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Color aerial view of the Chicago lakefront and downtown
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Date:
1933
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Sedgwick Childrens' Park, Lincoln Park
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A group of children and their guardians sit on concrete risers in the brick-paved central plaza of Sedgwick Children's Park, located at the southeast corner of the intersection of North Sedgwick and West Wisconsin Streets. A young woman standing at the left is speaking to the group.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Belmont Harbor
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View of boats moored in Belmont Harbor, looking south along the lakefront from a location adjacent to West Hawthorne Place.
Date:
1986
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Lake Shore Drive at North Avenue
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View looking southwest from the southern terminus of Lincoln Park, just north of East North Boulevard, toward apartment buildings along North Lake Shore Drive. 1550 North Lake Shore Drive is visible in the right foreground. Next to it on the left is 1540 North Lake Shore Drive, designed in the style of a French chateau, with a slate roof and projecting turrets on the front facade.
Date:
1985
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 a number of development proposals, including areas of mixed-use development; enhancement of the riverfront along the North Branch of the Chicago River with a new park and a riverside drive, and a new subway line serving the area; an improved, tree-lined Chicago Avenue and a tree-lined North Orleans Street; and an area designated "Recycled and New Buildings" for renovation and repurposing of existing buildings.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Harbor and city skyline
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View of the Chicago harbor, looking northwest from the area adjacent to the Shedd Aquarium. Grant Park is visible behind the harbor, and the city skyline rises behind it. The First National Bank of Chicago Building (now Chase Tower) stands on the left; the Prudential Building (now One Prudential Plaza), John Hancock Center, and 400 East Randolph are near the center of the image. Lake Point Tower stands out on the right.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza
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View of the Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza looking northeast. The plaza, now part of Maggie Daley Park, is located just south of East Randolph Street. High rise apartment buildings Buckingham Plaza (360 East Randolph Street), 400 East Randolph, and Harbor Point (155 North Harbor Drive) are visible behind.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Michigan Avenue looking south from Grant Park
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View of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" looking southwest from Grant Park. The University Club is visible at the far right of the image. Next to it, across Monroe Street to the south, stands the Monroe Building. The People's Gas Building, located at 122 S. Michigan Avenue, is at the center of the image.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop high-rises from Grant Park
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View from Grant Park toward the Chicago Public Library (now Chicago Cultural Center) and Loop high-rises, including the United Insurance Building (now Kemper Building).
Date:
1972; 1962 (United Insurance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Other unidentified community activities, 1974 (Folder 609)
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Description: Community Activities bring the city's government into the neighborhood. Mayor Richard J. Daley's campaign for a cleaner Chicago reached out to students in Chicago's schools and made them part of the Junior Citizen's Committee for a Cleaner Chicago.
Date:
1974
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Photo of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
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The Field Museum opened in 1893 as part of the World Columbian Exposition in Hyde Park. The museum moved to its current location on park district space along the lakefront near downtown in 1921, and by 1930, it was joined by the addition of the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium nearby. Although technically not part of the Century of Progress, the three lakefront museums were located immediately north of the Fairgrounds and thus attracted many visitors from the Chicago World's Fair.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Auburn Park lagoon, houses and apartments
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View northeast across the Auburn Park lagoons with apartment buildings and houses surrounding the adjacent area. The apartment building at 462 West Winneconna Parkway is at the left, and nineteenth century houses are next to it on the right.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Auburn Park lagoon and apartment building
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View northwest west across the Auburn Park lagoons towards an apartment building at 462 West Winneconna Parkway.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment buildings, Kenwood
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View looking northeast from the lakefront towards high-rise apartment buildings across South Lake Shore Drive. Regents Park North Tower (5020 South Lake Shore Drive) is on the left, with one of the Twin Towers Apartments (1649 East 50th Street) visible next to it on the right. Further to the right is The Powhatan (4950 South Chicago Beach Drive).
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Douglas Park and Roosevelt Road
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View in winter from Douglas Park, looking towards apartment buildings along West Roosevelt Road. The intersection of Roosevelt Road and South Francisco Avenue is near the center of the photograph. Playground equipment is visible in the park, behind the trees.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Lawn Park play area and Fieldhouse
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View of a playground area with swings and a sandbox at the north end of West Lawn Park. The rear of the West Lawn Park Fieldhouse is visible behind this.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartment building and house overlooking Auburn Park
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View looking northwest across the Auburn Park lagoons towards an apartment building (462 West Winneconna Parkway) and a nineteenth-century house (demolished).
