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Lake Point Tower
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Perspective rendering of Lake Point Tower.
Date:
1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Grand Avenue and Time-Life Building
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View looking east along Grand Avenue from Michigan Avenue towards the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court). The building is clad in Cor-Ten steel; gold-tinted glass was used for the windows.
Date:
1970s; 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears Tower from the Herman Crown Center
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View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) from the Herman Crown Center at 425 S. Wabash, in 1984.
Date:
1984; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe
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View of the multi-story open atrium of the 33 West Monroe building.
Date:
1980 (33 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears Tower
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View of the top part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower).
Date:
1974; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears Tower from the Near West side
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View towards the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) from the corner of Racine and Congress Parkway. The view includes part of the University of Illinois at Chicago campus: the Harrison Street parking structure is at right, behind the vacant lot in the foreground. A stretch of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) is visible near the center of the image.
Date:
1975; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
High-rise buildings in the Chicago Loop
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Aerial view of high-rise towers in Chicago's Loop in 1996, looking toward the southeast from IBM building. The Aon Center (originally Standard Oil Building) and Two Prudential Plaza are the two tall buildings in the background.
Date:
1996
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Harris Trust and Savings Bank, West Tower
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View looking up the side of the West Tower of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank. The newest of three buildings comprising the Harris Trust complex, the building is located at 115 S. LaSalle Street.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side skyline
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Aerial view showing part of Chicago's Near North Side skyline, looking north east toward the lake. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place are the two tallest structures.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center from adjacent neighborhood
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View of the John Hancock center in 1971. An adjacent neighborhood at the intersection of West Ontario Street and North State Street is in the foreground. The Playboy tower (Palmolive Building) is in the distance at the left.
Date:
1971; 1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center
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Undated view of a model of the John Hancock Center.
Date:
1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
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
Esplanade Apartment Buildings
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Curtain wall of the 900 N. Lake Shore Drive apartment building (one of the Esplanade Apartment buildings), with the back of an adjacent building, in 1962.
Date:
1962; 1953-1956 (900-910 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street and Carson Pirie Scott store
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View along State Street including the Carson Pirie Scott store.
Date:
1984; 1898-1904 (Carson Pirie Scott)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Daily News building
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Sketch of the Daily News building by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
La Salle Hotel
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Sketch of the La Salle Hotel by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s; 1909 (La Salle Hotel)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marina City (Folder 548)
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Views of Marina City; arrival of French destroyer, Bouvet; wrecking of unidentified tall building; various parking garages.
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
View of the Chicago skyline at night.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Night time view of the Federal Building at the Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933-1934.
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Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Duplexes and apartment buildings, East Chicago
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View of duplexes and apartment buildings in East Chicago.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears Tower and AT&T Corporate Center
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Aerial view looking southwest towards the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and the AT&T Corporate Center (now Franklin Center) at 227 West Monroe Street/100 South Franklin Street).
Date:
1995; 1974 (Sears Tower); 1989 (AT&T Corporate Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
High-rise development along North Lake Shore Drive
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View of high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums) along North Lake Shore Drive, looking northwest from Oak Street Beach. 1212 North Lake Shore Drive is under construction on the left of the image. The skyscrapers to the right of that are 1242 North Lake Shore Drive and 1300 North Lake Shore Drive. 1550 North Lake Shore Drive, at the northern end of the Gold Coast where Lake Shore Drive meets Lincoln Park, is in the distance at the right.
Date:
1969; 1930 (1242 North Lake Shore Drive); 1965 (1300 North Lake Shore Drive); 1969 (1212 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel
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Aerial view over the Near North Side towards the John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place, from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). Assumption Catholic Church and its steeple (323 West Illinois Street) are in the lower left corner, and the intersection of West Grand Avenue and North Wells Street is visible near the center of the mass of buildings.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1920s skyscrapers in the Loop
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View looking south along Michigan Avenue from the northern end of the North Michigan Avenue bridge. On the left is 333 North Michigan. Near the center of the image is the Carbide & Carbon Building (230 North Michigan Avenue, now a hotel). On the right is the London Guarantee & Accident Building (360 North Michigan Avenue), and behind it to the right, the upper part of the Mather Tower (now 75 East Wacker Drive) is visible.
