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Sears Tower under construction

View during the early stages of construction of the Sears Tower.

1971

Standard Oil Building under construction

View of the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center) under construction in February 1972.

1972

123 North Wacker

View of 123 North Wacker, former home to Aon Insurance Corporation.

1986

High-rise buildings on the Near North Side

Aerial view of the Near North Side skyline in 1996, looking northeast from the IBM building.

1996

John Hancock Center and adjacent residential buildings

View of the John Hancock Center with older residential buildings standing in the foreground.

1969

Daley Plaza and Cook County Administration Building

View of the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Center Plaza) with the lower part of the Brunswick Building (now Cook County Administration Building), located across Washington Street, visible behind it. Part of the Chicago Temple building is to its right, with the Cokesbury religious bookstore occupying a street-level space (now occupied by a bank).

1968

Hartford Plaza North

View of the plaza in front of the south entrance to the Hartford Plaza North building in 1962.

1962

Hartford Fire Insurance Building and Chicago River

View northeast across the South Branch of the Chicago River in 1962, with a partial view of the Hartford Fire Insurance Building (currently Bank of America Financial Center) at the right. The Monroe Street bridge crosses over the river at the left.

1962

Doral Plaza, North Michigan Avenue

View of the Doral Plaza (now Millennium Park Plaza) while under construction, looking northeast from south of the intersection with Randolph Street. The building is located at 151 North Michigan Avenue. The Prudential Building (now One Prudential Plaza) stands at the right.

1980

John Hancock Center

View of the lower part of the John Hancock Center seen from street level.

1969

Plaza, First National Bank of Chicago Building

View of the plaza in front of the First National Bank of Chicago Building (now Chase Tower) in 1984. The Xerox Center (now 55 West Monroe) stands behind it.

1984

360 North Michigan

View looking southwest from Pioneer Court towards 360 North Michigan (London Guarantee & Accident Building). The upper part of the Mather Tower (75 East Wacker Drive) is visible behind it. The Carbide and Carbon Building (230 North Michigan Avenue, now a hotel) is at the far left, and the Pure Oil Building (35 East Wacker, originally Jewelers Building) is at the right.

1972

Wrigley Building

View of the upper part of the Wrigley Building. The south tower with the clocktower is on the left, and the north tower is on the right. An elevated walkway connects the 14th floors of the two buildings.

1972

John R. Thompson Company Commissary Building, Renovation

Interior of the John R. Thompson Company Commissary Building, at 350 North Clark, after its renovation in 1982.

1984

Marquette Building

View of the Marquette building, located at 140 S. Dearborn Street.

1977

Plan of a typical office building of the 1960s

Sketch by C. William Brubaker showing a typical floor plan for an office building of the 1960s.

1960

Republic Building

Sketch of the Republic Building by C. William Brubaker.

1961

Rookery Building

Sketch of the Rookery Building by C. William Brubaker.

1960

Ryerson Inc. corporate center, North Lawndale

View of the glass-walled office building for Ryerson Inc., looking west along the north side of West 16th Street towards South Washtenaw Avenue.

1979

Ryerson Inc. corporate center and Plamondon School

View in winter looking northeast towards West 15th Place from a Ryerson Inc. parking lot on West 16th Street. The west wall of the Ryerson Inc. office building is at the right. The Ambrose Plamondon Elementary School (2642 West 15th Place) is in the distance at the left.

1979

Ryerson Inc. corporate center, North Lawndale

View in winter looking east along the north side of West 16th Street from west of the intersection with South Rockwell Street, at the Ryerson Inc. offices and plant. The glass-walled building on the left was an office facility. The Ryerson Inc. plant is in the distance.

1979

Talman Home Federal Savings & Loan Association

View looking north along the east side of South Kedzie Avenue. The Talman Home Federal Savings & Loan Association headquarters (5501 South Kedzie Avenue) with its original two story section (under the Talman sign) and long one story addition to the right of that, occupies the block between West 55th and West 56th Streets. The intersection with 55th Street is in the distance on the left.

1977

Transportation Building, South Dearborn Street

View of the Transportation Building (600 South Dearborn Street), looking northwest along the west side of South Dearborn Street.

1980

444 North Wells Street, and West Illinois Street

View looking west along the south side of West Illinois Street from the intersection with North Wells Street. 444 North Wells Street (formerly the First Commonwealth building) stands at the southwest corner of this intersection. Visible next to it on the right are 215-217 West Illinois Street and 225 West Illinois/ 445 North Franklin Street. Assumption Catholic Church (323 West Illinois Street) is in the distance on the right.

1985

Factory Lofts, 445 West Erie Street

View looking southwest across West Erie Street at the front of the Factory Lofts (now known as 445 W. Erie), showing the building after its renovation into office space.

1985

440 and 444 North Wells Street

View looking northwest along the west side of North Wells Street from the intersection with West Hubbard Street. 440 North Wells is on the left. 444 North Wells Street (formerly the First Commonwealth building) is next to it on the right.

1985

Wallace Press Building

View of the Wallace Press Building (later Wallace Business Forms Building), looking northwest along the west side of North Kingsbury Street from the intersection with West Grand Avenue. Part of the Ohio-Ontario Feeder ramp is visible at the far right.

1985

Loop skyline from North Branch of Chicago River

View looking southeast along the Chicago River from the West Kinzie Street Bridge. The (now unused) Kinzie Street railroad bridge is in the raised position in the upper left foreground of the photograph. The Fulton House Condominiums (originally North American Cold Storage Company warehouse) are on the far right. The Lake Street elevated train tracks, with a CTA Green Line train running across them, are visible in front of the cluster of Loop high-rises. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) rises above them.

1986

Time-Life Building and Commerce Mart Warehouse from Pioneer Court

View of the Time-Life building (541 North Fairbanks Court), looking northeast from Pioneer Court (adjacent to the Tribune Building). The Commerce Mart Warehouse (formerly located at 251-315 East Grand Avenue, now demolished) stands in front of it.

1976

High-rise towers, Near North Side

View of the towers of high-rise buildings with footprints east of North Michigan Avenue. The American Dental Association Building (211 East Chicago Avenue), and the Carriage House apartments (formerly at 215 East Chicago Avenue) are in the foreground. The upper parts of Water Tower Place and the John Hancock Center are visible behind them.

1976

700 block of North Michigan Avenue

View of the west side of the 700 block of North Michigan Avenue, showing the commercial buildings which were later razed to make way for Chicago Place.

1976

Prudential and Amoco building towers

View of the upper parts of (from left to right) the Prudential Building (130 East Randolph Street, now One Prudential Plaza), Two Prudential Plaza (180 North Stetson Avenue), and the Amoco Building (200 East Randolph Street, now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building).

1994

Loop Transportation Center, 203 N. La Salle

View of the Loop Transportation Center (now called 203 N. La Salle Street).

1989

321 North Clark

View of the upper part of the 321 North Clark tower (Quaker Tower).

1989

Sears Tower from the Near West side

View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) from the corner of Racine and Congress Parkway. A stretch of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) is visible in the lower part of the image.

1975

John Hancock Center

View of the John Hancock Center in 1981.

1981

Daley Plaza and Cook County Administration Building

View of the lower portion of the Brunswick Building (now Cook County Administration Building) seen from the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Center Plaza). The fountain in the Daley Center Plaza is visible in the foreground.

1968