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Quaker Tower (321 North Clark) under construction
View of Quaker Tower (321 North Clark) during the early stages of construction. The white John R. Thompson Building (350 North Clark) is visible on the left side of the image. The former Cook County Criminal Court Building (now Court House Place) located at 54 West Hubbard Street, is near the center of the image. Part of the Marina City Office Building (now a hotel) is visible on the extreme right, and 33 West Kinzie Street (now Harry Caray's restaurant, originally Chicago Varnish Company) is behind that to the left.
1985

Wallace Press Building and Chicago River
View southeast across the North Branch of the Chicago River, looking towards the Wallace Press building (later Wallace Business Forms Building; now the River Bank Lofts at 550 N. Kingsbury) and the Grand Avenue bridge. Behind the bridge are the East Bank Club, and the Apparel Center/ Holiday Inn hotel. Part of the Merchandise Mart is also visible.
1985

Near North Side from North Branch of Chicago River
View looking northeast across the North Branch of the Chicago River from the Ohio Street bridge. Part of a former paddle-wheel steamboat renamed the Showboat Sari-S II is moored along the riverbank in the foreround. Behind it is the industrial area along North Kingsbury Street. The side of the Ontario Building at 411 West Ontario Street (now Ontario Street Lofts) is visible on the far right. The rear of the two-story factory building at 445 West Erie Street is visible on the left, behind the yellow train cars. The John Hancock Center and other skyscrapers of the Near North Side are silhouetted against the horizon.
1985