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Marquette Building, Hit or Miss store
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).
1971
Rookery Building
View of the top part of the Rookery building (209 South LaSalle Street).
1971
Rookery Building
View of the lower stories of the Rookery building, looking northeast across South LaSalle Street.
1962
Reliance Building
Sketch of the Reliance building by C. William Brubaker.
1960
Auditorium Building
Sketch of the Auditorium building by C. William Brubaker.
1960
Davis Street, Evanston
View east along Davis Street from the intersection with Maple Avenue. A train travels along the elevated Chicago and North Western railroad tracks, just past the intersection with Maple. Orrington Plaza (1603 Orrington Avenue), a high-rise office building, is behind the tracks.
1976
Sherman Avenue, Evanston
View looking north along Sherman Avenue from south of the intersection with Grove Street. The American Hospital Supply Corporation building is under construction at the northwest corner of Sherman and Grove (1560 Sherman Avenue).
1976
Schoenhofen Brewery study
Brubaker's sketch for a 1981 Perkins+Will study of the Schoenhofen Brewery on West 18th Street at South Canalport Avenue. On the left is the brewery's Administration Building; the structure on the right (1770 S. Canalport Avenue) was originally built as a powerhouse for the complex.
1981
Reliance Building
View looking up at the east facade (North State Street facade) of the Reliance Building during restoration.
1995
Pepper Construction Company building
Curved glass wall forming part of the facade of the Pepper Construction Company building (643 North Orleans Street) at the northeast corner of North Orleans Street and West Ontario Street.
1985
Industrial buildings, West Illinois Street
View of factory buildings, looking east along the south side of West Illinois Street between North Franklin and North Wells Streets. Part of 225 West Illinois Street is in the right foreground; 215-217 West Illinois is next to it. On the far left of the image, 444 North Wells Street (formerly the First Commonwealth building) is visible.
1981
Near North Side skyline from the lakefront
View of the Chicago skyline looking northwest from Pfc Milton Olive Park. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place stand out against the sky. The Arthur J. Rubloff Building, part of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, is visible in front of the Hancock Center.
1984
Mixed-use development, North Michigan Avenue
Sketch by Brubaker showing mixed-use development in the John Hancock Center, Water Tower Place, and the surrounding area.
1982
676 St. Clair building
View of 676 North Saint Clair Street, looking northwest along North Saint Clair Street near East Erie Street.
1980
Landscaping outside the American Hospital Association building
Landscaping and plantings alongside the American Hospital Association building (840 North Lake Shore Drive, now demolished).
1976
Plaza, Amoco building
View to the south of the fountain in the then-new plaza at the Amoco building (200 East Randolph Street, now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building). Buckingham Plaza (360 East Randolph Street, now The Buckingham) rises in the center of the image behind the fountain.
1994
Riverfront walkway and adjacent buildings
View of buildings along the north side of the Chicago River, with the riverwalk in the foreground. Part of the Equitable Building is visible at the far left, and the University of Chicago Downtown Center (Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive ) is to the right of it. The NBC tower rises at the far right.
1994
Auditorium building from Grant Park railroad yards
View towards the Auditorium building and adjacent Michigan Avenue buildings from over the railway yards in Grant Park.
1972
South Dearborn Street at Congress Parkway
View looking north along South Dearborn Street from Congress Parkway. The Manhattan building is at the far right; next to it is the Plymouth building, and further to the left is the Old Colony building.
1987
Heller International Building under construction
View of the Heller International Building (500 West Monroe Street) in April 1991, showing the building under construction.
1991
Chicago River and West Wacker Drive office buildings
View of office buildings on West Wacker Drive, looking west along the main branch of the Chicago River. The R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive) is visible at the far left. Adjacent to it to the west are the La-Salle Wacker Building, and 222 North LaSalle (Builders Building). The Dearborn Street bridge is in the foreground.
1993
Grand Avenue and Time-Life Building
View looking east along Grand Avenue from Michigan Avenue towards the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court). The building is clad in Cor-Ten steel; gold-tinted glass was used for the windows.
1970
Three First National Plaza
View of the lower part of the 9-story atrium lobby of Three First National Plaza, located at 70 West Madison Street (at N. Dearborn). Henry Moore's sculpture "Large Internal-External Upright Form" occupies a prominent place in the lobby.
