650 North Lakeview Avenue)
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Navy Pier
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View of the south side of Navy Pier, looking northeast across the lake. The ferris wheel and other structures built as part of a major Pier renovation completed in 1995 are visible. A sightseeing boat and a larger cruise boat are moored alongside the pier.
Date:
1995
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Playground, Seneca Park
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View of a playground in Seneca Park located behind (east of) the Chicago Avenue Pumping Station. The top of the Lewis Towers is visible behind the pumping station.
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access
Grant Park, Art Institute and Michigan Avenue
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View southwest from a corner of Grant Park near the intersection of South Columbus Drive and East Monroe Street. The Art Institute buildings are visible, with the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" in the distance. The reddish-colored CNA Plaza stands against the sky near the upper center, and the Britannica Center (now Metropolitan Tower) is in front of it.
Date:
1982
Collection:

C. William Brubaker Collection

Access:
Public access

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