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Japanese Garden, Wooded Island, Jackson Park
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View of the Japanese garden built on Wooded Island in Jackson Park.
Date:
circa 1980s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop high-rises and Lake Michigan lakefront
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View looking southeast over Loop skyscrapers towards Lake Michigan. CNA Plaza (333 South Wabash Avenue) with its distinctive rust-red color is at the lower right. The Britannica Center (now Metropolitan Tower, originally Straus Building) with its pyramidal roof and beehive lamp, is to the left of it. Buckingham Fountain, situated within Grant Park, is visible to the left of that. The Mid-Continental Plaza (55 East Monroe Street) is partially visible at the far left of the image.
Date:
1995; 1972 (CNA Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sedgwick Childrens' Park, Lincoln Park
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A group of children and their guardians sit on concrete risers in the brick-paved central plaza of Sedgwick Children's Park, located at the southeast corner of the intersection of North Sedgwick and West Wisconsin Streets. Townhouses on the north side of West Wisconsin Street are visible behind the park.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Navy Pier ferris wheel
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View of the Navy Pier ferris wheel, installed as part of a major Pier renovation in 1995.
Date:
1995
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Navy Pier
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View looking northeast along the south side of Navy Pier, showing new structures on the pier after completion of a major renovation project. Sightseeing boats and larger cruise boats are moored along the Pier. Behind them, the ferris wheel and other pier structures are visible.
Date:
1995
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue at Chicago Avenue
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View looking southeast along North Michigan Avenue from Water Tower Park. The intersection with East Chicago Avenue is in the middle ground. 777 North Michigan Avenue is at the left, with a Walgreens drug store on the street level. The Allerton Hotel is partially visible at the upper right.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza
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View of the Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza, looking north, with plantings in foreground. The plaza, now part of Maggie Daley Park, is located just south of East Randolph Street. In the distance beyond the plaza on the left are the Hyatt Regency Chicago II hotel (201 East Wacker Drive), Columbus Plaza (233 East Wacker Drive), and Three Illinois Center (303 East Wacker Drive).
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from Grant Park
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View of the Michigan Avenue streetwall and Loop skyscrapers, looking northwest from Grant Park. The Chicago Cultural Center (originally Chicago Public Library) is visible near the center of the image. The Prudential building is at the right, behind the tree.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Michigan Avenue streetwall from Grant Park
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View of the Michigan Avenue streetwall looking southwest from Grant Park. From left to right are the CNA Plaza, the Metropolitan Tower on the Park (formerly Britannica Center), Santa Fe Building, The Mid-Continental Plaza (55 East Monroe Street), People's Gas Building, Monroe Building, and University Club. The "Gage Group" buildings are visible near the right.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Municipal Parking Garage, State and Wacker
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View of the Municipal Parking Garage Facility No. 1 at the corner of North State Street and West Wacker Drive. The address was 11 W. Wacker.
Date:
1982; 1955 (Municipal Parking Garage Facility No. 1)
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
Group of men laying a "Sons of Italy" wreath in Arrigo Park
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A group of men laying a "Sons of Italy" wreath in Arrigo Park. Congressman Frank Annunzio is third from right in the front row; Cardinal Joseph Bernardin is fourth from right. Also included are Alderman Fred Roti, Alderman Vito Marzullo, Congressman Marty Russo, and an unidentified parade queen.
Date:
1982
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Photo of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
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The Field Museum opened in 1893 as part of the World Columbian Exposition in Hyde Park. The museum moved to its current location on park district space along the lakefront near downtown in 1921, and by 1930, it was joined by the addition of the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium nearby. Although technically not part of the Century of Progress, the three lakefront museums were located immediately north of the Fairgrounds and thus attracted many visitors from the Chicago World's Fair.
