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Talman Home Federal Savings & Loan Association
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View looking north along the east side of South Kedzie Avenue. The Talman Home Federal Savings & Loan Association headquarters (5501 South Kedzie Avenue) with its original two story section (under the Talman sign) and long one story addition to the right of that, occupies the block between West 55th and West 56th Streets. The intersection with 55th Street is in the distance on the left.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Transportation Building, South Dearborn Street
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View of the Transportation Building (600 South Dearborn Street), looking northwest along the west side of South Dearborn Street.
Date:
1980; 1911 (Transportation Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
444 North Wells Street, and West Illinois Street
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View looking west along the south side of West Illinois Street from the intersection with North Wells Street. 444 North Wells Street (formerly the First Commonwealth building) stands at the southwest corner of this intersection. Visible next to it on the right are 215-217 West Illinois Street and 225 West Illinois/ 445 North Franklin Street. Assumption Catholic Church (323 West Illinois Street) is in the distance on the right.
Date:
1985; 1900 (444 North Wells Street Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Factory Lofts, 445 West Erie Street
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View looking southwest across West Erie Street at the front of the Factory Lofts (now known as 445 W. Erie), showing the building after its renovation into office space.
Date:
1985; 1903 (445 West Erie)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
440 and 444 North Wells Street
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View looking northwest along the west side of North Wells Street from the intersection with West Hubbard Street. 440 North Wells is on the left. 444 North Wells Street (formerly the First Commonwealth building) is next to it on the right.
Date:
1985; 1900 (444 North Wells Street Building); 1903 (440 North Wells Street Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Wallace Press Building
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View of the Wallace Press Building (later Wallace Business Forms Building), looking northwest along the west side of North Kingsbury Street from the intersection with West Grand Avenue. Part of the Ohio-Ontario Feeder ramp is visible at the far right.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from North Branch of Chicago River
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View looking southeast along the Chicago River from the West Kinzie Street Bridge. The (now unused) Kinzie Street railroad bridge is in the raised position in the upper left foreground of the photograph. The Fulton House Condominiums (originally North American Cold Storage Company warehouse) are on the far right. The Lake Street elevated train tracks, with a CTA Green Line train running across them, are visible in front of the cluster of Loop high-rises. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) rises above them.
Date:
1986; 1974 (Sears Tower); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Time-Life Building and Commerce Mart Warehouse from Pioneer Court
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View of the Time-Life building (541 North Fairbanks Court), looking northeast from Pioneer Court (adjacent to the Tribune Building). The Commerce Mart Warehouse (formerly located at 251-315 East Grand Avenue, now demolished) stands in front of it.
Date:
1976; 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
High-rise towers, Near North Side
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View of the towers of high-rise buildings with footprints east of North Michigan Avenue. The American Dental Association Building (211 East Chicago Avenue), and the Carriage House apartments (formerly at 215 East Chicago Avenue) are in the foreground. The upper parts of Water Tower Place and the John Hancock Center are visible behind them.
Date:
1976; 1961 (Carriage House); 1966 (American Dental Association Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
700 block of North Michigan Avenue
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View of the west side of the 700 block of North Michigan Avenue, showing the commercial buildings which were later razed to make way for Chicago Place.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Prudential and Amoco building towers
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View of the upper parts of (from left to right) the Prudential Building (130 East Randolph Street, now One Prudential Plaza), Two Prudential Plaza (180 North Stetson Avenue), and the Amoco Building (200 East Randolph Street, now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building).
Date:
1994; 1955 (Prudential Building); 1973 (Standard Oil Building); 1990 (Two Prudential Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop Transportation Center, 203 N. La Salle
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View of the Loop Transportation Center (now called 203 N. La Salle Street).
Date:
1989; 1986 (Loop Transportation Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
321 North Clark
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View of the upper part of the 321 North Clark tower (Quaker Tower).
Date:
1989; 1983-1987 (Quaker Tower, 321 North Clark)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears Tower from the Near West side
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View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) from the corner of Racine and Congress Parkway. A stretch of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) is visible in the lower part of the image.
Date:
1975; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center
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View of the John Hancock Center in 1981.
Date:
1981; 1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Home Federal Savings and Loan
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View of the Home Federal Savings and Loan building, located at 11 E. Adams Street, at the intersection of State and Adams.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Daley Plaza and Cook County Administration Building
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View of the lower portion of the Brunswick Building (now Cook County Administration Building) seen from the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Center Plaza). The fountain in the Daley Center Plaza is visible in the foreground.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower Place and John Hancock Center from Northwestern University-Chicago campus
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View of Water Tower Place and the John Hancock Center seen from the Northwestern University-Chicago campus.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
One South Wacker
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View of One South Wacker in 1982, during the building's construction. [this image is a darker copy of bru003_07_o ]
Date:
1982; 1979-1982 (One South Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
55 West Monroe
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View of the upper part of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1986; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 W. Madison
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Undated view of the lower level and main entrance of the Northwestern Atrium Center (500 West Madison).
Date:
1979-1987 (Northwestern Atrium Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue and 333 North Michigan
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View looking south along North Michigan Avenue towards 333 North Michigan. The upper part of the Carbide and Carbon Building (230 North Michigan), later a hotel, is visible to the right of it.
Date:
1928 (333 North Michigan)
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 (installed in 1974) is in the foreground at the right. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is in the background at the left.
Date:
circa 1970s; 1927 (Bankers Building); 1934 (135 South La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
River Plaza and Wrigley Building
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View looking northeast from the IBM Building. River Plaza is in the foreground and the Wrigley Building is to its right.
