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Ogden Avenue, commercial/ residential buildings
View of a group of low-rise buildings with street-level commercial space and apartments above, located on the north side of West Ogden Avenue at South Christiana Avenue. A sign on one of the buildings reads "Big 8 Pool Room".
1979
Apartments and shops, Winnetka Avenue and Wilson Street, Winnetka
View southeast from the intersection of Winnetka Avenue and Wilson Street. A sign for Indian Hill Park is in the foreground. A number of shops occupy the ground floor of the mixed-use residential-commercial building adjacent to the park on the north side of Winnetka Avenue, including White's Drug Store, Avery Murphy TV Radio, A Record Store, Indian Hill Cleaners and Indian Hill Beauty Salon.
1984
Ashland Avenue businesses, West Town
View of neighborhood businesses along the west side of North Ashland Avenue, south of Division Street, including Chester's Custom Tailors and Cleaners, Thad Niemira real estate and insurance office, Club Velvet (1112 North Ashland Avenue), and Kingsbury Polish Inn. A street sign marking the intersection with West Thomas Street is at the far left.
1968
Western Avenue and Hirsch
View looking northwest along the west side of North Western Avenue. The intersection with West Hirsch Street is visible near the center of the image. Wanda's Record Shop, Stan's Tap, and a grocery store are visible.
1967
Bryn Mawr Avenue at Winthrop Avenue
View looking east along West Bryn Mawr Avenue from west of the intersection with North Winthrop Avenue. The Belle Shore Apartments (1062 West Bryn Mawr Avenue) with its distinctive green glazed terra cotta tile facing and neon sign reading "Belle Shore Apt. Hotel" is at the right.
1980
Buildings along the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
View looking northwest looking over the Chicago River from West Wacker Drive just west of North Franklin Street. The low-rise buildings at 212 and 222 North Canal Street still stand, as well as the tall smokestack adjacent to them (located at the junction of North Clinton, West Fulton and West Milwaukee Streets). The Braun Bottles plant (now replaced by Left Bank at K Station) is visible, with a Metra train running on the elevated tracks behind it. The red brick warehouse building slightly to the left behind Braun Bottles was converted to the 600 West Fulton office building. At the far right of the image is Wolf Point, with the Fulton House Condominiums, a converted former warehouse building at 345 North Canal Street, visible across the river behind it. Part of the Cassidy Tire Company building (344 North Canal Street) is visible behind the condominium building.
1989
Apartment houses and businesses on North State Street
View along the west side of North State Street, looking north from West Ontario Street. On the left are dilapidated nineteenth-century apartments with street-level retail businesses. On the right is the Dana Hotel at 666 North State Street (demolished). The top part of the Lawson House YMCA building (Victor F. Lawson YMCA) located at 30 West Chicago Avenue, is visible in the background.
1976
Parking lots and industrial buildings, Near North Side
View to northeast from Pioneer Court Plaza (originally Equitable Plaza), showing parking lots and a snack shop (foreground) to the east of North Saint Clair Street. East Illinois Street runs across the middle ground of the image. The Vogue-Wright Studios are visible near the center of the image. To the right, the Kraft-Phenix building and plant and the west end of North Pier Terminal are visible in front of Lake Point Tower.
1976
Near North Side buildings from the Ogden Slip
View of the skyline looking northeast across the Chicago Dock and Canal Company facilities along the Ogden Slip, between North McClurg Street and North Lake Shore Drive. McClurg Court Center A (McClurg Center) is partially visible on the far left. The Holiday Inn hotel (now W Chicago-Lakeshore) is the white high-rise building to the right of that. Lake Point Tower is on the far right.
1976
Ashland Avenue businesses, West Town
View of neighborhood businesses along the west side of North Ashland Avenue, south of Division Street, including Chester's Custom Tailors and Cleaners, Thad Niemira real estate and insurance office, Club Velvet (1112 North Ashland Avenue), and Kingsbury Polish Inn. A street sign marking the intersection with West Thomas Street is at the far left.
1968
Perkins Grocery Store
View of Perkins Grocery Store and School Store, once located on the northwest corner of South Calumet Avenue and East 32nd Street.
1967
CTA elevated tracks, Orleans Street at Walton
View northeast from a vacant lot with a "For Sale" sign at the southeast corner of North Orleans Street and West Walton Street. Walton Street is visible from left to right across the photo, and runs underneath the CTA elevated train tracks. The two brick buildings immediately to the east of the tracks are at 312 West Walton (Industrial Bindery Inc.) and 315 West Walton Street.
1971
High-rise buildings and industrial-use land along the Chicago River
View to the northwest across the Chicago River, with warehouses and storage facilities along the north side of the Chicago River in the foreground. Rising behind are the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court) on the extreme left, the John Hancock Center in the center of the image, and the McClurg Court Center apartment towers on the right.
1972

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