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Block 37
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View from the air looking down upon Block 37, a city block bounded by West Randolph Street, North State Street, West Washington Street and North Dearborn Street. The Marshall Field's store is on the right, across from Block 37.
Date:
1995; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Leo Burnett Building and R. R. Donnelley Building
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View of the Leo Burnett Building (35 West Wacker Drive) and R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive). 55 West Wacker (originally Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building) stands between these two. Part of the Stouffer Riviere Hotel (now Marriott Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel) located at 1 West Wacker Drive, is visible at the extreme left. The State Street bridge runs across the lower part of the image.
Date:
1994; 1989 (Leo Burnett Building); 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Mies van der Rohe office buildings
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View to the west from the Chicago River, with three of Mies' office buildings. Two Illinois Center (233 North Michigan Avenue) is under construction on the left. One Illinois Center (111 East Wacker Drive) stands next to it. Both these buildings are part of the Illinois Center complex. The IBM building (330 North Wabash) stands on the right, behind the old Sun-Times building. In the foreground, land along the south side of the Chicago River has been cleared for development.
Date:
1972; 1969-1971 (IBM Building); 1970 (One Illinois Center); 1973 (Two Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyscrapers looking towards Lake Michigan
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View of Loop skyscrapers looking east from 333 Wacker Drive. 201 North Wells Street (Trustees System Service Building) is in the center foreground. In the background is the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center), and just in front of that is the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue). Lake Michigan is visible in the distance.
Date:
1984; 1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Elevated train track at Jackson Boulevard and Wells Street
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View looking east along the north side of West Jackson Boulevard, showing the CTA elevated train tracks at the intersection with South Wells Street.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Karpen Building
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View of the Karpen building (located at 318 S. Michigan Avenue) from Grant Park in 1984.
Date:
1984; 1885 (Hotel Richelieu)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
West Wacker Drive office buildings
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View of office buildings on West Wacker Drive along the Chicago River. The lower part of the R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive) is visible on the far left. Adjacent to it is 203 N. La Salle Street. Part of the La Salle-Wacker Building is visible on the right, and part of the Dearborn Street bridge and Chicago River can be seen in the foreground.
Date:
1993; 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
R. R. Donnelley Building
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View of the R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive), showing the building's facade at street level.
Date:
1993; 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
150 North Wacker
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View of 150 North Wacker, showing its location along the South Branch of the Chicago River. The six-story The General Growth building (110 N. Wacker Drive, originally Morton International Inc. headquarters, demolished 2018) stands in front of it. The Merchandise Mart is visible in the distance at the left.
Date:
1973; 1968-1970 (150 North Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Associates Center and Prudential Building
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View of the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue) and the Prudential Building (130 E. Randolph Street, now One Prudential Plaza) from Grant Park.
Date:
1986; 1983-1984 (Associates Center); 1952-1955 (One Prudential Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears Tower
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View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in 1975.
Date:
1975; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
U. S. Gypsum Building
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View of the U. S. Gypsum building, formerly located at 101 S. Wacker (at Monroe).
Date:
1961-1963
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
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View looking across the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Plaza) toward the Brunswick Building (at left, now the Cook County Administration Building) and the Chicago Temple Building (right). The First National Bank of Chicago Building (now Chase Tower) is visible in the space between them.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Inland Steel Building
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View of the Inland Steel Building (30 West Monroe).
Date:
1962; 1954-1958 (Inland Steel Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
One South Wacker during construction
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View of One South Wacker in 1982, during the building's construction. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is at the upper right.
Date:
1982; 1979-1982 (One South Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Borg-Warner Building
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View of part of the facade of the Borg-Warner building.
Date:
1972; 1958 (Borg-Warner Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
55 West Monroe
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View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1984; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
33 North La Salle
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View of the upper part of 33 North La Salle Street. The building was known as the American National Bank at the time of the photograph.
Date:
1989; 1930 (33 North La Salle)
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, is visible in the foreground at the right.
Date:
1927 (Bankers Building); 1934 (135 South La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1 North La Salle Street and 33 North La Salle Street
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View of 1 North La Salle Street and 33 North La Salle Street (formerly American National Bank; originally Foreman State National Bank Building). Part of the La Salle Hotel (demolished in 1976) is visible at the left.
Date:
circa 1970s; 1930 (1 North La Salle); 1930 (33 North La Salle)
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
Chapin & Gore Building, East Adams Street
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View of the Chapin & Gore building at 63 E. Adams Street, with restaurants and other businesses on the street level.
Date:
1964; 1904 (Chapin & Gore Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rookery Building
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View at street level of the southwest corner of the Rookery Building, at South LaSalle Street and West Quincy Street.
Date:
1962; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rookery Building
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View of the arched entryway to the Rookery building (209 S. LaSalle Street).
