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Site for Dearborn Park residential development
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View looking northeast from South Clark Street at the site for the first phase of the Dearborn Park residential development. Loop high-rises, including the CNA Plaza (333 South Wabash Avenue) are visible in the distance. The clock tower of Dearborn Station is visible at the far left. The Harrison Hotel Electric Garage, with its rooftop sign, stands near the center. The rear facade of the Blackstone Hotel, with its curved mansard roof, is visible further to the right. At the far right, the sign for the Y.M.C.A. Hotel (826 South Wabash) is visible.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Standard Oil Building under construction
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View of early stages of construction of the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center), with a number of downtown skyscrapers visible behind.
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
MidAmerica Commodity Exchange
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View of the trading-exchange building under construction in 1972. This building is one of two comprising this exchange complex.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears Tower under construction
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View during the construction of the Sears Tower.
Date:
1971; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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View of the James R. Thompson center under construction in 1983.
Date:
1983; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Site for Dearborn Park residential development
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View looking southeast at a cleared area along South Clark Street, the site for the first phase of the Dearborn Park residential development.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State of Illinois Center under construction
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View of the La Salle Street facade of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center) while under construction in 1983.
Date:
1983; 1979-1985 (State of Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sear Tower during construction
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View during the construction of the Sears Tower in April 1972.
Date:
1972; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Mies van der Rohe office buildings, Chicago
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View of a group of office towers close to the Chicago River in the Loop and Near North Side. Two Illinois Center (Office of Mies van der Rohe) is on the left, under construction. The center tower is One Illinois Center (Office of Mies van der Rohe). Mies' IBM building stands on the right, behind the Sun-Times building.
Date:
1972; 1970 (One Illinois Center); 1973 (Two Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears Tower under construction
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View during the early stages of construction of the Sears Tower.
Date:
1971; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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View of the James R. Thompson center under construction in 1983.
Date:
1983; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
River City under construction
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View looking north at River City (800 South Wells Street) during early stages of construction. Behind it on the left is the brick 310 West Polk Building, occupied by the Cadaco game company at the time of the photograph. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is in the center of the image.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
MidAmerica Commodity Exchange
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View during construction of the X-shaped trusses on the trading-floor building (one of two buildings comprising this exchange complex).
Date:
1971
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
MidAmerica Commodity Exchange
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View of the trading-exchange building (one of two buildings comprising this exchange complex) under construction in 1972.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center) under construction in 1983. The Greyhound Bus station (no longer at this location) is visible in the foreground.
Date:
1983; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
State Street: Republic Building (Folder 1175)
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Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center
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View of the James R. Thompson center under construction in 1983.
Date:
1983; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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