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Various views and streetscapes (Folder 544)
424 Images
Various views and streetscapes, including graffiti on monument at Western and 21st; viaduct mural at Halsted and Kinzie; Barber shop at Wells and Washington; Cabrini Green housing project after rehab; Chagall mosaic in Loop; Coastguard house at locks; Congress and Michigan; Continental bank; Copernicus statue at Adler Planetarium; Daley Plaza; Division and State; Drake Hotel; Drexel Fountain; Fort Sheridan Cemetery; Parking garages; Kemper Building; LaSalle Plaza; LaSalle and Adams; Kozsko Statue; Madison St.; Madison and Wells; 22 W. Madison Building; Marquette Statue; McKinley Park; Michigan Ave. bridge; Michigan Ave. high-rise; New Michigan Hotel (Lexington Hotel); Lake Shore Drive; Outer Drive; Port of Chicago; Presidential Towers; Robie House (exterior painting); "S" curve at Navy Pier; Sears and Hancock Towers; Sherman Hotel; State St.; Stearns Quarry; Stockyards Entrance; Sculpture on Parking Lot; Unidentified interior architecture; United Artists movie theater and intersection; 111 E. Wacker Dr.; Winnipeg (Manitoba) Mall; Winston Towers; WEM; Wolf Point before Apparel Center
Collection:
James S. Parker 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)
144 Images
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
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
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
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
Daley Bicentennial Park
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View of the Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Park and Plaza (now part of Maggie Daley Park), located south of East Randolph Street and east of South Columbus Drive. The prominently visible high-rise apartment buildings are Buckingham Plaza (360 East Randolph Street), 400 East Randolph, and Harbor Point (155 North Harbor Drive).
Date:
1982; 1963 (400 East Randolph); 1975 (Harbor Point); 1982 (Buckingham Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Michigan Avenue from Grant Park
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View southwest from Grant Park, showing buildings forming the South Michigan Avenue "streetwall".
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Michigan Avenue from Grant Park
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View southwest from Grant Park towards early skyscrapers along South Michigan Avenue. The Congress Hotel and Auditorium building stand in the center of the photo.
Date:
1972
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Prudential Building from Grant Park
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View of the Prudential Building (One Prudential Plaza), located at 130 East Randolph Street, from Grant Park.
Date:
1962; 1955 (Prudential Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Unidentified Community Activities, 1979 (Folder 616)
350 Images
Description: Community Activities bring the city's government into the neighborhood. Chicago mayors Bilandic and Byrne's campaigns for a cleaner Chicago reached out to community groups, businesses, and students in Chicago's schools.
Date:
1979
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View, looking northeast, at the installation of Fernando Botero's bronze sculptures for the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" in Grant Park.
Date:
1994
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 Monroe Building (104 S. Michigan Avenue) is at the right. The People's Gas Building, located at 122 S. Michigan Avenue, is visible at the center of the image.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
North Branch of the Chicago River from the air
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Aerial view looking southeast towards the Loop. Horner Park is in the center foreground. West Irving Park Road runs along its southern end, and North California Avenue forms its western boundary. The North Branch of the Chicago River runs alongside the eastern edge of the park and winds towards the Loop.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Daley Bicentennial Park
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View of the Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Park and Plaza (now part of Maggie Daley Park), located south of East Randolph Street and east of South Columbus Drive. The prominently visible high-rise apartment buildings are Buckingham Plaza (360 East Randolph Street), 400 East Randolph, and Harbor Point (155 North Harbor Drive).
Date:
1982; 1963 (400 East Randolph); 1975 (Harbor Point); 1982 (Buckingham Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Botero sculpture exhibition, Grant Park
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View, looking northeast, at Fernando Botero's bronze sculpture La Pensee/ Il Pensiamento, part of the exhibition "Botero In Chicago" held in Grant Park.
Date:
1994
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from Grant Park
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View northwest towards Michigan Avenue and Loop high-rises from the intersection of South Columbus Drive and East Monroe Street in Grant Park. The First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower) is visible under construction at the upper left.
Date:
1968; 1969 (Chase Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Michigan Avenue from Grant Park
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View towards South Michigan Avenue from Grant Park. Trees are in the foreground and Willoughby Tower rises behind.
Date:
1986; 1929 (Willoughby Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Various buildings (Folder 551)
14 Images
Various buildings, including: Executive House (Wacker Dr.); a federal building in Washington D.C.; Field Museum of Natural History; Fuller Park; Grace Episcopal Church in 1860 (copy negative print); Henrotin Hospital; Honore Block in 1860 (copy negative print); Hyatt House Hotel; Leiter Building; Kemper Insurance Building
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Grant Park, Art Institute and Michigan Avenue
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View southwest from a corner of Grant Park near the intersection of South Columbus Drive and East Monroe Street. The Art Institute buildings are visible, with the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" in the distance. The reddish-colored CNA Plaza stands against the sky near the upper center, and the Britannica Center (now Metropolitan Tower) is in front of it.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Grant Park and Loop skyscrapers
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Pedestrians walking in Grant Park with Loop skyscrapers in the distance. The Prudential Building and John Hancock Center are near the center of the image.
Date:
1970; 1955 (Prudential Building); 1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Grant Park and South Michigan Avenue
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View from Grant Park toward the Michigan Avenue "streetwall". On the left are the Hilton Hotel, Blackstone Hotel, and Torco Building (originally Chicago Musical College Building). The sign for the Harrison Hotel Electric Garage is just above the trees at the center of the image.
Date:
1984
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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