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Stores on South State Street
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View of street-level storefronts on the west side of State Street just north of 36 South State Street.
Date:
1987
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


State Street Mall and Marshall Field's store
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View of the State Street Mall looking north from Washington Street. On the right is the Marshall Field's department store. Virginio Ferrari's sculpture "Being Born" is visible on the sidewalk at the far right. The Chicago Theater and the United Insurance Building are in the distance.
Date:
1987; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Store)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Pedestrians in front of Marshall Field's Store
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View of pedestrians on the sidewalk on the State Street Mall outside the Marshall Field's department store (now Macy's) during the holiday season. A large yellow sculpture is visible on the left.
Date:
1914 (Marshall Field and Company Store)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Randolph Street at State Street
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View looking southeast across Randolph Street towards the intersection with North State Street. On the upper left is the Marshall Field's store; At the right is the Bay State building (part of the Springer Block, 126-146 North State Street).
Date:
1980s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


State Street Mall near Monroe Street
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View northwest along the State Street Mall near the intersection with Monroe Street. The Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank is at the far left. To its right across Monroe Street is the North American Building, later converted to condominiums.
Date:
1982; 1913 (North American Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


State Street Mall from Randolph Street
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View northwest along the State Street Mall from just north of Randolph Street, showing a large bus shelter installed along the mall. The Butler Building (now part of the Art Institute Dormitory) and the State-Lake Building (now the ABC building) are at the center of the image. One of the Marina City towers is in the distance at the right.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


State Street Mall near Randolph Street
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View along the State Street Mall from south of the intersection with Randolph Street. Circular planters with trees and flowers line the edge of the Mall. The Springer Block (Bay State Building and Kranz Building, 126-146 North State Street) is at the left. To the right, the taller building with the painted political advertisements is the Butler Building.
Date:
1980; 1878 (Springer Block)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Pedestrians on State Street Mall
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Pedestrians stroll on the State Street Mall during the holiday season. The department stores Carson Pirie Scott (now Sullivan Center) and Wieboldt's (now One North State Street) are at the right. Marina City is in the distance at the left.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Harold Washington Library
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View of the upper part of the Harold Washington Library with the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and the 311 South Wacker Drive Building in the distance.
Date:
1995; 1991 (Harold Washington Library)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Michigan Avenue looking south from Grant Park
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View of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" looking southwest from Grant Park. The University Club is visible at the far right of the image. Next to it, across Monroe Street to the south, stands the Monroe Building. The People's Gas Building, located at 122 S. Michigan Avenue, is at the center of the image.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Karpen Building
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View of the Karpen building (located at 318 S. Michigan Avenue) from Grant Park in 1984.
Date:
1984; 1885 (Hotel Richelieu)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago Athletic Association
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View from across South Michigan Avenue of the Chicago Athletic Association building (12 S. Michigan Ave).
Date:
1984; 1893 (Chicago Athletic Association building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


AT&T Corporate Center
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Detail of the facade of the AT&T corporate center (227 W. Monroe Street), showing one of the building's exterior street level lights.
Date:
1989; 1985-1989 (AT&T Corporate Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


West Wacker Drive office buildings
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View of office buildings on West Wacker Drive along the Chicago River. The lower part of the R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive) is visible on the far left. Adjacent to it is 203 N. La Salle Street. Part of the La Salle-Wacker Building is visible on the right, and part of the Dearborn Street bridge and Chicago River can be seen in the foreground.
Date:
1993; 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


R. R. Donnelley Building
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View of the R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive), showing the building's facade at street level.
Date:
1993; 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


150 North Wacker
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View of 150 North Wacker, showing its location along the South Branch of the Chicago River. The six-story The General Growth building (110 N. Wacker Drive, originally Morton International Inc. headquarters, demolished 2018) stands in front of it. The Merchandise Mart is visible in the distance at the left.
Date:
1973; 1968-1970 (150 North Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Associates Center and Prudential Building
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View of the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue) and the Prudential Building (130 E. Randolph Street, now One Prudential Plaza) from Grant Park.
Date:
1986; 1983-1984 (Associates Center); 1952-1955 (One Prudential Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Demolition of the Otis Building
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View during the demolition of the Otis building, located at 10 South La Salle, looking to the southeast from Two North La Salle. The Harris Trust and Savings Bank, West Tower, located at 115 S. La Salle Street, is in the background at the center.
Date:
circa 1987; 1912-1915 (Otis Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center
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Ground-level view of the Metropolitan Correctional Center, located at 71 W. Van Buren Street.
Date:
1977; 1973-1975 (Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Dearborn Center I
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Undated view of a model for the proposed Dearborn Center 1 (unbuilt project), designed for a site at South Dearborn and West Adams Streets. The intended building site remained vacant for about 17 years and is now occupied by Ricardo Bofill's JPMorgan Chase Center, completed in 2003.
Date:
1980s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Sears Tower
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View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in 1975.
Date:
1975; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


