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Skyline with industrial area and railroad yards
View of an industrial area with a storage building and railroad yards along the riverfront adjacent to Chicago's downtown Loop. The Merchandise Mart is visible on the left, with the Wallace Press Building in front of it.
1971
Loop skyline from Grant Park railroad yards
View toward North Michigan Avenue and Loop skyscrapers from the Grant Park railroad yards (where Millennium Park is now located). 35 East Wacker Drive (originally Jewelers Building) is at the upper left.
1968
Lakefront at East Monroe Street
Aerial view looking east at Chicago Harbor, the Chicago Yacht Club, and Lake Michigan. East Monroe Street is visible on the lower right.
1972
Grant Park railroad yards and Loop buildings
View from the railroad yards in Grant Park toward Michigan Avenue and Loop high-rise buildings. At the left behind the trees is the Michigan Avenue National Bank Building (Michigan Boulevard Building), with the Chicago Public Library (Chicago Cultural Center) next to it to the right. Behind that is the United Insurance Building (1 E. Wacker).
1975
Hubbard Street Railway Yard and Near North Side
View from the Hubbard Street Yard of the Chicago & North Western Railway, with Near North Side buildings beyond. The John Sexton Building (located at Illinois and Orleans Streets) is visible at the right, behind the passenger train. Behind that is the John Hancock Center. The Wallace Press Building is partially visible at the far left.
1970
Auditorium building from Grant Park railroad yards
View towards the Auditorium building and adjacent Michigan Avenue buildings from over the railway yards in Grant Park.
1972
CTA train yard, Wilmette terminal
View looking northwest along the CTA tracks (now Purple Line) towards the Linden station in Wilmette. Buildings along Linden Avenue can be glimpsed in the distance to the right of the tower.
1971
Hubbard Street Railway Yard and Near North Side
View from the Hubbard Street Yard of the Chicago & North Western Railway, with the Near North Side skyline beyond. On the left is the John Sexton Building, then a warehouse but now condominiums. Behind that is the John Hancock Center.
1970
CTA Howard Street train yards
View southeast of the CTA tracks (now Purple Line) and the train yard north of the Howard station. A couple cars of the Skokie Swift train (with light green tops) are at the far left. The top of the sign for the Howard Theater (1615-43 West Howard Street) is visible against the sky at the far right.
1971
Railroad yards and Union Station, Near West Side
Aerial view looking west along West Jackson Boulevard, with railroad yards in the foreground. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Building (547 W. Jackson) and Union Station are beyond these. University Hall, a high-rise tower on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago, is in the distance at the upper left.
1967
Loop skyscrapers from railroad yards
View northwest from the railroad yard where Millennium Park is now located, toward Michigan Avenue and Loop skyscrapers. The Michigan Avenue National Bank Building (Michigan Boulevard Building) is visible at the left, with the Chicago Cultural Center next to it. The towers of the United Insurance Building (1 East Wacker Drive), 35 East Wacker Drive (Jewelers Building) and the Carbide & Carbon Building stand out among the group of Loop skyscrapers in the distance.
1968
Railroad yards, South Deering
View looking southwest from East 103rd Street overpass at a large rail yard. Boxcars in the foreground include one from the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway (C&EI) and another from Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (DT&I).
1974
Michigan Avenue from railroad yards in Grant Park
View of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" from the railway yards in Grant Park. Illinois Central railway cars are in the foreground. The Congress Hotel is in the distance, and the Auditorium Building is next to it to the right.
1972
CTA train cars, Wilmette terminal
View of CTA train cars standing at the Wilmette CTA station. An old train car is at the right.
1971
Michigan Avenue "streetwall" from Grant Park railroad yards
View of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" from the railroad yard in Grant Park. In the center are the Gage Group buildings and Willoughby Tower.
1971
South Michigan Avenue from railroad yards
View of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" seen from across railway land near Madison Street. The Smith, Gaylord, and Cross Building (20 N. Michigan Avenue), is on the far right. The McCormick Building (332 South Michigan Avenue) is the last high-rise visible on the left. The Mid-Continental Plaza (55 East Monroe Street) rises behind these Michigan Avenue buildings.
1984

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