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Fountain Square Building, Evanston
View of the Fountain Square Building (1600 Orrington Avenue), looking northeast across Davis Street from the intersection with Sherman Avenue. The building rises behind the plaza where the fountains are located.
1976
Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza
View of the Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza looking northeast. The plaza, now part of Maggie Daley Park, is located just south of East Randolph Street. High rise apartment buildings Buckingham Plaza (360 East Randolph Street), 400 East Randolph, and Harbor Point (155 North Harbor Drive) are visible behind.
1982
Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
View looking across the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Plaza) toward the Brunswick Building (at left, now the Cook County Administration Building) and the Chicago Temple Building (right). The First National Bank of Chicago Building (now Chase Tower) is visible in the space between them.
1968
Chicago Federal Center plaza
View of the Federal Center plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo" installed.
1974
Sunken plaza, John Hancock Center
Street-level view of a plaza landscaped with trees on the lower level in front of the John Hancock Center (875 North Michigan Avenue). A large sign with the name "Lake Shore Bank" rises up from the lower level. Part of the facade of the Westin Michigan Avenue Hotel, overlooking East Delaware Place, is visible on the left.
1982
Time-Life Building and Commerce Mart Warehouse from Pioneer Court
View of the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court), looking northeast from Pioneer Court (adjacent to the Tribune Building). The Commerce Mart Warehouse (formerly located at 251-315 East Grand Avenue, now demolished) stands in front of it. Part of the American Furniture Mart (Lake Shore Place) is visible behind it on the left.
1972
Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza
View of the Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza, looking north, with plantings in foreground. The plaza, now part of Maggie Daley Park, is located just south of East Randolph Street. In the distance beyond the plaza on the left are the Hyatt Regency Chicago II hotel (201 East Wacker Drive), Columbus Plaza (233 East Wacker Drive), and Three Illinois Center (303 East Wacker Drive).
1982
Richard J. Daley Center plaza
View of the fountains in the Daley Center Plaza in 1981.
1981
Navy Pier
View of one of the towers of the Navy Pier Terminal building, and the adjacent plaza and walkway. Picnic tables have been installed on the plaza, and trees planted to shade this area.
1990
Plaza, First National Bank of Chicago Building
View of a crowd surrounding the fountain in the plaza of the First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower) in 1975.
1975
Fountain Square Building, Evanston
View of the Fountain Square Building (1600 Orrington Avenue), looking north across Davis Street between Sherman Avenue and Orrington Avenue. The building rises behind the plaza where the fountains are located.
1984
Strip Mall, 1920 North Lincoln
View northeast from West Wisconsin Street and North Orleans Street into the plaza of the 1920 North Lincoln Mall, lined with street-level shops. The high-rise apartment building at the upper left is Lincoln Park Tower, located at 1960 Lincoln Park West.
1982
Plaza, First National Bank of Chicago building
View of a crowd surrounding the fountain in the plaza of the First National Bank building.
1975
Chicago City Hall
View of the Chicago City Hall building from Chicago Civic Center Plaza. Part of the Chicago Civic Center is visible at the far right.
1968
Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
View of the lower portion of the Brunswick Building (Cook County Administration Building) seen from the Civic Center (Daley Center). The steel Picasso sculpture commissioned for the Civic Center plaza is at the right.
1968
Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Square
View northwest along North Lincoln Avenue from a landscaped outdoor seating area (Kempf Plaza/ Giddings Plaza). Diagonal parking is available on-street near the plaza.
1979
Daley Plaza and Cook County Administration Building
View of the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Center Plaza) with the lower part of the Brunswick Building (now Cook County Administration Building), located across Washington Street, visible behind it. Part of the Chicago Temple building is to its right, with the Cokesbury religious bookstore occupying a street-level space (now occupied by a bank).
1968
Hartford Plaza North
View of the plaza in front of the south entrance to the Hartford Plaza North building in 1962.
1962
Plaza, First National Bank of Chicago Building
View of a crowd in the plaza of the First National Bank of Chicago building in 1975.
1975
Plaza, First National Bank of Chicago Building
View of the plaza in front of the First National Bank of Chicago Building (now Chase Tower) in 1984. The Xerox Center (now 55 West Monroe) stands behind it.
1984
James R. Thompson Center, plaza
View of the plaza in front of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center), showing an outdoor plaza with a sculpture by artist Jean Dubuffet. The Greyhound Bus station (since moved) is visible in the background.
1985
Richard J. Daley Center plaza
View of the fountains in the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Plaza) in 1968.
1968
Time-Life Building and Commerce Mart Warehouse from Pioneer Court
View of the Time-Life building (541 North Fairbanks Court), looking northeast from Pioneer Court (adjacent to the Tribune Building). The Commerce Mart Warehouse (formerly located at 251-315 East Grand Avenue, now demolished) stands in front of it.
1976
Daley Plaza and Cook County Administration Building
View of the lower portion of the Brunswick Building (now Cook County Administration Building) seen from the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Center Plaza). The fountain in the Daley Center Plaza is visible in the foreground.
1968
High-rise buildings, East Wacker Drive
View from Pioneer Court looking southwest towards high-rise buildings along East Wacker Drive. 360 North Michigan Avenue (London Guarantee & Accident Building) is at the left; 35 East Wacker (then Pure Oil Building) is at the center, and the United Insurance Building (1 East Wacker Drive) is at the right. The top of 75 East Wacker Drive (originally Mather Tower) is visible behind these.
1972
Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Square
View of a shopping area along North Lincoln Avenue, looking northwest from Kempf Plaza/ Giddings Plaza, a landscaped outdoor plaza with seating. On-street diagonal parking is available just north of the plaza.
1979
Navy Pier and city skyline
Aerial view looking northwest from the landscaped plaza outside the east end of the Navy Pier Terminal building. The James Jardine Water Filtration Plant is visible on the right, and behind it, the John Hancock Center stands out against the city skyline.
1990
Sears Tower
View of the upper part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in 1974.
1974
Standard Oil Building, plaza
View of the plaza in front of the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center) in 1975.
1975
Standard Oil Building, plaza
View of the plaza in front of the Standard Oil Building in 1975.
1975
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