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Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
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View of wholesale distributors' shops along the north side of West Randolph Street, looking east from the intersection with North Peoria Street. At the far left is The House of J & S, home to the J & S Produce Company and Roins Produce (building demolished).
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rice Building, W. Van Buren Street
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View of the entrance facade of the Rice Building (815 West Van Buren Street) from South Halsted Street, shortly after the warehouse building was converted into office space in a 1983 renovation.
Date:
1984; 1910 (Rice Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Jefferson Street at West Jackson
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View in winter looking north along South Jefferson Street from the intersection with West Jackson Boulevard. Part of 600 West Jackson is visible at the far left. 222 South Jefferson is the small building next to it on the right, and 216 South Jefferson Street is next to that.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago and North Western Station
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View of the Chicago and North Western Station, seen from the intersection of West Madison and North Clinton Streets.
Date:
1980; 1911 (Chicago and North Western Station)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Cook County Hospital Administration Building
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View looking southwest from West Ogden Avenue of the Administration Building for the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (formerly Cook County Hospital), located at 1900 West Polk Street.
Date:
1979; 1931 (Cook County Hospital Administration Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverside Plaza
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View of the upper portion of Riverside Plaza, located at 2 North Riverside Plaza.
Date:
1991; 1929 (Chicago Daily News Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison
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Perspective sketch of the Northwestern Atrium Center (500 West Madison).
Date:
circa 1979; 1979-1987 (Northwestern Atrium Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago and North Western Station demolition
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View of the demolition of the Chicago and North Western Station. The building stood on the northwest corner of Madison and Canal.
Date:
1984; 1911 (Chicago and North Western Station)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Warehouse buildings, North Canal Street
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View to the north along Canal Street with 111 North Canal (later the Gogo Building, originally one of the Butler Brothers warehouses) at the right, and 165 North Canal (later Randolph Place) to the left of it. The Fulton House Condominiums (originally North American Cold Storage Company warehouse) is in the distance on the left.
Date:
1984; 1913 (111 North Canal); 1922 (165 North Canal)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Greystone, South Laflin Street
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Greystone at 817 South Laflin Street, south of West Polk Street. A 1970s townhouse development is partially visible at the left.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rear of apartment buildings and houses
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View of the rear of brick apartment buildings and nineteenth-century houses, with laundry hung up outside on clotheslines.
Date:
1963
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses, Near West Side
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View in winter of nineteenth-century brick houses along a street in Chicago's Near West Side.
Date:
1964
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses on Bishop Street, Near West Side
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Nineteenth-century brick houses along an unidentified stretch of Bishop Street.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Alley, West Washington Boulevard
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View of cars in parking lots and the rear of aging brick buildings from an alley along West Washington Boulevard.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
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View of wholesale distributors' shops along the north side of West Randolph Street, looking towards the intersection with North Peoria Street. N & G Produce occupies 902-904 West Randolph Street, on the west side of the intersection with Peoria Street. Columbus Meat Market also occupies part of that building.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal demolition
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View of the demolition of the Western Warehousing Company plant at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Polk Street freight terminal. Two dumpsters and a large truck are amid the rubble in front of the wrecking crane.
Date:
1974; 1918 (Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyscrapers
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Aerial view looking southwest from the First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower). At the far left, the spire of the Chicago Board of Trade Building (141 West Jackson) is visible. The top part of 190 South LaSalle Street, with its rooftop gables, is visible near the center of the photograph. Part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is visible on the upper right of the photograph. 311 South Wacker stands to the left of that. University Hall, on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, is visible in the distance in the top right corner.
Date:
1995; 1930 (Chicago Board of Trade); 1974 (Sears Tower); 1987 (190 South LaSalle); 1990 (311 South Wacker Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Garden Courts townhouses, South Racine Avenue
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View of the Garden Courts townhouse development (851 South Racine Avenue) from the parking lot on the east side of South Racine Avenue. The top of University Hall on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, and the upper part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) are visible in the distance above the townhouses.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus
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View towards the Loop from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus (then University of Illinois at Chicago Circle). Part of the Science and Engineering South building (SES) is visible on the left. A large parking lot is to the right of that building.
Date:
1973
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
First Baptist Congregational Church
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View northwest from Union Park towards the First Baptist Congregational Church, located at 60 N. Ashland Avenue, just south of Lake Street.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
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View of Old St. Patrick's Church, looking northwest across West Adams Street at the intersection with Des Plaines street.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
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View looking west along West Adams Street towards Old St. Patrick's Church, located on the northwest corner of the intersection with Des Plaines Street.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
901-905 South Laflin Street
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View of 901-905 South Laflin Street, a nineteenth century structure located between West Polk Street and West Taylor Street.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Coughlan House, Near West Side
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View looking northwest from the intersection of South Lytle Street and West Lexington Street at the John Coughlan House (1246 West Lexington Street).
Date:
circa 1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Coughlan House, Near West Side
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View looking northeast across West Lexington Street toward the John Coughlan House, 1246 West Lexington Street.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Christopher Columbus monument, Vernon Park
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View of the top part of the Christopher Columbus monument in Vernon Park (now Arrigo Park).
Date:
1970; 1892 (Christopher Columbus statue)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal demolition
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View of the demolition of the Western Warehousing Company plant at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Polk Street freight terminal. The building's clock tower stands at the right with the former Central Post Office partially visible behind it.
Date:
1974; 1918 (Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Juvenile Court Building of Cook County
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View from West Ogden Avenue of the Juvenile Court Building (1100 South Hamilton Avenue).