Date:
1972; 1923 (London Guarantee, 360 North Michigan); 1928 (Mather Tower, 75 East Wacker); 1928 (333 North Michigan); 1929 (Carbide & Carbon Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cabrini-Green public housing complex, West Division Street
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View of the William Green Homes, high-rise apartment buildings in the Cabrini-Green public housing development, looking northeast along the north side of West Division Street, just east of the intersection with North Crosby Street.
Date:
1976; 1962 (William Green Homes)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Stores on North State Street at Ontario
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View to the northeast across North State Street at the intersection with West Ontario Street. A grocery store, liquor store, bar, laundromat, and a diner occupy the single-story buildings along this section of North State Street. A large billboard with a "Think Egghead" advertisement for vodka stands atop their roofs. The 111 East Chestnut Apartments (Elysees Condominiums), John Hancock Center, and Water Tower Place are visible in the upper part of the photograph.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sandburg Village
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View of Sandburg Village, showing a pedestrian walkway with kiosks, flanked by row houses and apartment towers. The complex occupies the area along Clark and LaSalle Streets between Division Street and North Avenue, with a few buildings on the east side of Clark Street.
Date:
1969; 1960-1975 (Sandburg Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Plaza, Amoco building
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View of the reconstructed plaza at the Amoco Building (200 East Randolph Street, now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building), showing seating areas, walkways, and landscaping.
Date:
1994; 1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverfront walkway and Gleacher Center
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View north across the Chicago River towards the University of Chicago Downtown Center (Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive). Cityfront Plaza is to the right of the Gleacher Center. A tour boat cruises in the foreground.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue and Ohio Street
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View north along North Michigan Avenue from a concrete planter in the median just south of the intersection with East Ohio Street. The Michigan-Ohio Building (612 North Michigan, demolished) is at the far left, and the Lake Shore National Bank (605 North Michigan) with its columned facade is at the far right.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue high-rise buildings
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View along the west side of North Michigan Avenue, towards the Chicago Water Tower. 444 North Michigan and 500 North Michigan are the two high-rise towers at the far left. The intersection with East Illinois Street is visible near the foreground at the first set of traffic lights. The Omni Hotel (676 North Michigan Avenue), with its curved top, is in the distance. The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago (900 North Michigan Avenue), with its twin turrets is visible to the right of that.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from Dan Ryan Expressway
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View of the Loop from the Dan Ryan Expressway. The Sears Tower is under construction at the left. At the right, several other high-rise office towers are also under construction.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe Street and Xerox Center
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View of 33 West Monroe with the Xerox Center partially visible to its left. A vacant lot is in the lower foreground.
Date:
1987; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center); 1981 (33 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
AT&T Corporate Center
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Undated view looking up at the tower of the AT&T Corporate Center, located at 227 W. Monroe Street. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) stands on the left.
Date:
1985-1989 (AT&T Corporate Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Presidential Towers
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View of the Presidential Towers in 1984, while the complex was under construction.
Date:
1984; 1985 (Presidential Towers)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chestnut Place Apartments
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View looking west along Chestnut Street towards the Chestnut Place Apartments (850 N. State Street).
Date:
1999; 1982 (Chestnut Place Apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Otis Building
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Aerial photograph looking south along La Salle Street, showing the lower part of the Otis building remaining after the rest of the building was demolished, and the start of new construction for the Chemical Plaza.
Date:
1985; 1912-1915 (Otis Building); 1986 (Chemical Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 West Monroe
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Undated view of 33 West Monroe seen from across Chase Tower Plaza (originally First National Bank Plaza).
Date:
1980 (33 West Monroe)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
MidAmerica Commodity Exchange
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View showing the completed tower, and the trading-exchange building under construction (low building with X-shaped trusses). The MidAmerica Commodity Exchange is located at 444 W. Jackson Blvd.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center from adjacent neighborhood
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View of the John Hancock Center. An adjacent neighborhood at the intersection of W. Ontario Street and North State Street is in the foreground.
Date:
1971; 1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hartford Fire Insurance Building
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View of the upper part of the Hartford Fire Insurance Building (later Hartford Plaza North) in 1962. The top of the U. S. Gypsum building (under construction) is at the lower left.
Date:
1962; 1959-1961 (Hartford Fire Insurance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center
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View of the John Hancock Center seen from Lake Michigan.
Date:
1974; 1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
55 West Monroe
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View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1986; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
333 West Wacker Drive
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View looking north from a plaza on Franklin Street toward the rear of the 333 West Wacker building, designed in the form of a parallelogram marked by notches.