Date:
1960s; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Dearborn Street, Printers' Row
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View looking south along South Dearborn Street from West Congress Parkway. The nineteenth-century Morton Building (538 South Dearborn Street) and Duplicator Building (530 South Dearborn) are visible at the right. South of these, the Pontiac Building (542 South Dearborn Street) and the Transportation Building (600 South Dearborn Street) are visible. The clock tower of the Dearborn Station headhouse rises in the distance.
Date:
1978; 1886 (Duplicator Building); 1891 (Pontiac Building); 1896 (Morton Building); 1911 (Transportation Building)
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
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
High-rise buildings, East Wacker Drive
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View from Pioneer Court looking southwest towards high-rise buildings along East Wacker Drive. 333 North Michigan is at the left. 360 North Michigan Avenue (London Guarantee & Accident Building) is at the right. The upper part of the Mather Tower (now 75 East Wacker Drive) is visible behind it.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Plaza, Amoco building
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View to the south of the then-new plaza at the Amoco building (200 East Randolph Street, now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building). A terraced fountain is along the south wall of the plaza, and the entranceway structure with its curved top is behind that. An accessibility elevator is attached to the entranceway structure. Part of the landscaped plaza is visible at the far right.
Date:
1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Plaza entrance, Amoco building
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View across East Randolph Street of the entrance structure for a new plaza at the Amoco building (200 East Randolph Street, now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building).
Date:
1994; 1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
University Club of Chicago and Gage Group buildings
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View of the University Club of Chicago and the Gage Group buildings from the Art Institute.
Date:
1986; 1890-1899 (Gage Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
311 South Wacker Drive
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View of 311 South Wacker during its construction.
Date:
1989; 1988-1990 (311 South Wacker Drive)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
150 North Wacker and General Growth Building
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View looking northeast along the South Branch of the Chicago River towards the General Growth Building (110 N. Wacker Drive, originally Morton International Inc. headquarters, demolished 2018) and the skyscraper 150 North Wacker. The Washington Street bridge over the South Branch of the Chicago River is in the foreground. Part of the Merchandise Mart is visible in the background.
Date:
1973; 1968-1970 (150 North Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Three First National Plaza
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View of the atrium lobby of Three First National Plaza, located at 70 West Madison Street (at N. Dearborn). The bronze sculpture "Large Internal-External Upright Form" by Henry Moore occupies a prominent place in the lobby.
Date:
1985; 1983 (Henry Moore sculpture)
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
30 South Wacker
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Undated view of the 30 South Wacker office tower, part of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange complex.
Date:
1983 (30 South Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
1 North La Salle
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View of the entrance to 1 North La Salle.
Date:
1989; 1930 (1 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Mies van der Rohe office buildings and Illinois Center development
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View looking west from the mouth of the Chicago River towards (left to right) Two Illinois Center under construction (233 North Michigan Avenue); One Illinois Center (111 East Wacker); IBM Building (center background), Sun Times Building (demolished); Equitable Building (401 North Michigan); and Mandel-Lear Building (demolished).
Date:
1969-1971 (IBM Building); 1970 (One Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Conway Building
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View of the Conway Building (now Burnham Center) located at 111 West Washington Street.
Date:
1984; 1913 (Conway Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Troescher Building
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View of the Troescher Building in 1962. Now demolished, the building once stood at 15 S. Wacker Drive.
Date:
1962; 1884 (Troescher Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Manhattan Building
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View of bay windows on the Manhattan building (431 South Dearborn Street).
Date:
1977; 1891 (Manhattan Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Reliance Building
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View southwest showing of the middle part of the Reliance building, with its large windows. The State Street facade is on the left, and the West Washington Street facade is on the right.
Date:
1977; 1890-1895 (Reliance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Reliance Building
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View of the State Street facade (east facade) of the Reliance building during restoration. The building reopened in 1999 as a hotel.
Date:
1995; 1890-1895 (Reliance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Monadnock Building
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View of the lower part of the facade of the Monadnock building.
Date:
1977; 1889-1891 and 1891-1893 (Monadnock Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Rookery Building and S. LaSalle Street
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View northeast along South LaSalle Street from the intersection with W. Jackson Boulevard. The Rookery Building is at the center of the image.
Date:
1962; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Willoughby Building, Franklin Street at Jackson
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View of the Willoughby Building (234 South Franklin Street Building), at the northwest corner of West Jackson Blvd. and South Franklin Street.
Date:
circa 1964
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Marquette Building
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Floor plan of the Marquette building, drawn by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s; 1893-1895 (Marquette Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
People's Gas Building
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Sketch of the People's Gas Building by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s; 1910-1911 (People's Gas Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Plaza, Amoco building
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View of the reconstructed plaza at the Amoco Building (200 East Randolph Street, later Aon Center), showing seating areas, walkways, and shallow pools.
Date:
circa 1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
R. R. Donnelley Building
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View of the R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive). The Leo Burnett Building (35 West Wacker Drive) is partially visible at the extreme left of the image. 55 West Wacker (originally Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building) stands between these two.
Date:
1994; 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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