Date:
1933-1934
Collection:
Century of Progress records
Access:
Public access
Itasca railroad station, Milwaukee Road Line
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View north from park on the south side of Irving Park road toward the Itasca Station (now demolished) on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) Line.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View of the top part of one of Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures, during the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park. The upper parts of the Prudential Building (One Prudential Plaza) and the Aon Center are visible behind the work.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View of Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture The Big Hand, installed for the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park. The Aon Center is visible in the distance.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Apartments and shops, Winnetka Avenue and Wilson Street, Winnetka
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View southeast from the intersection of Winnetka Avenue and Wilson Street. A sign for Indian Hill Park is in the foreground. A number of shops occupy the ground floor of the mixed-use residential-commercial building adjacent to the park on the north side of Winnetka Avenue, including White's Drug Store, Avery Murphy TV Radio, A Record Store, Indian Hill Cleaners and Indian Hill Beauty Salon.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Boats in Diversey Harbor and Lincoln Park apartment buildings
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View looking southwest at pleasure boats in Diversey Harbor, and towards high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums) in Lincoln Park. The Diversey Yacht Club building is visible on the left side of the image, and the 345 West Fullerton Parkway condominiums rise behind that. The 2400 North Lakeview Apartments are near the center of the image, and to the right of it are 2430 North Lakeview Avenue, 2440 North Lakeview Avenue, and 2450 North Lakeview Avenue.
Date:
1980; 1963 (2400 North Lakeview Apartments); 1973 (345 West Fullerton Parkway)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Douglas Park and Mount Sinai Hospital
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View in winter looking across Douglas Park towards Mount Sinai Hospital. A snow-covered park bench is in the left foreground and playing fields are visible in the park behind it. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is visible in the distance through the trees.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marktown Park and East Chicago refineries
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View of Marktown Park, with refineries adjacent to its borders. A couple of the houses in the Marktown planned community are visible at the far right.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marquette Park
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View of the lagoon at Marquette Park.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Navy Pier, Auditorium Building
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View of the Auditorium Building at the east end of Navy Pier, looking northeast from the lake. The Beer Garden entrance arch is visible on the far left, part of a major Navy Pier renovation project completed in 1995.
Date:
1995; 1916 (Navy Pier Terminal Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Navy Pier
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View of the south side of Navy Pier, looking northeast from just south of the west end of the pier. The ferris wheel and other structures built as part of a major Pier renovation in 1995 are visible. A sightseeing boat and two large cruise boats are moored alongside the pier.
Date:
1995
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side high-rises from Navy Pier
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View looking northwest towards Near North Side high-rises from a park near the entrance to Navy Pier at the intersection of North Streeter Drive/ East Ohio Street and East Grand Avenue. Part of the Lakefront Trail is visible in the foreground. The Days Inn hotel (originally a Holiday Inn, 644 North Lake Shore Drive) is visible on the right. The Onterie Center (later Axis Apartments) at 441 East Erie Street is behind the hotel. The John Hancock Center is visible at the far right.
Date:
1995
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower Place from Water Tower Park
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View looking northeast towards Water Tower Place, from Water Tower Park, near the southwest corner of East Pearson Street and North Michigan Avenue. A Marshall Field's store anchors the southwest corner of the shopping complex.
Date:
1976 (Water Tower Place)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Holiday Inn hotel and American Furniture Mart tower from park along lakefront
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View of the top of the Holiday Inn hotel (later The W Hotel Chicago Lakeshore) at 644 North Lake Shore Drive, and the tower of the American Furniture Mart (Lake Shore Place) from a park area along the lakefront.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Other unidentified community activities, 1973 (Folder 607)
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Community Activities bring the city's government into the neighborhood. Mayor Richard J. Daley's campaign for a cleaner Chicago reached out to students in Chicago's schools and made them part of the Junior Citizen's Committee for a Cleaner Chicago.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Grove Street at Chicago Avenue, Evanston
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View looking northwest from that corner of Raymond Park. The building on the left with the colonnaded portico (1490 Chicago Avenue) is the First Church of Christ Scientist. The apartment buildings on the right face Grove Street. The American Hospital Supply Corporation building (1560 Sherman Avenue) is visible under construction in the distance.
Date:
1976; 1912 (First Church of Christ Scientist)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Douglas Park
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View of Douglas Park from West Ogden Avenue, with the fieldhouse in the distance across the pond.
Date:
1970s; 1928 (Douglas Park Fieldhouse)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bowen High School and Bessemer Park
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View towards Bowen High School (2710 East 89th Street), looking north from Bessemer Park.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Humboldt Park street lamp
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View of a prairie-style street lamp on a concrete base in Humboldt Park. The lamp sits just off North Humboldt Drive, at the entrance to the parking lot for the Humboldt Park Boathouse.
Date:
1974
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Garfield Park flower garden
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View of an outdoor garden at Garfield Park, with crysthanthemums surrounding a pond.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lake Calumet and Calumet River area
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Map of the Lake Calumet and Calumet River area, showing expressways and major streets, parks and forest preserves, and railway lines serving the area.
Date:
circa 1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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