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Bank building, North Clark Street and West Morse Avenue
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View looking northeast across North Clark Street from the intersection with West Morse Avenue. The First Commercial Bank (6945 North Clark Street) occupies the northeast corner of this intersection. The bank's parking lot, to the west across North Clark Street, is marked by a large sign.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Olson Rug store, East Ohio Street
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View looking west along the north side of East Ohio Street, at the intersection with North Rush Street. Olson Rug occupies the space at the ground-floor corner of the building at 100 East Ohio Street.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East Ohio Street from Wabash Avenue
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View to east along East Ohio Street from the intersection with North Wabash Avenue. A parking lot with a large billboard celebrating the American Bicentennial is on the north side of Ohio Street between Wabash Avenue and Rush Street. The office and commercial building in the center of the image stood at 100 East Ohio Street. Olson Rug occupied the ground floor at the time of the photograph. The 625 North Michigan building rises behind it. The Croydon Hotel (now The James Hotel) is at the far left, and the St. Clair hotel (formerly at 162 East Ohio Street) is at the far right.
Date:
1976; 1971 (625 North Michigan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Billboard with liquor advertisement, Wabash Avenue and Ohio Street
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Large billboard with an advertisement for Ronrico rum, located near the intersection of North Wabash Avenue and East Ohio Street. The upper parts of the John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place are visible.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rush Street at Oak Street
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View looking north along Rush Street at Oak Street. The concrete skyscraper is the Oak Bank, located at 1020 N. Rush Street. A bakery and a grocery store are located in the low-rise buildings on the left.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Gino's East pizzeria sign and adjacent parking lot, North Michigan Avenue
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View looking east across Michigan Avenue at the northeast corner of North Michigan Avenue and Superior Street, showing a Gino's East sign painted on the side wall of that restaurant, and a parking lot in front of that.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Radio Shack store, North Michigan Avenue
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View of a Radio Shack storefront along North Michigan Avenue.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
One Magnificent Mile, entrance plaza
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View of the entrance plaza for One Magnificent Mile (980 North Michigan Avenue) at the southwest corner of North Michigan Avenue and East Oak Street. A freestanding sign lists the stores, restaurants and businesses located within.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Neiman-Marcus store, North Michigan Avenue
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View of pedestrians on the sidewalk outside the Neiman-Marcus store at 737 North Michigan Avenue. The name of the store is on a sign affixed to an exterior wall of the building.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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131 Cities and towns 67 Architecture 53 Streets 32 Stores, Retail 30 Automobiles 23 Restaurants 22 Commercial buildings 15 Sidewalks 13 Commercial art 13 Pedestrians 11 Advertising 10 Skyscrapers 10 Storefronts 7 Theaters 6 Commercial strips 6 Hotels 6 Iron and steel workers 6 Viaducts 5 Dwellings 5 Fast food restaurants 5 Landscape architecture 5 Movable bridges--Design and construction 5 Parking lots 4 Automobile dealers 4 Awnings 4 Bank buildings 4 Billboards 4 Construction workers 4 Elevated highways 4 Motion pictures 4 Office buildings 4 Railroad tracks 4 Refuse and refuse disposal 4 Steel I-beams 3 Aerial photographs 3 Apartment houses 3 Basements 3 Buses 3 Concrete bridges 3 Concrete masonry 3 Concrete walls 3 Construction