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Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket sign, Wilmette
Night view of an illuminated outdoor bucket sign for a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Wilmette.
1975

Midas Muffler Shop sign
Night view of an illuminated sign for a Midas Muffler shop.
1975

Marshall Field's store, Evanston
View of the Marshall Field's department store (807 Church Street), looking northwest across the intersection of Church Street and Sherman Avenue. The Varsity Theatre is visible on the right.
1984

Area near railroad station, Evanston
View looking northwest from the railroad embankment near the former Railroad Avenue, north of Davis Street and east of Maple Avenue. The Chicago and North Western railroad station is partially visible at the left. Businesses along Church Street, including a Dominick's grocery store, are visible in the center of the image.
1976

Engelhart Hall, Northwestern University
View of the Frank C. Engelhart Graduate Residence Hall (1915 Maple Avenue), at the northeast corner of Maple Avenue and Emerson Street.
1976

Sherman Avenue shops, Evanston
View of shoe stores located in a two-story commercial building on the east side of Sherman Avenue south of Church Street in Evanston. A children's shoe store, the Little Chick Shoe Shop, (1629 Sherman Avenue) is on the right. To its left is the Florsheim Thayer McNeil shoe store.
1979

"The Main", Chicago Avenue, Evanston
View looking northeast across Chicago Avenue at "The Main", a two-story building with ground-level businesses and shops, and office space above. The building was at the time home to the music venue Amazinggrace, and the restaurant The Main Cafe (835 Chicago Avenue). On the second story above the restaurant, a large banner proclaims "Congressman Mikva!" The building, demolished in 2007, formerly stood on Chicago Avenue at the southeast corner of the intersection with Main Street in Evanston.
1976

Asbury Avenue, Evanston
View northeast along Asbury Avenue from just south of the intersection with Crain Street. The white painted nineteenth-century Italianate house at the left is 1124 Asbury Avenue. The intersection with Crain Street is partially visible at the far right.
1971

Benson Avenue, Evanston
View looking north along Benson Avenue towards Emerson Street, from the intersection with Church Street. A raised embankment for the CTA tracks is at the left, with adjacent on-street parking along Benson Avenue. The tower of the Second Baptist Church (1717 Benson Avenue) is visible at the right.
1976

Church Street near Maple Avenue, Evanston
View looking northwest from a parking lot north of Davis Street at the former Railroad Avenue towards of the rear of a department store and shops along Church Street. A Chicago and North Western railroad station and elevated tracks are at the left.
1976

Apartments, North Dayton Street
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.
1981

West Castlewood Terrace, Uptown
View looking east along the south side of West Castlewood Terrace towards North Marine Drive. The cream brick house is at 859 West Castlewood Terrace, near the center of this block-long cul-de sac.
1981

Lawrence Avenue at Sheridan Road
View looking west along West Lawrence Avenue from the intersection with North Sheridan Road towards the Lawrence House Retirement Hotel (originally the New Lawrence Hotel) at 1020 West Lawrence Avenue. The sign for the Aragon Ballroom is visible in the distance at the left.
1981

Alta Vista Terrace
View along West Alta Vista Terrace. The street is lined with row houses.
1981

Palmer Square
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.
1981

Presbyterian Church of Norwood Park
Presbyterian Church of Norwood Park (6088 N. Northwest Highway).
1981

House, North Hiawatha Avenue
Brick ranch house at 6797 North Hiawatha Avenue, at the intersection with North Loron Avenue. A sign on the lawn reads "Loron Ave. Community of Wildwood".
1981

Brickyard Mall
View of the central atrium at the Brickyard Mall, located at West Diversey Avenue and North Naragansett Avenue.
1981

Greystone, South Laflin Street
Greystone at 817 South Laflin Street, south of West Polk Street. A 1970s townhouse development is partially visible at the left.
1981

Houses, South Seeley Avenue
Large single-family houses on a residential street located near South Seeley Avenue and West 103rd Street.
1981

Greystone houses, Drexel Boulevard
Greystone houses in derelict condition on the west side of South Drexel Boulevard. East 42nd Place intersects immediately to the right of the last house on the right.
1981

Auburn Park lagoon, houses and apartments
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.
1974

Houses, South Yates Boulevard
Two story brick houses on South Yates Boulevard, looking north along the west side of the street from north of the intersection with East 83rd Street. 8232 South Yates Boulevard is near the left of the image.
1981