Date:
1995; 1920-1924 (Wrigley Building); 1977 (River Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
La Salle-Wacker Building
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View of the La Salle-Wacker Building (221 North La Salle Street).
Date:
1973; 1930 (La Salle-Wacker Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
360 North Michigan
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View of the upper part of 360 North Michigan (London Guarantee & Accident Building) with its colonnade.
Date:
1972; 1923 (London Guarantee, 360 North Michigan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
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View of the Auditorium building, showing one of the arches on the south wall.
Date:
1962; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
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View of the Auditorium building looking southwest across South Michigan Avenue.
Date:
1972; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auditorium Building
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View of the Auditorium Building with a Roosevelt University sign on the facade.
Date:
1972; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Manhattan Building
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View of bay windows (left) and bow windows (right) of the Manhattan Building (430 S. Dearborn Street).
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Manhattan Building
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Undated view of the Manhattan building showing sculpted ornamentation under the projecting bays. Located at 431 S. Dearborn Street, this is the third-oldest surviving Chicago high-rise building, predated only by the Rookery and the Auditorium Building. The Manhattan Building was the first skyscraper to attain a height of 16 stories.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Reliance Building
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View of the Reliance building (1 W. Washington Street) in 1977.
Date:
1977; 1890-1895 (Reliance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Reliance Building
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View of the facade of the Reliance building (1 W. Washington Street) showing its large windows.
Date:
circa 1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Reliance Building
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View of the upper part of the Reliance building (1 W. Washington Street).
Date:
1977; 1890-1895 (Reliance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Monadnock Building
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Undated detail of the facade of the Monadnock building showing the projecting window bays.
Date:
1889-1891 and 1891-1893 (Monadnock Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Monadnock Building
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View looking south along South Dearborn Street at the Monadnock building. Part of Henry Ives Cobb's Chicago Federal Building (demolished 1965-66) is visible at the far right.
Date:
early 1960s; 1889-1891 and 1891-1893 (Monadnock Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rookery Building
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View of the oriel staircase inside the Rookery building (209 South LaSalle Street).
Date:
1977; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rookery Building
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View of the upper center of the Rookery building facade (209 S. LaSalle Street).
Date:
1960s; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Office building, West Hubbard Street
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View of the front entrance to a Georgian Revival style office building located at 2450 West Hubbard Street.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Gateway Center
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View looking north along the South Branch of the Chicago River from the West Jackson Boulevard bridge. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and two of the buildings in the Gateway Center complex are behind it on the left. The Butler Brothers Warehouse I (later River Center) is in the distance, with a John Plain & Company sign on its clock tower.
Date:
1969; 1913 (Butler Brothers Warehouse); 1965 (Gateway Center I); 1967 (Gateway Center II, CDW Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Monroe Street at Sangamon
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View in winter looking east along West Monroe Street from just west of the intersection with South Sangamon Street. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) rises on the right.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Jackson Boulevard and 600 West Jackson
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View in winter looking northwest across West Jackson Boulevard towards 600 West Jackson from Lou Mitchell's Restaurant (565 West Jackson Boulevard). Part of the sign for Lou Mitchell's is visible at the far left.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Branch of the Chicago River and Loop skyscrapers
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View looking northeast from the west bank of the South Branch of the Chicago River, south of West Polk Street. On the left is the red brick 310 West Polk Building, occupied by the Cadaco game company at the time of the photograph. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) stands out against the sky.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Pepper Construction Company building
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View looking northeast across North Orleans Street towards the Pepper Construction Company building (643 North Orleans Street) at the northeast corner of North Orleans Street and West Ontario Street. A small landscaped area is in the foreground.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Tribune Building
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View of the Chicago Tribune building, looking northeast across the Chicago River from East Wacker Drive, just west of Michigan Avenue. A tour boat and the riverside docking area for Wendella Boat Tours is in the lower foreground of the photograph. One of the bridgehouses of the Michigan Avenue bridge is visible at the lower right. Part of the Wrigley building is visible at the extreme left.
Date:
1976; 1925 (Tribune Tower)
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
High-rise buildings and industrial-use land along the Chicago River
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View to the northwest across the Chicago River, with warehouses and storage facilities along the north side of the Chicago River in the foreground. Rising behind are the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court) on the extreme left, the John Hancock Center in the center of the image, and the McClurg Court Center apartment towers on the right.
Date:
1972; 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building); 1969 (John Hancock Center); 1971 (McClurg Court Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyscrapers
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View of Loop skyscrapers looking southeast from 333 Wacker Drive. In the foreground is Randolph Tower (188 W. Randolph); behind it are Three First National Plaza and the Chase Tower (originally First National Bank of Chicago Building). The Richard J. Daley Center is to the right.
Date:
1984; 1929 (Randolph Tower); 1965 (Richard J. Daley Center); 1969 (First National Bank of Chicago)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Wacker Drive and West Quincy Street
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View of the intersection of South Wacker Drive and West Quincy Street. The block in the lower left of the image is now the site of the Willis Tower (originally Sears Tower). The South Branch of the Chicago River is visible at the upper right, with part of South Riverside Plaza visible across the river (at the top of the image.)
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Smith, Gaylord, and Cross Building, North Michigan Avenue
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The Smith, Gaylord, and Cross Building, located at 20 N. Michigan Avenue.
Date:
1984; 1882, renovated 1985 (Smith, Gaylord, and Cross Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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