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Industrial buildings and elevated train tracks, North Franklin Street
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View looking southeast along North Franklin Street from the intersection with West Erie Street. The 223 West Erie Street building is on the left, and the Leahy Building (226 West Ontario Street) is next to it on the right. The elevated tracks for the CTA Brown Line run in front of them along North Franklin Street. A corner of the C. H. Hanson Company building (303 West Erie Street) is visible on the far right.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hermitage Apartments and North Clark Street
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View looking northeast from North Clark Street towards the Hermitage Apartments (70 West Huron) during construction. The high-rise apartment building (now condominiums) is located at the northeast corner of West Huron Street and North Clark Street. A much smaller 6-flat stands to its right at 62 West Huron Street.
Date:
circa 1985; 1920 (62 West Huron Street); 1985 (Hermitage Apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Building demolition, River North
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Workers stack bricks amid the rubble of a demolished building on West Grand Avenue just west of North Franklin Street. A partially demolished wall stands next to the rubble pile. Part of 300 West Grand Avenue is visible at the upper right.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Assumption Catholic Church
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View looking southeast across West Illinois Street from the intersection with North Orleans Street. Assumption Catholic Church (323 West Illinois Street) is in the foreground on the right. On the far left side of the photograph, 225 West Illinois Street/445 North Franklin Street is visible, with Marina City behind it to the right.
Date:
1976; 1886 (Assumption Catholic Church)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Factory and warehouse buildings, West Ontario Street
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View looking west along the south side of West Ontario Street between North Orleans Street and North Kingsbury Street. 369 West Ontario Street, at the extreme left of the image, is occupied by Harold Studios. Next to it is 401 West Ontario Street, and, further down the block is the Ontario Building (now Ontario Street Lofts, 411 West Ontario Street).
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial buildings, North Orleans Street
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View looking southeast from the Kennedy Expressway on-ramp towards industrial buildings along North Orleans Street. The Adlake Building (320 West Ohio Street) is on the left. The building to the right, across West Ohio Street, housed the La Salle Street Press at the time of the photograph, once the largest financial printer in Chicago.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place at dusk, from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel
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View over the Near North Side at dusk towards the John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place, from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The roof and steeple of Assumption Catholic Church (323 West Illinois Street) are visible in the lower left corner, and just above that is an elevated train running on the Brown Line tracks. The intersection of West Grand Avenue and North Wells Street, and the west side of the 500 block of North Wells Street are visible near the lower center of the image.
Date:
1978; 1969 (John Hancock Center); 1976 (Water Tower Place)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side at dusk
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Aerial view over the Near North Side from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The intersection of West Grand Avenue and North Wells Street is visible at the lower center. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place stand out against the sky.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel
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Aerial view of the Near North Side, looking northeast from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The John Sexton Building, located at Illinois and Orleans Streets, is visible at the lower left. At the lower right, Assumption Catholic Church and its steeple (323 West Illinois Street) are visible. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place stand out against the sky on the upper right.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Proposal for mixed-use development, River North
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Site plan drawn by C. William Brubaker showing a possible development configuration on a single city block. The plan combines a repurposed manufacturing loft, another loft converted to an office building, a new office building, and a new parking structure.
Date:
1978
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
Development on the Near North Side, west of Michigan Avenue
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, highlighting development on the Near North Side, between North Michigan Avenue and North LaSalle Street.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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163 Cities and towns 143 Architecture 80 Industrial buildings 60 Buildings--Remodeling for other use 44 Streets 42 Commercial buildings 28 Industrial districts 24 Warehouses 21 Movable bridges 19 Bridges--Foundations and piers 18 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 16 Parking lots 16 Skyscrapers 16 Watchtowers 14 Automobiles 14 Iron and steel bridges 13 Office buildings 12 Signs and signboards 11 Bridges--Abutments 11 Factories 10 Bridges--Design and construction 10 Bridges--Floors 9 Community development, Urban 8 Railroad tracks 8 Restaurants 8 Stores, Retail 8 Wood poles 7 Aerial photographs 7 Apartment houses 7 City planning 7 Commercial art 7 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 6 City traffic 5 Advertising 5 Bridges 5 Buildings 5 Hotels 5 Rivers 5 Waterfronts 4 Barges 4 Bridges--Deterioration 4 Construction and demolition debris 4 Construction workers 4 Expansion joints 4 Iron and steel workers 4 Railroad yards 4 Railroads, Elevated 4 Sidewalks 4 Soil stabilization 4 Street lighting 4 Trucks 4 Underpasses 4 Viaducts 3 Animal shelters 3 Boats and boating 3 Bridge railings 3 Church buildings 3 Concrete masonry 3 Cranes, derricks, etc. 3 Dwellings 3 Elevated highways 3 Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration 3 Movable bridges--Design and construction 3 Museum buildings 3 Pedestrians 3 Roads 3 Street-railroads 3 Tall buildings 3 Truss bridges 3 Wrecking 2 Aerial views 2 Alleys 2 Automobile Showrooms 2 Automobile dealers 2 Award presentations 2 Banners 2 Bolts and nuts 2 Bridges--Bearings 2 Building sites 2 Children 2 Citizen participation 2 Community development 2 Concrete bridges 2 Concrete construction 2 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 2 Couplings 2 Drawing 2 Engineering personnel 2 Express highways 2 Fire stations 2 Fracture mechanics 2 Garages 2 Gearing, Bevel 2 Gearing, Spur 2 Gearing, Worm 2 Hoisting machinery 2 Landscape architecture 2 Litter (Trash)--Prevention 2 Mechanical engineering 2 Parks 2 Pipe 2 Plank roads 2 Posters 2 Printing plants 2 Public works 2 Refuse and refuse disposal 2 Reinforced concrete 2 Roads--Maintenance and repair 2 Scaffolding 2 School children 2 Sculpture 2 Shafting--Bearings 2 Steel I-beams 2 Stonemasonry 2 Street life 2 Street-railroad tracks 2 Structural steel workers 2 Tanks 2 Teens 2 Traffic signs and signals 2 Truck-mounted cranes 2 Truss bridges--Maintenance and repair 2 Urban transportation 2 Viaducts--Design and construction 2 Water towers 2 Water towers--Maintenance and repair 2 Youth 1 African American children 1 African Americans 1 Amusement parks 1 Apartment house 1 Arches 1 Architectural models 1 Architecture -- Details 1 Architecture --Details 1 Athletic clubs 1 Automobile repair shops 1 Bars (Drinking establishments) 1 Bas-relief 1 Billboards 1 Boatyards 1 Bridges, Movable--Design and construction 1 Bridges--Floors--Deterioration 1 Brush 1 Building, Brick 1 Ceilings 1 Cement industry workers 1 Cement mixers 1 Cement--Deterioration 1 Chimneys 1 Cobblestone roads 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete bridges--Cracking 1 Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion 1 Concrete building 1 Concrete construction--Maintenance and repair 1 Concrete--Cracking 1 Construction equipment 1 Courthouses 1 Courtyards 1 Dedication services 1 Department stores 1 Dinners and dining 1 Docks 1 Drawings 1 Electric circuits 1 Electric conduits 1 Electric wiring 1 Employees 1 Excavating machinery 1 Exhibitions 1 Express Roads 1 Feed-water pumps 1 Fire department 1 Fire engines 1 Flags 1 Floors, Wooden 1 Footbridges 1 Freight cars 1 Gates 1 Graffiti 1 Graffiti, Machinery, Movable bridges 1 Grandstands 1 Grounds maintenance 1 Hand-railing 1 High-rise apartment buildings 1 Historic buildings 1 Iron and steel bridges-- Design and construction 1 Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Landscape gardening 1 Landscape plants 1 Landscapes 1 Lintel 1 Lintels 1 Loaders (Machines) 1 Machinery 1 Motor vehicles 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction, Viaducts, Underpasses 1 Moveable bridges 1 Overhead electric lines 1 Parking garages 1 Pavements (Sidewalks) 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Pavements, Concrete--Design and construction 1 Pavements--Maintenance and repair 1 Pedestrains 1 Pedestrian areas 1 Pedestrians area 1 Plague 1 Plaques, plaquettes 1 Plates, Iron and steel--Welding 1 Police 1 Political participation 1 Politicians 1 Pumping machinery 1 Pumping stations 1 Railroad bridges 1 Railroad bridges--Design and construction 1 Railroad cars 1 Refuse collection vehicles 1 Religious facilities 1 Road construction workers 1 Road work zones 1 Roads--Guard fences 1 Roofs--Maintenance and repair 1 Scaffolding, Metal 1 School buildings 1 Scrap materials 1 Service stations 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Spectators 1 Staircases--Conservation and restoration 1 Steel construction 1 Steel, Structural 1 Steel--Corrosion 1 Stone buildings--Maintenance and repair 1 Streetscapes (Urban design) 1 Tall buildings, Pedestrian areas 1 Traffic flow 1 Trees 1 Truss bridges--Design and construction 1 Tubes 1 Tunnels 1 Turrets--Maintenance and repair 1 Underpasses--Clearances 1 Used car trade 1 Walking 1 Water towers--Design and construction 1 Water tunnels 1 Water-supply engineering 1 Waterworks 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams 1 Wooden bridges 1 Wooden bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Work environment