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North Damen Avenue at McLean
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.
1972
Apartment block with street-level retail, North Clark Street
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).
1976
High-rise development along North Lake Shore Drive
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.
1969
Marina City under construction
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.
1963
Cabrini-Green public housing complex, West Division Street
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.
1976
Brick apartment buildings, North Franklin Street
Nineteenth-century brick apartment buildings on North Franklin Street, at the intersection with West Hill Street. (West Hill Street is at the lower right).
1976
Atrium Village apartment building
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.
1979
Atrium Village apartment building
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.
1979
East Chicago Avenue towards Rush Street
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.)
1976
Town houses and apartments, West Ontario street
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.
1976
Lake Point Tower and industrial-use land along the Chicago River
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.
1978
Lake Point Tower and industrial-use land along the Chicago River
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.
1978
Buildings along the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
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.
1989
North Lake Shore Drive skyline from Oak Street beach
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.
1976
Sandburg Village
View of Sandburg Village, showing a pedestrian walkway with kiosks, flanked by row houses and apartment towers. The complex occupies the area along Clark and LaSalle Streets between Division Street and North Avenue, with a few buildings on the east side of Clark Street.
1969
1550 North State Parkway
View of the facade of the 1550 N. State Parkway apartment building, located at the southwest corner of N. State Parkway and North Avenue.
1985
Newberry Plaza Town homes and Newberry Plaza condominium tower
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.
1976
Presidential Towers
View of the Presidential Towers in 1984, while the complex was under construction.
1984
Chestnut Place Apartments
View looking west along Chestnut Street towards the Chestnut Place Apartments (850 N. State Street).
1999
Lake Point Tower
View of Lake Point Tower, located at 505 N. Lake Shore Drive.
1968
Esplanade Apartment Buildings
View of the Esplanade Apartments, located at 900-910 N. Lake Shore Drive.
1962
860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments
View from the west looking towards the 860 N. Lake Shore Drive apartment building.
1962
Greenwood Street at Chicago Avenue, Evanston
View looking west along Greenwood Street from the intersection with Chicago Avenue. The 1400 Chicago Avenue Apartments are at the right. The viaduct for the CTA elevated tracks (now part of the Purple Line) is in the distance.
1971
Lawrence Avenue from Kenmore
View west along the north side West Lawrence Avenue from just west of North Kenmore Avenue. The sign for the Aragon Ballroom (1106 West Lawrence Avenue), and the elevated tracks at the CTA Lawrence station are in the distance.
1975
Leland Avenue at Winthrop
View southwest towards West Leland Avenue from a vacant lot on the northeast corner of the intersection of Leland and North Winthrop Avenue. The CTA elevated tracks (now Red Line) are visible in the distance.
1975
835 West Willow Street
View looking southwest at 835 West Willow Street from the intersection with North Dayton Street. The narrow front facade of this nineteenth-century building faces North Dayton Street.
1980
Sandburg Village
View along a tree-lined walkway towards high-rise apartment buildings in Sandburg Village.
1969
Apartment building, Logan Square
View into U-shaped courtyard of an apartment building in Logan Square.
1981
Apartment building and house, West Giddings Street
Streetscape with an apartment building on the north side of West Giddings Street at the intersection with North Hamilton Avenue. 2148 West Giddings Street, the large single-family house with the flower boxes, is to the left of it.
1981
Apartments and houses, North Springfield Avenue
View south along the east side of North Springfield Avenue between North Avenue and West Le Moyne Street. 1521 North Springfield Avenue is at the left.
1981
Houses and apartments, North Long Avenue
Houses and apartments on the west side of North Long Avenue, just south of West Chicago Avenue. 744 North Long Avenue is at the left.
1981
Apartment buildings, South Paxton Avenue
View along the sidewalk towards the entrance to an apartment building on South Paxton Avenue, just north of the intersection with East 69th Street. The apartment building stands at the northeast corner of this intersection.
1981
35th Street, Bridgeport
View looking east along the north side of West 35th Street. The intersection with South Lowe Avenue is in the distance at the far right.
1981
Two-flats, North Lawndale
View in winter of nineteenth-century brick two-flat apartment houses on West 16th Street, east of South California Avenue.
1979
Lake Meadows Apartments
View of the Lake Meadows Apartments (500 East 33rd Street, at South Rhodes Avenue), looking northwest from an open area north of East 33rd Place. Another high-rise apartment building at 501 East 32nd Street is visible behind it.
1981
Apartment building, East 32nd Street
View towards the rear of the high-rise apartment building at 601 East 32nd Street, looking north from East 33rd Street at South Cottage Grove Avenue.
1970
Rear of apartment buildings, North Park Avenue
Rear view of nineteenth century apartment buildings seen from the alley east of N. North Park Avenue running between West Eugenie and West Saint Paul Streets, showing metal back porches and exterior staircases.
1981
Houses and apartments, North Dayton Street
Houses and apartments on the east side of the 1900 block of North Dayton Street, south of West Armitage Avenue. The red brick apartment building at the center of the image is 1941 North Dayton Street.
1981
Bell Avenue at Hirsch
View of houses and two-flats on the west side of North Bell Avenue, from the grounds of Sabin school. The intersection with West Hirsch Street is at the left.
1967
Pullman two-flats
View of brick two-flats on a residential street in the Pullman historic district.
1972
Midtown Terrace Garden Apartments
View of the Midtown Terrace Garden Apartments, a row house style residential development, with driveways and garages.
1976
Dearborn Park residential development
View looking northwest along the west side of South State Street, from the intersection with West 9th Street. The Terraces at Dearborn Park (801 South Plymouth Court), a condominium building, is on the right, and part of the Dearborn Park I high-rise condominium building (899 South Plymouth Court) is visible on the left. The Dearborn Station clock tower and the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) are visible between them.
1985
Apartment building adjacent to Loyola Park
View looking west across the western edge of Loyola Park towards an apartment building at 1122 West Lunt Avenue. A parking lot for users of the park facilities sits between the apartment building and the park itself.
1982
Boats in Diversey Harbor, and high-rise apartment buildings
View looking northwest at pleasure boats in Diversey Harbor and high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums). 2800 North Lake Shore Drive, and one of the high-rises of the Commonwealth Promenade complex (330-340 West Diversey Parkway) are partially visible through the trees.
1983
Residential area, North Side
View of a residential area on Chicago's North Side. In the foreground, a neighborhood corner store has been converted into apartments.
1978
Mixed-use development adjacent to residential preservation area
Sketch by Brubaker showing mixed-use development providing services and amenities (bank, theater, and shops) as well as new apartments and townhouses adjacent to an existing established residential neighborhood.
1982
High-rise buildings, Lake Shore Drive
View of the upper parts of 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive (right) and 850 North Lake Shore Drive (originally Lake Shore Athletic Club) at left. The Plaza on DeWitt (originally Dewitt-Chestnut Apartments) is visible between them.
1990
Residential area, North Halsted and Blackhawk Streets
View of a nineteenth-century residential neighborhood at North Halsted and West Blackhawk Streets.
1976
Atrium Village apartment building
View of the atrium at the Atrium Village apartment building (300 West Hill Street), showing seating and planters in the common area.
1977
Apartment houses and businesses on North State Street
View along the west side of North State Street, looking north from West Ontario Street. On the left are dilapidated nineteenth-century apartments with street-level retail businesses. On the right is the Dana Hotel at 666 North State Street (demolished). The top part of the Lawson House YMCA building (Victor F. Lawson YMCA) located at 30 West Chicago Avenue, is visible in the background.
1976
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