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Lawrence Avenue from Kenmore
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Image
View west along the north side West Lawrence Avenue from just west of North Kenmore Avenue. The sign for the Aragon Ballroom (1106 West Lawrence Avenue), and the elevated tracks at the CTA Lawrence station are in the distance.
Date
:
1975
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Leland Avenue at Winthrop
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Image
View southwest towards West Leland Avenue from a vacant lot on the northeast corner of the intersection of Leland and North Winthrop Avenue. The CTA elevated tracks (now Red Line) are visible in the distance.
Date
:
1975
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
835 West Willow Street
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Image
View looking southwest at 835 West Willow Street from the intersection with North Dayton Street. The narrow front facade of this nineteenth-century building faces North Dayton Street.
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sandburg Village
Image
Image
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
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Public access
Apartment building, Logan Square
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Image
View into U-shaped courtyard of an apartment building in Logan Square.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
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Public access
Apartment building and house, West Giddings Street
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Streetscape with an apartment building on the north side of West Giddings Street at the intersection with North Hamilton Avenue. 2148 West Giddings Street, the large single-family house with the flower boxes, is to the left of it.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartments and houses, North Springfield Avenue
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Image
View south along the east side of North Springfield Avenue between North Avenue and West Le Moyne Street. 1521 North Springfield Avenue is at the left.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Houses and apartments, North Long Avenue
Image
Image
Houses and apartments on the west side of North Long Avenue, just south of West Chicago Avenue. 744 North Long Avenue is at the left.
Date
:
1981; 1909 (744 North Long Avenue)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment buildings, South Paxton Avenue
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Image
View along the sidewalk towards the entrance to an apartment building on South Paxton Avenue, just north of the intersection with East 69th Street. The apartment building stands at the northeast corner of this intersection.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
35th Street, Bridgeport
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Image
View looking east along the north side of West 35th Street. The intersection with South Lowe Avenue is in the distance at the far right.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Two-flats, North Lawndale
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Image
View in winter of nineteenth-century brick two-flat apartment houses on West 16th Street, east of South California Avenue.
Date
:
1979
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Lake Meadows Apartments
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Image
View of the Lake Meadows Apartments (500 East 33rd Street, at South Rhodes Avenue), looking northwest from an open area north of East 33rd Place. Another high-rise apartment building at 501 East 32nd Street is visible behind it.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment building, East 32nd Street
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Image
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
Rear of apartment buildings, North Park Avenue
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Image
Rear view of nineteenth century apartment buildings seen from the alley east of N. North Park Avenue running between West Eugenie and West Saint Paul Streets, showing metal back porches and exterior staircases.
Date
:
circa 1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Houses and apartments, North Dayton Street
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Image
Houses and apartments on the east side of the 1900 block of North Dayton Street, south of West Armitage Avenue. The red brick apartment building at the center of the image is 1941 North Dayton Street.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bell Avenue at Hirsch
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View of houses and two-flats on the west side of North Bell Avenue, from the grounds of Sabin school. The intersection with West Hirsch Street is at the left.
Date
:
1967
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Pullman two-flats
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Image
View of brick two-flats on a residential street in the Pullman historic district.
Date
:
circa 1972; 1880-1884 (historic Pullman)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Midtown Terrace Garden Apartments
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Image
View of the Midtown Terrace Garden Apartments, a row house style residential development, with driveways and garages.
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Dearborn Park residential development
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View looking northwest along the west side of South State Street, from the intersection with West 9th Street. The Terraces at Dearborn Park (801 South Plymouth Court), a condominium building, is on the right, and part of the Dearborn Park I high-rise condominium building (899 South Plymouth Court) is visible on the left. The Dearborn Station clock tower and the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) are visible between them.
Date
:
1985; 1980 (Dearborn Park Apartments); 1983 (The Terraces at Dearborn Park)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment building adjacent to Loyola Park
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Image
View looking west across the western edge of Loyola Park towards an apartment building at 1122 West Lunt Avenue. A parking lot for users of the park facilities sits between the apartment building and the park itself.
Date
:
1982; 1949 (1122 West Lunt Avenue)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Boats in Diversey Harbor, and high-rise apartment buildings
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Image
View looking northwest at pleasure boats in Diversey Harbor and high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums). 2800 North Lake Shore Drive, and one of the high-rises of the Commonwealth Promenade complex (330-340 West Diversey Parkway) are partially visible through the trees.
Date
:
1983; 1956 (Commonwealth Promenade Apartments); 1968 (2800 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Residential area, North Side
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Image
View of a residential area on Chicago's North Side. In the foreground, a neighborhood corner store has been converted into apartments.
