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Chicago's shopping districts
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing the locations of Chicago's shopping districts.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago neighborhoods
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing 100 Chicago neighborhoods.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago police districts
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing Chicago's twenty-four police districts, circa 1980.
Date:
circa 1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Street railways, Chicago 1870
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing the system of street railways in the city of Chicago in 1870.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Work crew on street
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Work crew on a residential street using heavy equipment to clean up branches trimmed from trees.
Date:
circa 1960s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Street grid system, Chicago
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing the City of Chicago's street grid system.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Lake Michigan and U. S. Steel South Works
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View looking south on Lake Michigan close to the shore. On the horizon, the United States Steel Corporation's South Works occupies a large area of land jutting out into the lake.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Population breakdowns, Chicago
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Hand-lettered sign by C. William Brubaker, listing estimated population breakdowns across the city's development areas, wards, community areas, and neighborhoods.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Development areas, Chicago
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, dividing the city of Chicago into sixteen development areas.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Interior of a conservatory
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View showing two children next to plants inside a Chicago conservatory.
Date:
circa 1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Midtown Terrace Garden Apartments
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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


Plan of a typical office building of the 1960s
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Sketch by C. William Brubaker showing a typical floor plan for an office building of the 1960s.
Date:
1960s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Mixed use development plan
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Hand-drawn chart by C. William Brubaker showing possibilities for mixed use development in a quarter square mile of a grid block area, combining residential, office, commercial, light industry, and recreational space.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Mixed use development plan
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Hand-drawn sketch by C. William Brubaker showing a land use plan for a quarter square mile mixed use development area, including commercial, residential, and recreational areas.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Typical one square mile grid block
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Detail of a land use map showing a typical one square mile grid block in the City of Chicago. The dark green blocks indicate the locations of schools, and the red blocks indicate commercial development.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Midtown Terrace Garden Apartments
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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


Farmers' Market banners
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Farmers' Market banners on a utility pole. Text on the banners reads "Farmers' Market/ Freshly picked produce at farm stand prices/ Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m./ City of Chicago/ Jane M. Byrne, Mayor".
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Street plan for residential grid block
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing a proposal for creating cul-de-sacs on residential streets in a typical grid block area instead of allowing them to intersect with major streets. Through traffic is thereby channeled onto major streets.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago ward map
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker showing the boundaries of Chicago's 50 municipal wards, circa 1980.
Date:
circa 1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago windows
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Sketch by C. William Brubaker of a typical grouping of "Chicago windows".
Date:
1960s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access