Auburn Park lagoon and apartment building
View northwest west across the Auburn Park lagoons towards an apartment building at 462 West Winneconna Parkway.
1974

Central Station townhouse development
View of part of the Central Station townhouse development, looking north along South Prairie Avenue from near East 15th Street.
1995

Apartment buildings, Kenwood
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).
1981

Houses, North Kirkwood Avenue
Houses along the west side of the 6000 block of North Kirkwood Avenue in the Sauganash neighborhood, located northeast of North Cicero Avenue and West Peterson Avenue.
1981

Houses, Harding Avenue, South Lawndale
View of houses and apartment houses along South Harding Avenue at West 27th Street in the Little Village.
1981

Community areas and wards
Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker illustrating the variations in boundaries between community areas and municipal wards.
1980

Chicago neighborhoods
Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing 100 Chicago neighborhoods.
1980

Saint Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church
View of domed towers of Saint Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church (Saint Joseph the Betrothed), located at 5000 North Cumberland Avenue.
1981

Noble Square townhomes
View of the Noble Square residential townhome development.
1970

Lane Tech High School
View looking northwest from Western Avenue at Lane Tech High School (2501 West Addison Street) and its grounds.
1981

Milwaukee Avenue, Wicker Park
View looking northwest along North Milwaukee Avenue towards the Northwest Tower (Coyote Building), which stands at the intersection with North Avenue. Part of the People's Gas Light & Coke Company building (1520 North Milwaukee Avenue) is visible at the far left. Lubinski Furniture occupied the building at the time of the photograph.
1982

Francis W. Parker School
View of the entrance to the Francis W. Parker School (330 West Webster Avenue). The entrance is located on the North Clark Street side of the building.
1970

Belden Avenue houses
View of houses on the north side of West Belden Avenue, between Oakley and Western Avenues. 2312 West Belden Avenue is on the right; an alley runs alongside it.
1967

Abraham Lincoln monument, North Western Avenue
View of an Abraham Lincoln monument installed on a traffic island on North Western Avenue just north of West Lawrence Avenue.
1967

Residential street, West Ridge
View of apartment buildings and houses in the residential area west of North Western Avenue, near West Peterson Avenue.
1967

Rear of apartment buildings and houses
View of the rear of brick apartment buildings and nineteenth-century houses, with laundry hung up outside on clotheslines.
1963

Houses, Near West Side
View in winter of nineteenth-century brick houses along a street in Chicago's Near West Side.
1964

Houses on Bishop Street, Near West Side
Nineteenth-century brick houses along an unidentified stretch of Bishop Street.
1974

Alley, West Washington Boulevard
View of cars in parking lots and the rear of aging brick buildings from an alley along West Washington Boulevard.
1980

Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
View of wholesale distributors' shops along the north side of West Randolph Street, looking towards the intersection with North Peoria Street. N & G Produce occupies 902-904 West Randolph Street, on the west side of the intersection with Peoria Street. Columbus Meat Market also occupies part of that building.
1980

Commercial area, West Cermak Road
View in winter looking east along West Cermak Road from the intersection with South California Avenue. Part of the Stach Rexall Pharmacy (2756 West Cermak Road) is visible at the far left. Numerous other businesses line both sides of the street, including a hardware store, shoe store and liquor store.
1979

Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal demolition
View of the demolition of the Western Warehousing Company plant at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Polk Street freight terminal. Two dumpsters and a large truck are amid the rubble in front of the wrecking crane.
1974

Apartment Houses, North Lawndale
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.
1979

Vacant land on Roosevelt Road, North Lawndale
View looking northeast from West Roosevelt Road at vacant land between South Homan and South Kedzie Avenues. The building in the distance on the far left is the Chicago Police Department Tech Lab (3340 West Fillmore Street). To the right of it, one of the buildings of the former Sears complex is visible.
1979

Drug store at Cermak Road and California Avenue
View in winter looking north along the east side of California Avenue from the intersection with West Cermak Road. The Stach Rexall Pharmacy (2756 West Cermak Road) sits at the northeast corner of the intersection.
1979

George W. Collins High School
View from the parking lot towards George W. Collins High School (later Collins Academy High School), 1313 South Sacramento Drive. The school is located within Douglas Park.
1979

Douglas Park and Roosevelt Road
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.
1979