Date:
circa 1979; 1973 (Juvenile Court building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Proposal for new development, River North
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Map of Chicago's Near North Side drawn by C. William Brubaker, showing recent development and locations for proposed development, including the Wolf Point Landings Apartments along the North Branch of the Chicago River, and a heliport on Wolf Point itself (both unbuilt). Three areas marked "Recycling" indicate locations of existing manufacturing and warehouse buildings which could be renovated and repurposed. The site of the John Moir Trust Building on the north side of the Chicago River is highlighted as a location with "future potential".
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Union Station underground walkway
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View of an underground connecting corridor to Union Station.
Date:
1973
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old St. Patrick's Church
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View northwest across Des Plaines Street from the intersection with West Adams Street. Old St. Patrick's Church stands at the northwest corner of that intersection.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Houses and apartments, South Bishop Street
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Nineteenth century greystones and brick houses on the east side of South Bishop Street, just south of West Polk Street.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Florsheim Shoe Company building
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View of part of the side facade of the Florsheim Building (130 South Canal Street).
Date:
1978; 1949 (Florsheim Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Jackson Boulevard
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View looking west along West Jackson Boulevard, from just east of the intersection with South Jefferson Street. The rear facade of 565 West Quincy (now condominiums) is at the far right, and 600 West Jackson is to the left of it, across South Jefferson Street. The sign for Lou Mitchell's restaurant is visible at the lower left.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Harold Washington Social Security Center and Batcolumn sculpture
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View looking northwest at Claes Oldenburg's monumental-scale baseball bat sculpture "Batcolumn", installed on the plaza in front of the Harold Washington Social Security Center (600 West Madison Street).
Date:
1980; 1975 (Harold Washington Social Security Center); 1977 (Batcolumn)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal demolition
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View of the demolition of the Western Warehousing Company plant at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Polk Street freight terminal. Two wrecking cranes are in use; the clock tower at the north end of the building is visible at the right.
Date:
1974; 1918 (Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Heller International Building under construction
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View of the Heller International Building (500 West Monroe Street) in April 1991, showing the building under construction.
Date:
1991; 1990-1992 (Heller International Building)
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
University of Illinois at Chicago, Science and Engineering South building (SES)
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View of the Science and Engineering South building in 1973. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and downtown Loop skyline are prominently visible in the background.
Date:
1973
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Warehouses, Apparel Center, and Chicago River
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View looking north along the South Branch of the Chicago River with 111 North Canal Street (originally Butler Brothers Warehouse I, later the Gogo building) on the left, and a warehouse at 165 North Canal (later Randolph Place) next to it. The Apparel Center, with the Holiday Inn Chicago - Mart Plaza occupying its upper floors, is on the right.
Date:
1986; 1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Warehouses, Apparel Center, and Chicago River
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View looking north along the South Branch of the Chicago River with 111 North Canal Street (originally Butler Brothers Warehouse I, later the Gogo building) on the left, and a warehouse at 165 North Canal (later Randolph Place) next to it. The Apparel Center, with the Holiday Inn Chicago - Mart Plaza occupying its upper floors, is in the distance at the right.
Date:
1986; 1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Union Station demolition
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View looking west from South Wacker Drive at demolition of Union Station.
Date:
1969; 1913-1925 (Union Station)
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
Children playing, South Bishop Street
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View looking south along South Bishop Street north of West Taylor Street. Children play in the spray of a fire hydrant in the cul-de-sac at the south end of the street.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Jackson Boulevard Historic District
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View of nineteenth-century houses in the West Jackson Boulevard Historic District, looking northwest along the north side of West Jackson Boulevard from the intersection with South Laflin Street.
Date:
circa 1990s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Westgate Terrace Townhouses
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View of the West Westgate Terrace townhomes. The top part of University Hall on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus is visible in the distance above the townhouses.
Date:
1970; 1967-1968 (West Westgate Terrace)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Buildings along the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
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View looking northwest looking over the Chicago River from West Wacker Drive just west of North Franklin Street. The low-rise buildings at 212 and 222 North Canal Street still stand, as well as the tall smokestack adjacent to them (located at the junction of North Clinton, West Fulton and West Milwaukee Streets). The Braun Bottles plant (now replaced by Left Bank at K Station) is visible, with a Metra train running on the elevated tracks behind it. The red brick warehouse building slightly to the left behind Braun Bottles was converted to the 600 West Fulton office building. At the far right of the image is Wolf Point, with the Fulton House Condominiums, a converted former warehouse building at 345 North Canal Street, visible across the river behind it. Part of the Cassidy Tire Company building (344 North Canal Street) is visible behind the condominium building.
Date:
1989; 1908 (North American Cold Storage Company); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Apparel Center construction
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View to the north along the South Branch of the Chicago River. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and the Apparel Center is visible behind it, under construction. Gateway Center I is partially visible in the left foreground; in the distance on the left is Butler Brothers Warehouse I (now River Center). Part of the Civic Opera Building is visible on the extreme right of the image.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Skyline from Jackson Boulevard and Franklin Street
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View looking northwest from the Jackson-Franklin Building (now demolished), formerly at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Franklin Street. Near the center of the image are the Chicago Daily News Building (now Riverside Plaza) and the Butler Brothers Building (now The Gogo Building). On the far left is the Chicago and Northwestern Terminal. The Civic Opera House is on the right.
Date:
1956; 1929 (Chicago Daily News Building)
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

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Creator Facet: Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002   Geographic Location: Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)   Remove all