Date
:
1978
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Mixed-use development adjacent to residential preservation area
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Image
Sketch by Brubaker showing mixed-use development providing services and amenities (bank, theater, and shops) as well as new apartments and townhouses adjacent to an existing established residential neighborhood.
Date
:
1982
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
High-rise buildings, Lake Shore Drive
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Image
View of the upper parts of 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive (right) and 850 North Lake Shore Drive (originally Lake Shore Athletic Club) at left. The Plaza on DeWitt (originally Dewitt-Chestnut Apartments) is visible between them.
Date
:
1990; 1948-1951 (860-880 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Residential area, North Halsted and Blackhawk Streets
Image
Image
View of a nineteenth-century residential neighborhood at North Halsted and West Blackhawk Streets.
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Atrium Village apartment building
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Image
View of the atrium at the Atrium Village apartment building (300 West Hill Street), showing seating and planters in the common area.
Date
:
1977 (Atrium Village)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment houses and businesses on North State Street
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Image
View along the west side of North State Street, looking north from West Ontario Street. On the left are dilapidated nineteenth-century apartments with street-level retail businesses. On the right is the Dana Hotel at 666 North State Street (demolished). The top part of the Lawson House YMCA building (Victor F. Lawson YMCA) located at 30 West Chicago Avenue, is visible in the background.
Date
:
1976; 1891 (Dana Hotel); 1930-1934 (Lawson House YMCA)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Parking lots and industrial buildings, Near North Side
Image
Image
View to northeast from Pioneer Court Plaza (originally Equitable Plaza), showing parking lots and a snack shop (foreground) to the east of North Saint Clair Street. East Illinois Street runs across the middle ground of the image. The Vogue-Wright Studios are visible near the center of the image. To the right, the Kraft-Phenix building and plant and the west end of North Pier Terminal are visible in front of Lake Point Tower.
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Lake Point Tower and industrial buildings along the Chicago River
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Image
View to northeast with warehouses and storage facilities along the north side of the Chicago River, looking toward Lake Point Tower. North Pier Terminal (Pugh Terminal) is the white horizontal building seen against the base of Lake Point Tower. The North Pier Terminal building occupies the 400 block of East Illinois Street and is now condominiums and retail space. North Lake Shore Drive is just visible at the horizon.
Date
:
1976; 1905-1920 (North Pier Terminal); 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
High-rise development along North Lake Shore Drive
Image
Image
View across part of Lake Michigan towards high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums) along North Lake Shore Drive. 1212 North Lake Shore Drive is on the left of the image, under construction. The skyscrapers to the right of that are 1242 North Lake Shore Drive and 1300 North Lake Shore Drive.
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
Apartment buildings, North Avenue at Astor Street
Image
Image
View of apartment/ condominium towers on North Avenue at Astor Street, across from Lincoln Park. 1555 North Astor is on the right.
Date
:
1985; 1975 (1555 North Astor)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Newberry Plaza Town homes and Newberry Plaza condominium tower
Image
Image
View of Newberry Plaza. The Newberry Plaza Town homes (1000 N. State St.), built on top of the complex's three-story garage structure, are visible in the foreground. Part of the Newberry Plaza condominium tower (1030 N. State St.) is visible behind them.
Date
:
1976; 1970-1974 (Newberry Plaza)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sandburg Village
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Image
View of Sandburg Village, showing a row of kiosks along a pedestrian walkway. Groupings of row houses flank the walkway, and apartment towers stand behind these. 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
Newberry Plaza Town homes and Newberry Plaza condominium tower
Image
Image
View of Newberry Plaza. The Newberry Plaza Town homes (1000 N. State St.), built on top of the complex's three-story garage structure, are visible in the foreground. The Newberry Plaza condominium tower (1030 N. State St.) stands behind them.
Date
:
1980; 1970-1974 (Newberry Plaza)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Near North Side buildings from the Ogden Slip
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Image
View of the skyline looking northeast across the Chicago Dock and Canal Company facilities along the Ogden Slip, between North McClurg Street and North Lake Shore Drive. McClurg Court Center A (McClurg Center) is partially visible on the far left. The Holiday Inn hotel (now W Chicago-Lakeshore) is the white high-rise building to the right of that. Lake Point Tower is on the far right.
Date
:
1976; 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Marina City towers and Marina City Office Building
Image
Image
View northwest from the Chicago River, with the State Street bridge running across the center of the image, and the Marina City towers behind. The Marina City Office Building (now a hotel) is to the right of the towers. A corner of the old Sun-Times building is visible on the extreme right of the image.
Date
:
1969; 1964 (Marina City)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Daley Bicentennial Park
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Image
View of the Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Park and Plaza (now part of Maggie Daley Park), located south of East Randolph Street and east of South Columbus Drive. The prominently visible high-rise apartment buildings are Buckingham Plaza (360 East Randolph Street), 400 East Randolph, and Harbor Point (155 North Harbor Drive).