U. S. Gypsum Building
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View of the U. S. Gypsum building, formerly located at 101 S. Wacker (at Monroe).
Date:
1961-1963
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


MidAmerica Commodity Exchange
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View of the trading-exchange building under construction in 1972. This building is one of two comprising this exchange complex.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
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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.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Inland Steel Building
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View of the Inland Steel Building (30 West Monroe).
Date:
1962; 1954-1958 (Inland Steel Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


One South Wacker during construction
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View of One South Wacker in 1982, during the building's construction. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is at the upper right.
Date:
1982; 1979-1982 (One South Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Borg-Warner Building
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View of part of the facade of the Borg-Warner building.
Date:
1972; 1958 (Borg-Warner Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


55 West Monroe
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View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1984; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


State of Illinois Center under construction
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View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center) while under construction in 1983. discolored copy of bru003_06_h
Date:
1983; 1979-1985 (State of Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


James R. Thompson Center
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View of the atrium of the James R. Thompson center in 1986.
Date:
1986; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


James R. Thompson Center
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View of the James R. Thompson center in 1985. The Greyhound Bus station (since moved) is visible in the distance at the right.
Date:
1985; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


James R. Thompson Center
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View of the James R. Thompson center in 1985.
Date:
1985; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


The Chicago Picasso, Civic Center Plaza
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View showing the back of the steel Picasso sculpture installed in the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Richard J. Daley Center, plaza
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Undated view of the fountains in the Daley Center Plaza.
Date:
1963-1965 (Chicago Civic Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago Federal Center plaza
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View of the Federal Center plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo" installed.
Date:
circa 1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago Federal Center
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View of the facade of the Dirksen Building in 1966.
Date:
1966
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


La Salle Street and Chicago Board of Trade
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View looking south along LaSalle Street toward the Chicago Board of Trade Building (141 West Jackson Boulevard).
Date:
1989; 1930 (Chicago Board of Trade Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


33 North La Salle
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View of the upper part of 33 North La Salle Street. The building was known as the American National Bank at the time of the photograph.
Date:
1989; 1930 (33 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bankers Building and La Salle Bank Building
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View of the Bankers Building (105 West Adams Street) and La Salle National Bank Building (135 South La Salle Street, originally Field Building) from Federal Center Plaza. Part of Alexander Calder's sculpture, Flamingo, is visible in the foreground at the right.
Date:
1927 (Bankers Building); 1934 (135 South La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


1 North La Salle Street and 33 North La Salle Street
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View of 1 North La Salle Street and 33 North La Salle Street (formerly American National Bank; originally Foreman State National Bank Building). Part of the La Salle Hotel (demolished in 1976) is visible at the left.
Date:
circa 1970s; 1930 (1 North La Salle); 1930 (33 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Marshall Field & Co. store
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View to the east along West Washington Street showing the northwest corner of the Marshall Field & Co. store at Wabash and Washington.
Date:
1984; 1892 (Marshall Field store)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Loop high-rises from Grant Park
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View from Grant Park toward the Chicago Public Library (now Chicago Cultural Center) and Loop high-rises, including the United Insurance Building (now Kemper Building).
Date:
1972; 1962 (United Insurance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chapin & Gore Building, East Adams Street
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View of the Chapin & Gore building at 63 E. Adams Street, with restaurants and other businesses on the street level.
Date:
1964; 1904 (Chapin & Gore Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Stock Exchange Building, rear
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View of the rear facade of the Stock Exchange Building at 30 North LaSalle Street.
Date:
1970; 1893-1894 (Stock Exchange Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Stock Exchange Building, North LaSalle Street
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View northwest across LaSalle Street toward the Stock Exchange Building at 30 North LaSalle Street.
Date:
circa 1962; 1893-1894 (Stock Exchange Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Carson Pirie Scott store
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View of decorative metalwork on the facade of the Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street.
Date:
circa 1977; 1898-1904 (Carson Pirie Scott)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Auditorium Theater
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View of the interior of the Auditorium theater in 1966, showing restoration in progress.
Date:
1966; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Old Colony Building
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View of the Old Colony building (407 S. Dearborn Street), showing the rounded corner bays.
Date:
1977; 1893-1894 (Old Colony Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Rookery Building
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View at street level of the southwest corner of the Rookery Building, at South LaSalle Street and West Quincy Street.
Date:
1962; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Rookery Building
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View of the arched entryway to the Rookery building (209 S. LaSalle Street).
Date:
1960s; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access