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Sears Tower (Folder 532)
Sears Tower (Loop location, including construction views); Other neighborhood houses; UIC Science & Engineering Research Center Soil Report; Condominiums on Jackson Boulevard; and South Shore vicinity neighborhoods; Cameo Container Corporation
1965
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Moveable bridges of Chicago (Folder 59)
Community Activities bring the city's government into the neighborhood. Mayor Richard J. Daley's campaign for a cleaner Chicago reached out to students in Chicago's schools and made them part of the Junior Citizen's Committee for a Cleaner Chicago.
1994
Industrial landscape, Gary, Indiana
View of the industrial landscape in Gary, with a utility pole, railway track, billboard advertising Rolling Rock beer, and an elevated highway. Gary's steel mils and their smokestacks are visible in the distance beyond the elevated highway. The caption on the billboard reads "Brewed from Mountain Spring Water".
1969
Industrial area, South Chicago
View looking southeast from South Chicago Avenue from just north of the intersection with South Baltimore Avenue, towards cargo handling and storage facilities along the Calumet River. Concrete storage silos are visible on the left behind the viaduct. To their right are utility poles and overhead cranes, and next to that, part of the Chicago Skyway is visible. A gas storage tank (gas holder) is at the far right side. Part of the United Steelworkers Union Local 65 office building (9350 South Chicago Avenue, now home to the Power Circle Congregation) is visible in front of it.
1969
Chicago Skyway and State Line Power Plant
View in winter looking east towards the State Line Power Plant, from underneath the Chicago Skyway.
1972
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
View looking southwest along the Calumet River from the East 95th Street bridge. Cargo handling facilities, including an overhead crane and concrete storage silos are visible. The Chicago Skyway runs behind these. A barge is visible in the lower right corner. Transmission towers supporting overhead power lines are silhouetted against the sky.
1972
North Branch Street, Goose Island
View northwest along North Branch Street, with the Lissner Corporation warehouse (later Pickens-Kane warehouse) visible against the sky in the distance. The elevated stretch of North Ogden Avenue crossing Goose Island is visible across the middle of the photograph.
1986
Donnelley Hall and McCormick Inn hotel, 23rd Street
View looking east along East 23rd Street from just west of South Calumet Avenue toward Donnelly Hall (at right, demolished). The high-rise McCormick Inn hotel (451 East 23rd Street, demolished 1993) is in the distance at the upper left.
1984
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
East Illinois Street at North Lake Shore Drive
View to east along East Illinois Street, where it passes underneath North Lake Shore Drive. Part of the front facade of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation building (510 Peshtigo Court) is visible on the right, beyond North Lake Shore Drive. A lower wall of Lake Point Tower is in the foreground at the far right.
1986
Land cleared for the Illinois Center development
View to the southeast from the Michigan Avenue bridge, showing land along the south side of the Chicago River cleared in preparation for the Illinois Center development. The Outer Drive East (now North Lake Shore Drive) runs across the center of the image, and 400 East Randolph stands behind that.
1972
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
View looking southwest from the South Ewing Avenue bridge towards cargo handling facilities along the Calumet River. There are barges and a loading dock in the left foreground and overhead cranes are visible to the right behind these. Concrete storage silos and a large gas storage tank are visible at the far right of the photograph. In the background, the Chicago Skyway runs across the image; power lines are visible in the distance behind the Skyway.
1974
Cargo handling facilities, Calumet River
View in winter, looking southwest from the East 95th Street bridge towards cargo handling facilities along the Calumet River. Steam rises from the river. The Chicago Skyway runs across the image. There is an overhead crane visible at the left of the image. A large gas storage tank stands out against the sky on the right, and concrete storage silos are visible at the far right. Smokestacks and transmission towers for power lines are visible in the distance.
1972
Bridges and viaducts: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee Viaduct (Folder 90)
Bridges and viaducts: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee Viaduct. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
1970
Bridges and viaducts: N. Halsted St. Viaduct; Indiana Ave. Bridge (Folder 96)
Bridges and viaducts: N. Halsted St. Viaduct; Indiana Ave. Bridge. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
1971
Access to North Lake Shore Drive at East Grand Avenue
View to west along East Grand Avenue where it crosses underneath North Lake Shore Drive. A large sign marks the access ramp for North Lake Shore Drive. The front facade of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation building (510 Peshtigo Court) is visible behind North Lake Shore Drive. The Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court) is visible on the right. Part of a ground-level wall of Lake Point Tower is in the foreground on the left.
1986
Calumet River and Chicago Skyway
View looking north along the Calumet River from the East 100th Street bridge. The Chicago Skyway runs across the image. Behind it are cargo handling facilities, including an overhead crane and concrete storage silos. Two barges are at the right.
1981
Donnelley Hall
View of Donnelly Hall (demolished) looking northeast from South Calumet Avenue (Martin Luther King Drive). The top of the McCormick Inn hotel (451 East 23rd Street, demolished 1993) is visible behind it.
1984

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14 Cities and towns 8 Industrial districts 5 Storage facilities 4 Architecture 4 Rivers 4 Streets 3 Barges 3 Bridge cranes 3 Bridges 3 Express Roads 3 Gasholders 2 Bridges--Floors 2 Community development, Urban 2 Industrial buildings 2 Parking lots 2 Signs and signboards 2 Street lighting 2 Tall buildings 2 Underpasses 1 Aerial photographs 1 Apartment houses 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Automobiles 1 Benches 1 Boats and boating 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges--Design and construction 1 Bridges--Foundations and piers 1 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Building sites 1 Buildings 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Children 1 City traffic 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Commercial art 1 Concrete bridges 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Construction workers 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Electric power-plants 1 Exhibition buildings 1 Express highways 1 Factories 1 Footbridges 1 Foundations 1 Graffiti, Machinery, Movable bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Local transit stations 1 Motor vehicles 1 Movable bridges 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Parking facilities 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Play 1 Porches 1 Railing 1 Railroads 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Riparian areas 1 Road work zones 1 Roads 1 Roads--Design and construction 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Scaffolding 1 Ships 1 Sidewalks 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Skyscrapers 1 Skyscrapers--Design and construction 1 Stairs 1 Street life 1 Tall buildings--Design and construction 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Viaducts 1 Warehouses 1 Watchtowers 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams