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Block 37
View from the air looking down upon Block 37, a city block bounded by West Randolph Street, North State Street, West Washington Street and North Dearborn Street. The Marshall Field's store is on the right, across from Block 37.
1995

Cityscape with Hertz sign and John Hancock Center
View from Outer Drive (North Lake Shore Drive) with large Hertz Rent A Car sign and the John Hancock Center against the sky.
1971

Loop skyscrapers looking towards Lake Michigan
View of Loop skyscrapers looking east from 333 Wacker Drive. 201 North Wells Street (Trustees System Service Building) is in the center foreground. In the background is the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center), and just in front of that is the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue). Lake Michigan is visible in the distance.
1984

Karpen Building
View of the Karpen building (located at 318 S. Michigan Avenue) from Grant Park in 1984.
1984

West Wacker Drive office buildings
View of office buildings on West Wacker Drive along the Chicago River. The lower part of the R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive) is visible on the far left. Adjacent to it is 203 N. La Salle Street. Part of the La Salle-Wacker Building is visible on the right, and part of the Dearborn Street bridge and Chicago River can be seen in the foreground.
1993

R. R. Donnelley Building
View of the R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive), showing the building's facade at street level.
1993

Sears Tower
View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in 1975.
1975

U. S. Gypsum Building
View of the U. S. Gypsum building, formerly located at 101 S. Wacker (at Monroe).
1963

One South Wacker during construction
View of One South Wacker in 1982, during the building's construction. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is at the upper right.
1982

Borg-Warner Building
View of part of the facade of the Borg-Warner building.
1972

55 West Monroe
View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
1984

Chapin & Gore Building, East Adams Street
View of the Chapin & Gore building at 63 E. Adams Street, with restaurants and other businesses on the street level.
1964

Carson Pirie Scott store
View of decorative metalwork on the facade of the Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street.
1977

Old Colony Building
View of the Old Colony building (407 S. Dearborn Street), showing the rounded corner bays.
1977

Rookery Building
View at street level of the southwest corner of the Rookery Building, at South LaSalle Street and West Quincy Street.
1962

Rookery Building
View of the arched entryway to the Rookery building (209 S. LaSalle Street).
1960

Carson Pirie Scott store, State Street
Sketch of the Carson Pirie Scott store by C. William Brubaker.
1960

South Dearborn Street, Printers' Row
View looking south along South Dearborn Street from West Congress Parkway. The nineteenth-century Morton Building (538 South Dearborn Street) and Duplicator Building (530 South Dearborn) are visible at the right. South of these, the Pontiac Building (542 South Dearborn Street) and the Transportation Building (600 South Dearborn Street) are visible. The clock tower of the Dearborn Station headhouse rises in the distance.
1978

Loop skyscrapers
Aerial view looking southwest from the First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower). At the far left, the spire of the Chicago Board of Trade Building (141 West Jackson) is visible. The top part of 190 South LaSalle Street, with its rooftop gables, is visible near the center of the photograph. Part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is visible on the upper right of the photograph. 311 South Wacker stands to the left of that. University Hall, on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, is visible in the distance in the top right corner.
1995

Nankin Restaurant, North Dearborn Street
View of Nankin Restaurant at 230 North Dearborn Street and West Wacker Drive, with high-rise buildings in the background.
1951

1 North La Salle
View of the entrance to 1 North La Salle.
1989

Conway Building
View of the Conway Building (now Burnham Center) located at 111 West Washington Street.
1984

Troescher Building
View of the Troescher Building in 1962. Now demolished, the building once stood at 15 S. Wacker Drive.
1962

Carson Pirie Scott store
View of the Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street.
1962

Carson Pirie Scott store
Detail of decorative metalwork above the main entrance to the Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street.
1962

Reliance Building
View southwest showing of the middle part of the Reliance building, with its large windows. The State Street facade is on the left, and the West Washington Street facade is on the right.
1977

Reliance Building
View of the State Street facade (east facade) of the Reliance building during restoration. The building reopened in 1999 as a hotel.
1995

Monadnock Building
View of the lower part of the facade of the Monadnock building.
1977

Rookery Building and S. LaSalle Street
View northeast along South LaSalle Street from the intersection with W. Jackson Boulevard. The Rookery Building is at the center of the image.
1962

Marquette Building
Floor plan of the Marquette building, drawn by C. William Brubaker.
1960

People's Gas Building
Sketch of the People's Gas Building by C. William Brubaker.
1960

Marshall Field's department store
View looking southeast across the vacant Block 37 site from the intersection of West Randolph Street and North Dearborn Street, towards the State Street facade of the Marshall Field's department store (now Macy's State Street).
1995

South Franklin Street
View looking north on South Franklin Street. The white-facaded building in the middle ground on the left is the 300 West Adams Building. The Adams-Franklin building is at the right.
1968

Wabash Avenue storefronts
View of the colorful storefront of the Arcadia at Carson's shop, located along Wabash Avenue between Madison and Monroe Streets. The elevated train tracks are visible at the top of the photograph.
1987

10 South LaSalle
Undated view of a model of 10 South LaSalle (originally Chemical Plaza).
1986

West Loop buildings
Aerial view looking northwest over part of the west Loop in 1962. The Hartford Fire Insurance Building (later Hartford Plaza North) and the Civic Opera building are visible.
1962

One South Wacker during construction
View of One South Wacker from across the Chicago River, during the building's construction.
1982

Wabash Avenue and Continental National Insurance Building
View looking north along South Wabash Avenue from the intersection with East Congress Parkway towards the Continental National Insurance Building (55 E. Jackson Street). The elevated train tracks along South Wabash Avenue are visible at the right.
1966

Carson Pirie Scott store, State Street
View of State Street in 1962 with the Carson Pirie Scott store.
1962

Carson Pirie Scott store
Detail of fenestration on the upper facade of the Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street.
1977

Carson Pirie Scott store
Detail of decorative metalwork above the main entrance to the Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street.
1962

Auditorium Building
View of the Auditorium building showing the south wall stonework.
1962

Auditorium Building
View of the Auditorium building in 1962, showing the building's south face with theatre entrance.
1962

Reliance Building
View of part of the State Street facade (east facade) of the Reliance building, showing the large windows.
1977

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

Reliance Building
View looking up at the east facade (North State Street facade) of the Reliance Building during restoration.
1995