Date:
1985; 1979-1983 (333 West Wacker Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Federal Center
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View of the Federal Center.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Federal Center
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Undated view of a model of the Federal Center.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Esplanade Apartment Buildings
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View of the Esplanade Apartments, located at 900-910 N. Lake Shore Drive.
Date:
1962; 1953-1956 (900-910 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive apartments
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View from the west looking towards the 860 N. Lake Shore Drive apartment building.
Date:
1962; 1948-1951 (860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sandburg Village
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View along a tree-lined walkway towards high-rise apartment buildings in Sandburg Village.
Date:
1969; 1960-1975 (Sandburg Village)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building, East 32nd Street
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View towards the rear of the high-rise apartment building at 601 East 32nd Street, looking north from East 33rd Street at South Cottage Grove Avenue.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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242 Cities and towns 221 Architecture 96 Office buildings 72 Commercial buildings 64 Apartment houses 41 Streets 23 Hotels 17 Rivers 16 Landscape architecture 16 Waterfronts 15 Plazas 15 Sidewalks 12 Boats and boating 10 Industrial buildings 10 Public buildings 10 Signs and signboards 9 Bridges 8 Community development, Urban 8 Parking lots 8 Parks 8 Pavilions 8 Pedestrians 8 Row houses 7 Buildings 7 Buildings--Law and legislation 7 Fountains 7 Harbors 6 Marinas 5 Dwellings 4 Automobiles 4 Street lighting 4 Tall buildings 4 Universities and colleges 3 City traffic 3 College buildings 3 Financial institutions 3 Golf courses 3 Movable bridges 3 Parking garages 3 Roads 3 Storage facilities 3 Stores, Retail 3 Theaters 2 Aerial photographs 2 Bank buildings 2 Buses 2 Clubs 2 College campuses 2 Columns, Concrete 2 Concrete masonry 2 Condominiums 2 Construction workers 2 Destroyers (Warships) 2 Exhibition buildings 2 Footbridges 2 Neighborhoods 2 Night photography 2 Playgrounds 2 Printing plants 2 Public housing 2 Public spaces 2 Railroads, Elevated 2 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 2 Stock exchanges--Buildings 2 Street life 2 Unbuilt architectural projects 2 Warehouses 2 Water towers 2 Waterways 1 Aerial photography 1 Aerial views 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Atriums 1 Barges 1 Beaches 1 Benches 1 Boats 1 Bridge railings 1 Building sites 1 Buildings--Remodeling for other use 1 Cables 1 Cargo ships 1 Cement industry workers 1 Cement--Deterioration 1 Cemeteries 1 Children 1 Church buildings 1 Cityscapes 1 Civic improvement 1 Commercial art 1 Commercial buildings--Design and construction 1 Concrete bridges 1 Concrete construction 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Construction equipment 1 Correctional institutions 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Dedication services 1 Department stores 1 Docks 1 Dormitories 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Electrical engineering 1 Elevated highways 1 Equestrian statues 1 Factories 1 Financial institutions (buildings) 1 Fireworks 1 Flags 1 Foundations 1 Grandstands 1 Grounds maintenance 1 Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration 1 Housing 1 Industrial districts 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Landscape gardening 1 Landscape plants 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Local transit 1 Local transit stations 1 Locks (Hydraulic engineering) 1 Monuments 1 Motor vehicles 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Night photographs 1 Office buildings--Design and construction 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements (Sidewalks) 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Pavements, Concrete--Design and construction 1 Pavements--Maintenance and repair 1 Pedestrains 1 Play 1 Politicians 1 Prisons 1 Railing 1 Railroad tracks 1 Railroad yards 1 Railroads 1 Recreation areas 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Restaurants 1 Riparian areas 1 Road work zones 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Scaffolding 1 Scaffolding, Metal 1 Ships 1 Shrubs 1 Skyscrapers--Design and construction 1 Soil stabilization 1 Spectators 1 Staircases--Conservation and restoration 1 Stairs 1 Statues 1 Stonemasonry 1 Street photography 1 Tall buildings, Pedestrian areas 1 Tall buildings--Design and construction 1 Tanks 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Trees 1 Trucks 1 Underpasses 1 Viaducts 1 Walking 1 Watchtowers 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams 1 Work environment 1 Wrecking