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Chicago Avenue businesses near Damen Avenue
View of two- and three-story buildings along the north side of West Chicago Avenue, with businesses on the ground floor and apartments above. A three-story red brick building with Stefano's restaurant on the ground level stands at the intersection with North Damen Avenue. The Victory Building (2006 West Chicago Avenue) stands to the left of Stefano's.
1970
Szechwan House Restaurant, North Michigan Avenue
View of the Szechwan House, a Chinese restaurant located at the street level of the Michigan-Ohio Building (612 N. Michigan), at the northwest corner of North Michigan Avenue and East Ohio Street. Andriana Furs is above it on the second floor.
1993
Crossroads Restaurant, Wilmette
View at dusk of the Crossroads Restaurant (601 Green Bay Road) situated on the northwest corner of Central Avenue and Green Bay Road. The neon sign for the Wil-Shore Motors Ford dealership (611 Green Bay Road) is visible at the right.
1975
East 23rd Street with Sauer's Restaurant sign
View looking east along East 23rd Street towards McCormick Place. Sauer's Restaurant is in the right foreground. Behind that, the red brick facade of the P. S. Recording Studio (formerly at 323 East 23rd Street) is visible.
1978
Gino's East pizzeria sign and parking lot
View looking east from a parking lot at the northeast corner of North Michigan Avenue and East Superior Street. There is a sign for Gino's East painted on the wall of the restaurant at the eastern end of the lot. Some of the oval windows of the Prentice Women's Hospital can be seen in the distance on the right.
1976
Shop signs and awnings, 535 North Michigan Avenue
View of awnings and signs for restaurants and shops at 535 North Michigan Avenue. Nathan's Downtown is on the upper level. Below it are signs for Croissant and Co. and The Forgotten Woman.
1993
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 56)
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
1966
Wesley's Dining Room sign, Skokie
Night view of the illuminated sign for Wesley's Dining Room.
1975
La Rosa Restaurant sign, Skokie
Night view showing the illuminated neon sign for the La Rosa Italian Restaurant in Skokie.
1975
Walker Bros Original Pancake House, Wilmette
View looking south through the rain along Green Bay Road at Walker Bros Original Pancake House restaurant, with its neon sign illuminated. The restaurant is located at 153 Green Bay Road in Wilmette.
1975
North Broadway Avenue businesses
View looking north along the sidewalk on the east side of North Broadway, south of the intersection with West Bryn Mawr Avenue. 5549 North Broadway, a two story brick building, is near the center of the photograph. 5545 North Broadway, which housed a photo studio at the time the photograph was taken, is partly visible at the far right.
1980
Hanley Dawson Cadillac and Lawry's restaurant
View looking northwest along East Ontario Street. The Hanley Dawson Cadillac dealership (now demolished) stands on the block between North Rush Street and North Wabash Avenue. Lawry's restaurant, at the northeast corner of East Ontario and North Rush Streets, is partially visible on the right.
1976
West Granville Avenue
View looking east along West Granville Avenue from east of the intersection with North Broadway Avenue. The Granville station for the CTA Red Line is visible in the distance on the right, and the sign for Standee's Coffee Shop (now closed) is partially visible above the sidewalk at the far right. The Grandeur Apartments (1055 West Granville Avenue, originally the Grandeur Apartment Hotel) is visible at the upper right.
1980
Restaurants on Rush Street
View of restaurants located in nineteenth-century residential buildings along the east side of North Rush Street. At the far right of the image is Armando's Restaurant, at Rush and East Superior Streets. A large sign for Club Alabam (747 North Rush Street), a dining and dance establishment, stands on the rooftops near the center of the image. On the left is the south facade - facing Chicago Avenue - of Water Tower Hyatt House hotel (originally Water Tower Inn). Part of the John Hancock Center is visible at the upper right.
1976
Signs and awnings, 535 North Michigan Avenue
View looking east along East Grand Avenue at awnings and signs for shops and restaurants on the Grand Avenue facade of 535 North Michigan Avenue.
1993
Billy Goat Tavern & Grille sign
View of a free-standing sign for the Billy Goat Tavern on the sidewalk outside the Realtor Building at 430 North Michigan Avenue.
1993
Illuminated neon signs, North Clark Street
View of a cluster of illuminated neon signs on building facades, including a bathhouse, a movie house marquee, Hotel Planters (19 North Clark Street, now demolished), and the Bamboo Inn Restaurant (11 N. Clark Street, demolished.)
1960
Peter Pon's Restaurant sign, Wilmette
View at dusk of the exterior of Peter Pon's Restaurant (537 Green Bay Road) with its large illuminated sign. A sign for a 7-Eleven store is visible to the left.
1975
Wabash Avenue with Don Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant
View along North Wabash Avenue, with the sign for Don Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant (139 North Wabash) prominently visible.
1978
International House of Pancakes sign, Wilmette
Illuminated free-standing sign outside the International House of Pancakes restaurant, formerly located at the corner of Wilmette Avenue and Poplar Drive.
1975
Greek restaurants, Halsted Street
View looking southwest across South Halsted Street at Greek restaurants lining the west side of the block. The intersection with West Adams Street is visible at the left, and part of the sign for the Greek Islands Restaurant is visible behind the traffic signals.
1983
Gino's East pizzeria sign and adjacent parking lot, North Michigan Avenue
View looking east across Michigan Avenue at the northeast corner of North Michigan Avenue and Superior Street, showing a Gino's East sign painted on the side wall of that restaurant, and a parking lot in front of that.
1976
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Geographic Location
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Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
4
Streeterville (Chicago, Ill.)
4
Wilmette (Ill.)
2
Edgewater (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Skokie (Ill.)
1
Greektown (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
1
West Town (Chicago, Ill.)
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Creator
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Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
1
Copelin Commercial Photographers
Medium
21
color slides
1
negatives (photographs)
Topic
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Cities and towns
10
Architecture
10
Streets
7
Automobiles
7
Commercial buildings
3
Dwellings
3
Stores, Retail
2
Awnings
2
Parking lots
2
Sidewalks
1
Automobile Showrooms
1
Bars (Drinking establishments)
1
Building
1
Commercial art
1
Commercial strips
1
Concrete
1
Concrete walls
1
Construction Industry
1
Factories
1
Gravel
1
Hotels
1
Landscape architecture
1
Motion picture theaters
1
Pedestrians
1
Railroads, Elevated
1
Skyscrapers
1
Storefronts
1
Traffic flow
1
Trucks
1
Vacant lands
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