1985
Apparel Center during construction
View of the Apparel Center under construction. The building is located at 350 N. Orleans, at the fork of the Chicago River (Wolf Point), and is directly west of the Merchandise Mart.
1976
Sears Tower from the Herman Crown Center
View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) from the Herman Crown Center at 425 S. Wabash, in 1984.
1984
Sears Tower
View of the top part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower).
1974
Sears Tower from the Near West side
View towards the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) from the corner of Racine and Congress Parkway. The view includes part of the University of Illinois at Chicago campus: the Harrison Street parking structure is at right, behind the vacant lot in the foreground. A stretch of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) is visible near the center of the image.
1975
Sear Tower during construction
View during the construction of the Sears Tower in April 1972.
1972
Standard Oil Building under construction
View of the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center) under construction in March 1973.
1973
High-rise buildings in the Chicago Loop
Aerial view of high-rise towers in Chicago's Loop in 1996, looking toward the southeast from IBM building. The Aon Center (originally Standard Oil Building) and Two Prudential Plaza are the two tall buildings in the background.
1996
Harris Trust and Savings Bank, West Tower
View looking up the side of the West Tower of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank. The newest of three buildings comprising the Harris Trust complex, the building is located at 115 S. LaSalle Street.
1974
John Hancock Center
Undated view of a model of the John Hancock Center.
1969
Mies van der Rohe office buildings, Chicago
View of a group of office towers close to the Chicago River in the Loop and Near North Side. Two Illinois Center (Office of Mies van der Rohe) is on the left, under construction. The center tower is One Illinois Center (Office of Mies van der Rohe). Mies' IBM building stands on the right, behind the Sun-Times building.
1972
55 West Monroe
View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
1984
1 North La Salle and 33 North La Salle
Aerial view of the upper parts of 1 North La Salle (left) and 33 North La Salle (formerly American National Bank; originally Foreman State National Bank Building).
1970
Chicago Sun-Times Building
Aerial view of the Chicago Sun-Times Building, formerly located at 401 North Wabash Avenue.
1981
Auditorium Building
View of the Auditorium building, showing the south wall stonework.
1962
Fisher Building
View of the upper part of the Fisher building in 1964.
1964
Manhattan Building
Bow windows on the Manhattan building (431 South Dearborn Street).
1977
Reliance Building
View looking southwest from Washington Street towards the Reliance building which stands at the intersection with North State Street.
1980
Reliance Building, State Street at W. Washington
View of the Reliance building during its restoration. The building reopened in 1999 as a hotel.
1995
Monadnock Building
View of the facade of the Monadnock Building, looking southwest from the intersection of South Dearborn Street and West Jackson Boulevard.
1977
Marquette Building
View of the Marquette building, located at 140 S. Dearborn Street.
1960
Rookery Building
View of the main lobby of the Rookery, with staircase remodeled by Wright.
1962
Delaware Building
View of the Delaware building in 1984, located on the northeast corner of Randolph and Dearborn.
1984
Plaza Towers, Schaumburg
View of the first of the two Plaza Towers during construction. The Plaza Towers is a 20-story twin-tower complex located at 1400 and 1450 American Lane, northeast of East Woodfield Road and North Meacham Road, and just west of the Woodfield Mall shopping center.
1985
Sears Tower and AT&T Corporate Center
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).
1995
Loop and Near North Side skyscrapers
View looking northeast over high-rise buildings of the Loop and Near North Side. In the foreground along the river are the Leo Burnett Building (35 West Wacker Drive), IBM Building, United Insurance Building (now Kemper Building), and 35 East Wacker Drive (originally Jewelers' Building). Lake Michigan is in the distance.
1995
Pepper Construction Company building
View of the then newly-built Pepper Construction Company building, located at 643 North Orleans Street, at the northeast corner of North Orleans Street and West Ontario Street.
1985
700 block of North Michigan Avenue
View looking across North Michigan Avenue towards the high-rise buildings located on the west side of the street south of the intersection with East Superior Street. The windows of the street-level shops of the 700 North Michigan Avenue building (originally Judah Building) are visible near the center of the photograph. The House of Kahn Estate Jewelers is one of these shops.
1976
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Streeterville (Chicago, Ill.)
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River North (Chicago, Ill.)
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North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
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Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
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Chang, Kee T.; Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
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Hedrich-Blessing (Firm); Chicago Architecture Foundation
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Architecture
157
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88
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23
Rivers
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Industrial buildings
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