and demolition debris 3 Drugstores 3 Factories 3 Movable bridges 3 Parking garages 3 Pavements, Concrete 3 Pedestrian areas 3 Railroad stations 3 Railroad yards 3 Railroads, Elevated 3 Steel, Structural 3 Street lighting 3 Street-railroads 3 Truck-mounted cranes 3 Trucks 3 Warehouses 3 Windows 3 Wooden beams 2 Barges 2 Bars (Drinking establishments) 2 Bridges--Design and construction 2 Buildings 2 Buildings--Reinforced concrete 2 City traffic 2 College buildings 2 College campuses 2 College students 2 Columns, Concrete 2 Concrete construction 2 Docks 2 Driveways 2 Drums (Containers) 2 Embankments 2 Floors, Concrete 2 Iron and steel bridges 2 Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction 2 Lighting 2 Loading and unloading 2 Neighborhoods 2 Plank roads 2 Railroads 2 Reinforced concrete 2 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 2 Rivers 2 Road work zones 2 Roads 2 Shopping malls 2 Show windows 2 Stairs 2 Storage facilities 2 Streetscapes (Urban design) 2 Structural steel workers 2 Student activities. 2 Traffic safety 2 Trees 2 Vacant lands 2 Viaducts--Design and construction 2 Warnings 2 Wooden doors 2 Wooden fences 2 Wooden stairs 1 Accidents 1 Aerial photogrammetry 1 African American children 1 African Americans 1 Amusements 1 Anchors 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Automobile Showrooms 1 Award presentations 1 Beaches 1 Benches 1 Boats and boating 1 Boilers 1 Brick walls 1 Bricks 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges--Design and construction--Equipment and supplies 1 Bridges--Floors 1 Bridges--Floors--Deterioration 1 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Building 1 Building, Brick 1 Cables 1 Car washes 1 Ceilings 1 Cement mixers 1 Children 1 City planning 1 Clothing trade 1 Clubs 1 Coal-tar products 1 Community development 1 Concrete 1 Concrete beams 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion 1 Concrete--Corrosion 1 Concrete-Corrosion 1 Condominiums 1 Construction 1 Construction Industry 1 Construction equipment 1 Containers 1 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 1 Control rooms 1 Dampness in basements 1 Dampness in buildings 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Dedication services 1 Doorways 1 Drainage pipes 1 Drawing 1 Electric cables 1 Electric circuit-breakers 1 Electric conductors 1 Electric light fixtures 1 Electric lighting 1 Electric meters 1 Employees 1 Escalators 1 Excavating machinery 1 Expansion joints 1 Express Roads 1 Factories--Location 1 Factories--Restrooms 1 Fire hose 1 Floors, Wooden 1 Footbridges 1 Foundations 1 Garage doors 1 Garages 1 Gas cylinders--Storage 1 Gravel 1 Hand-railing 1 Heating-pipes 1 Hoisting machinery 1 Housing 1 Housing, Single family 1 Hydrants 1 Industrial districts 1 Iron and Steel Bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Landscapes 1 Loaders (Machines) 1 Local transit stations 1 Lockers 1 Logos (Symbols) 1 Machine industry 1 Mascots 1 Materials handling 1 Metal castings--Welding 1 Metal containers 1 Metal doors 1 Motion picture theaters 1 Municipal officials and employees 1 Museum buildings 1 Parade floats 1 Parades 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Pencil drawing 1 Photographs 1 Plates, Iron and steel--Welding 1 Play 1 Posters 1 Public art 1 Public buildings 1 Public buildings--Restrooms 1 Public works 1 Radiators 1 Railing 1 Railroad bridges 1 Railroad bridges--Design and construction 1 Railroad cars 1 Railroad trains 1 Railroads tracks 1 Railroads--Freight 1 Reinforcing bars 1 Riparian areas 1 River channels 1 Road construction workers 1 Roads--Design and construction 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Roads--Work zones 1 Roof drainage 1 Roof gutters 1 Salt boxes 1 Scaffolding 1 School children 1 Scrap materials 1 Scrap metals 1 Sculpture 1 Seepage 1 Service stations 1 Ships 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Soil stabilization 1 Steam-heating 1 Steel construction 1 Steel--Corrosion 1 Street life 1 Tall buildings 1 Teenagers 1 Teens 1 Telephone lines 1 Theatrical posters 1 Tires 1 Tourism 1 Traffic 1 Traffic flow 1 Traffic regulations 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Truss bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Tunnels 1 Underpasses 1 Utility meters 1 Vaudeville 1 Viaducts - Design and Construction 1 Watchtowers 1 Water--Pollution 1 Water-pipes--Valves 1 Welders (Persons) 1 Wood 1 Youth