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Site for Dearborn Park residential development
View looking northeast from South Clark Street at the site for the first phase of the Dearborn Park residential development. Loop high-rises, including the CNA Plaza (333 South Wabash Avenue) are visible in the distance. The clock tower of Dearborn Station is visible at the far left. The Harrison Hotel Electric Garage, with its rooftop sign, stands near the center. The rear facade of the Blackstone Hotel, with its curved mansard roof, is visible further to the right. At the far right, the sign for the Y.M.C.A. Hotel (826 South Wabash) is visible.
1977

North Michigan Avenue, high-rise buildings
View northeast along North Michigan Avenue. Neiman-Marcus at Olympia Centre, located at the intersection of North Michigan Avenue and East Superior Street, is visible under construction. Behind it are 777 North Michigan Avenue, Water Tower Place, and the John Hancock Center. The Palmolive building with its Playboy sign is in the distance on the left.
1982

Standard Oil Building under construction
View of early stages of construction of the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center), with a number of downtown skyscrapers visible behind.
1971

MidAmerica Commodity Exchange
View of the trading-exchange building under construction in 1972. This building is one of two comprising this exchange complex.
1972




Sears Tower under construction
View during the construction of the Sears Tower.
1971

James R. Thompson Center
View of the James R. Thompson center under construction in 1983.
1983

"Dear Citizen," 1956
Memo regarding the attempted purchase of Miller Meadow by the University of Illinois
1956

"Letters to Citizens," 1957
Memo on the withdrawal by the University of Illinois of an attempt to seize Miller Meadow.
1957

Site for Dearborn Park residential development
View looking southeast at a cleared area along South Clark Street, the site for the first phase of the Dearborn Park residential development.
1977

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

321 North Clark under construction
View of the building site showing the Quaker Tower (now 321 North Clark) under construction in 1985. The Chicago River is in the foreground.
1985

State of Illinois Center under construction
View of the La Salle Street facade of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center) while under construction in 1983.
1983

Norman A. Parker and Leonard Currie at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Architecture and Design Studios
Chancellor Norman A. Parker and the Dean of the School of Art and Architecture, Leonard Currie. Formerly the Art and Architecture Building.
1968

Norman A. Parker and Leonard Currie at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Architecture and Design Studios
Chancellor Norman A. Parker and the Dean of the School of Art and Architecture, Leonard Currie. Formerly the Art and Architecture Building.
1968


"Dear Citizen," Letter, September 1956
Memo on the attempt to seize Miller Meadow by the University of Illinois
1956


Heller International Building under construction
View of the Heller International Building (500 West Monroe Street) in April 1991, showing the building under construction.
1991

Apparel Center during construction
View of the Apparel Center under construction. The building is located at 350 N. Orleans, at the fork of the Chicago River (Wolf Point), and is directly west of the Merchandise Mart.
1976

Sear Tower during construction
View during the construction of the Sears Tower in April 1972.
1972

Mies van der Rohe office buildings, Chicago
View of a group of office towers close to the Chicago River in the Loop and Near North Side. Two Illinois Center (Office of Mies van der Rohe) is on the left, under construction. The center tower is One Illinois Center (Office of Mies van der Rohe). Mies' IBM building stands on the right, behind the Sun-Times building.
1972

Commerce, 1959
Issue of Commerce which includes an article on the search for a site for a new University if Illinois campus.
1959


Cantigny Farm, 1956
Memos covering issues associated with Cantigny Farm as a possible site for a University of Illinois campus.
1956

"Contact Your Legislator", 1957
Memo regarding efforts to protect Miller Meadow from purchase by the University of Illinois
1905


River City proposed site
View looking southeast from the Roosevelt Road Bridge (12th Street) across the South Branch of the Chicago River at a proposed site for the River City complex. Two 18-story curved apartment towers, part of Goldberg's Raymond Hilliard Homes Center, are in the distance at the center.
1977




Correspondence with Earl Flanagan, 1957
Correspondence regarding possible sites for a University of Illinois campus in southern Cook County.
1957

River City proposed site
View looking southeast across the South Branch of the Chicago River from South Lumber Street on the west bank, towards a site proposed for Bertrand Goldberg's River City complex. Two 18-story curved apartment towers, part of Goldberg's Raymond Hilliard Homes Center, are in the distance.
1977

Construction site, West Grand Avenue
View looking northwest from a construction site occupying the block bounded by North Grand Avenue, West Illinois Street, North Franklin Street, and North Orleans Street. Behind the construction site on the right, 318 West Grand Avenue, 316 West Grand Avenue, and part of 300 West Grand Avenue are visible. The facade of the Off Center Building (300 West Grand Avenue) is painted with a trompe-l'oeil mural showing a cutaway view of the building's interior. The Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters (now The Montgomery condominiums) is in the distance near the center of the photograph.
1985

Sears Tower under construction
View during the early stages of construction of the Sears Tower.
1971

James R. Thompson Center
View of the James R. Thompson center under construction in 1983.
1983



"Dear Citizen," 1957
Memo on the University of Illinois's failed attempt to seize Miller Meadow
1957





Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Architecture and Design Studios
Formerly the Art and Architecture Building.
1968

River City under construction
View looking north at River City (800 South Wells Street) during early stages of construction. Behind it on the left is the brick 310 West Polk Building, occupied by the Cadaco game company at the time of the photograph. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is in the center of the image.
1984

MidAmerica Commodity Exchange
View during construction of the X-shaped trusses on the trading-floor building (one of two buildings comprising this exchange complex).
1971

MidAmerica Commodity Exchange
View of the trading-exchange building (one of two buildings comprising this exchange complex) under construction in 1972.
1972

James R. Thompson Center
View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center) under construction in 1983. The Greyhound Bus station (no longer at this location) is visible in the foreground.
1983