Date
:
1982; 1963 (400 East Randolph); 1975 (Harbor Point); 1982 (Buckingham Plaza)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Huron Plaza
Image
Image
View of Huron Plaza (30 East Huron) during its construction.
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Marina City
Image
Image
View of the underside of one of the Marina City residential towers where it meets the garage area at the lower part of the building. The cast-concrete construction is clearly visible.
Date
:
1959-1967 (Marina City)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Marina City
Image
Image
View looking west along the Chicago River with the Marina City towers (300 N. State Street) in the foreground. The Marina City Office Building is adjacent to the towers on the lower right.
Date
:
1959-1967 (Marina City)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Doral Plaza, North Michigan Avenue
Image
Image
View of the Doral Plaza (now Millennium Park Plaza) while under construction, looking northeast from south of the intersection with Randolph Street. The building is located at 151 North Michigan Avenue. The Prudential Building (now One Prudential Plaza) stands at the right.
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
860-880 North Lake Shore Drive apartments
Image
Image
View of the 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive apartments, looking northeast from East Chestnut Street.
Date
:
circa 1962; 1948-1951 (860-880 North Lake Shore Drive)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Avers Avenue: 4624 North (Folder 9)
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Apartment houses located at 4624 North Avers Avenue
Date
:
1959
Collection
:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access
:
Public access
Barry Avenue (Folder 10)
4 Images
Collection
:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access
:
Public access
Ridgeway Avenue (Folder 125)
Image
nop
5054-58 North Ridgeway Avenue
Collection
:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access
:
Public access
Winthrop Avenue apartment buildings
Image
Image
View of apartment buildings and three-flats along North Winthrop Avenue south of the Lawrence Avenue CTA station.
Date
:
1975
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Wheaton railroad tracks and Wheaton Center apartments
Image
Image
View west along the railroad tracks in downtown Wheaton towards the Wheaton Center apartment complex.
Date
:
1975
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Atrium Village
Image
Image
View southeast of a walkway through the Atrium Village complex with low-rise apartment buildings on the left, and Loop skyscrapers in the distance.
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apartment building, Logan Square
Image
Image
View of U-shaped courtyard apartment building in Logan Square.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Playground behind apartment buildings, Logan Square
Image
Image
Open grassy area with a slide and play structure at rear of apartment buildings, Logan Square.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
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C. William Brubaker Collection
32
Chicago Photographic Collection
2
James S. Parker Collection
Geographic Location
124
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
26
Gold Coast (Chicago, Ill.)
23
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
19
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
17
Edgewater (Chicago, Ill.)
15
Rogers Park (Chicago, Ill.)
14
Lake View (Chicago, Ill.)
14
Old Town (Chicago, Ill.)
13
North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
8
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
8
Streeterville (Chicago, Ill.)
7
Douglas (Chicago, Ill.)
7
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
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Evanston (Ill.)
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Chicago (Ill.)
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New City (Chicago, Ill.)
4
Park West (Chicago, Ill.)
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Albany Park (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Back of the Yards (Chicago, Ill.)
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3
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2
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2
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2
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2
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Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
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Chicago Architectural Photographing Company
5
Burke and Koretke
3
Copelin Commercial Photographers
1
Burke and Dean
1
Kaufmann & Fabry Co.
Medium
306
color slides
5
negatives (photographs)
2
photographic prints
Topic
306
Cities and towns
278
Architecture
117
Streets
64
Skyscrapers
47
Automobiles
26
Dwellings
23
Sidewalks
17
Parks
17
Row houses
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Streetscapes (Urban design)
14
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13
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Plazas
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Marinas
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Beaches
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Outdoor photography
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Golf courses
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Lagoons
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Local transit
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Pedestrians
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Signs and signboards
2
Abandoned buildings
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Bathing beaches
2
Billboards
2
Brick roads
2
Building sites
2
Buildings--Remodeling for other use
2
Commercial strips
2
Company towns
2
Gasholders
2
Low-income housing
2
Motor vehicles
2
Older people--Housing
2
Overhead electric lines
2
Sculpture
2
Shopping malls
2
Storefronts
2
Street lighting
2
Street-railroads
2
Swimming pools
2
Vacant lands
1
Awnings
1
Buildings
1
Children
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Cityscapes
1
Clubs
1
Commons
1
Condominium
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Doorways
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Elevated highways
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Exhibitions
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Facades
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Fast food restaurants
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Fireplaces
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Garages
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Gardens
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Hospitals
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Housing, Cooperative
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Lamposts
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Living room furniture
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Mantels
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Railroad tracks
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