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Industrial buildings, Near North Side
View to the north from West Kedzie Street. The Wallace Business Forms Building (originally Wallace Press Building, now the River Bank Lofts, located at 550 N. Kingsbury Street) is on the left. At the far right, part of the John Sexton building is visible. To its left, other buildings are visible: 422 West Grand Avenue, and behind it, the Kirchheimer Brothers Paper Company (417 West Ohio Street). The rear of the Ontario Building (now Ontario Street Lofts, 411 West Ontario Street) is on the left of the Kirchheimer building. The East Bank Club now stands on the site of the large parking lot in the foreground.
1972

Factory and warehouse district, Near North Side
View looking northwest from West Grand Avenue, just east of North Franklin Street. Near the center of the image is 300 West Grand Avenue. The south facade of 555 North Franklin Street is visible at the far right.
1975

North Branch Street, Goose Island
View northwest along North Branch Street, with the Lissner Corporation warehouse (later Pickens-Kane warehouse) visible against the sky in the distance. The elevated stretch of North Ogden Avenue crossing Goose Island is visible across the middle of the photograph.
1986

Industrial buildings, West Ontario Street
View of the rear of industrial buildings on West Ontario Street, west of North Orleans Street, facing the Ohio-Ontario Feeder ramp. On the left of the image is the Ontario Building (now Ontario Street Lofts, 411 West Ontario Street), for sale at the time of the photograph. Next to it on the right is 369 West Ontario, with the words Artcrest Suspended Ceilings painted on it. To its right is 401 West Ontario Street, with a billboard on its side facade announcing "The condominiums are here, The condominiums are here".
1978

Industrial areas along the North Branch of the Chicago River
View northwest along the North Branch of the Chicago River from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The West Grand Avenue bridge, and the Ohio Street bridge directly behind it, span the river. A tugboat with a barge attached is moored along the west bank of the river, adjacent to an industrial area. A number of industrial buildings, including the Wallace Press Building, and Kirchheimer Brothers Paper Company (417 West Ohio Street) stand along North Kingsbury Street on the east side of the river. The Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building (Mail Order House) and the Montgomery Ward Administration building are further north, along the east bank of the river. The Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters tower rises to their right. At the far left, multiple railroad tracks are visible.
1978

Division Street bridge and Goose Island
Aerial view looking northwest towards Goose Island, with a scrap metal yard and numerous industrial buildings on the island. The West Division Street bridge over the North Branch Canal is in the foreground. In the distance on the right, the Procter & Gamble plant (demolished) with its tall white smokestack is visible. At the extreme right, part of the J. W. Petersen Coal & Oil Co. building is visible, and behind that, part of the red brick warehouse building at 860 West Evergreen Avenue.
1986

Inland Steel from Dickey Road, East Chicago
View from Dickey Road in East Chicago, showing a parking lot, Illinois Central railroad cars, and part of the Inland Steel plant. A tall utility pole with multiple power lines stands out against the sky.
1972

Industrial areas along the North Branch of the Chicago River
View northwest along the North Branch of the Chicago River from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The West Kinzie Street bridge spans the river in the lower foreground, and large parking lots cover the land on either side. Further upriver, in the upper part of the photograph, are the West Grand Avenue bridge and, directly behind it, the Ohio Street bridge. The Wallace Press Building stands along North Kingsbury Street on the east side of the river. Behind it are the Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building (Mail Order House), the Montgomery Ward Administration building, and the Montgomery Ward Headquarters tower (now The Montgomery condominiums).
1978

North Branch of the Chicago River and West Town
View looking northwest from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). There is a large parking lot in the foreground, and railroad tracks are visible at the far left. At the far right, the North Branch of the Chicago River is spanned by the West Grand Avenue bridge and the Ohio Street bridge.
1978

Industrial areas, West Town
View looking northwest over West Town from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). There is a large parking lot in the foreground, with raised railroad tracks adjacent to it. At the far left of the image, other railroad tracks run west. The North Branch of the Chicago River is on the right, spanned by the West Grand Avenue bridge and the Ohio Street bridge.
1978

Wolf Point and Bridges
View looking northwest from south of West Kinzie Street, and east of the North Branch of the Chicago River. The old Kinzie Street railroad bridge is on the left of the image, permanently locked in the raised position. The West Kinzie Street bridge over the North Branch of the Chicago river is to its right.
1972

Industrial areas, West Town
View looking northwest over West Town from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). There is a large parking lot in the foreground, with raised railroad tracks adjacent to it. Along the left side of the image, other railroad tracks run west. On the far right the North Branch of the Chicago River is visible, spanned by the West Grand Avenue bridge and the Ohio Street bridge.
1978