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Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza
Image
Image
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
Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
Image
Image
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
The Chicago Picasso, Civic Center Plaza
Image
Image
View showing the back of the steel Picasso sculpture installed in the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
Date
:
1975
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Richard J. Daley Center, plaza
Image
Image
Undated view of the fountains in the Daley Center Plaza.
Date
:
1963-1965 (Chicago Civic Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago Federal Center plaza
Image
Image
View of the Federal Center plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo" installed.
Date
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circa 1974
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Plaza, Amoco building
Image
Image
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
Richard J. Daley Bicentennial Plaza
Image
Image
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
Richard J. Daley Center plaza
Image
Image
View of the fountains in the Daley Center Plaza in 1981.
Date
:
1981; 1963-1965 (Chicago Civic Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Plaza, Amoco building
Image
Image
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
Plaza, First National Bank of Chicago Building
Image
Image
View of a crowd surrounding the fountain in the plaza of the First National Bank Building (now Chase Tower) in 1975.
Date
:
1975; 1964-1969 (First National Bank of Chicago building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Dubuffet sculpture outside James R. Thompson Center
Image
Image
View of Jean Dubuffet's sculpture Monument with Standing Beast (Monument à la bête debut) installed in the plaza outside the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.
Date
:
1985; 1984 (Dubuffet sculpture)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago Federal Center plaza
Image
Image
Undated view of the Federal Center plaza, looking towards the Dirksen Federal Building. Alexander Calder's sculpture "Flamingo" stands in the center of the plaza.
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Plaza, Amoco building
Image
Image
View to the south of the fountain in the then-new plaza at the Amoco building (200 East Randolph Street, now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building). Buckingham Plaza (360 East Randolph Street, now The Buckingham) rises in the center of the image behind the fountain.
Date
:
1994; 1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Plaza, First National Bank of Chicago building
Image
Image
View of a crowd surrounding the fountain in the plaza of the First National Bank building.
Date
:
1975; 1964-1969 (First National Bank of Chicago building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Civic Center Plaza with Picasso sculpture
Image
Image
View of the Picasso sculpture installed on the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
Date
:
1968
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago City Hall
Image
Image
View of the Chicago City Hall building from Chicago Civic Center Plaza. Part of the Chicago Civic Center is visible at the far right.
Date
:
1968; 1911 (Chicago City Hall)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Federal Plaza and Continental Illinois National Bank
Image
Image
View from Federal Plaza toward the Clark Street facade of the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company (now Wintrust Bank Building).
Date
:
1924 (Continental Illinois National Bank)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Plaza, Amoco building
Image
Image
View of the reconstructed plaza at the Amoco Building (200 East Randolph Street, now Aon Center, originally Standard Oil Building), showing seating areas, walkways, and landscaping.
Date
:
1994; 1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
33 West Monroe
Image
Image
Undated view of 33 West Monroe seen from across Chase Tower Plaza (originally First National Bank Plaza).
Date
:
1980 (33 West Monroe)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
Image
Image
View of the lower portion of the Brunswick Building (Cook County Administration Building) seen from the Civic Center (Daley Center). The steel Picasso sculpture commissioned for the Civic Center plaza is at the right.
Date
:
1968
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Daley Plaza and Cook County Administration Building
Image
Image
View of the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Center Plaza) with the lower part of the Brunswick Building (now Cook County Administration Building), located across Washington Street, visible behind it. Part of the Chicago Temple building is to its right, with the Cokesbury religious bookstore occupying a street-level space (now occupied by a bank).
Date
:
1968
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hartford Plaza North
Image
Image
View of the plaza in front of the south entrance to the Hartford Plaza North building in 1962.
Date
:
1962; 1959-1961 (Hartford Plaza North)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Plaza, First National Bank of Chicago Building
Image
Image
View of a crowd in the plaza of the First National Bank of Chicago building in 1975.
Date
:
1975; 1964-1969 (First National Bank of Chicago building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Plaza, First National Bank of Chicago Building
Image
Image
View of the plaza in front of the First National Bank of Chicago Building (now Chase Tower) in 1984. The Xerox Center (now 55 West Monroe) stands behind it.
Date
:
1984
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
James R. Thompson Center, plaza
Image
Image
View of the plaza in front of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center), showing an outdoor plaza with a sculpture by artist Jean Dubuffet. The Greyhound Bus station (since moved) is visible in the background.
Date
:
1985; 1979-1985 (James R. Thompson Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Richard J. Daley Center plaza
Image
Image
View of the fountains in the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Plaza) in 1968.
Date
:
1968; 1963-1965 (Chicago Civic Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Daley Plaza and Cook County Administration Building
Image
Image
View of the lower portion of the Brunswick Building (now Cook County Administration Building) seen from the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Center Plaza). The fountain in the Daley Center Plaza is visible in the foreground.
Date
:
1968
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Calder sculpture, Chicago Federal Center
Image
Image
Undated view of the Federal Center Post Office (Loop Post Office) and plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo".
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
High-rise buildings, East Wacker Drive
Image
Image
View from Pioneer Court looking southwest towards high-rise buildings along East Wacker Drive. 360 North Michigan Avenue (London Guarantee & Accident Building) is at the left; 35 East Wacker (then Pure Oil Building) is at the center, and the United Insurance Building (1 East Wacker Drive) is at the right. The top of 75 East Wacker Drive (originally Mather Tower) is visible behind these.
Date
:
1972; 1923 (London Guarantee, 360 North Michigan); 1926 (35 East Wacker); 1962 (United Insurance Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Federal Plaza and Continental Illinois National Bank
Image
Image
View from Federal Plaza toward the Clark Street facade of the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company (now Wintrust Bank Building).
Date
:
1924 (Continental Illinois National Bank)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sears Tower
Image
Image
View of the upper part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in 1974.
Date
:
1974; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Standard Oil Building, plaza
Image
Image
View of the plaza in front of the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center) in 1975.
Date
:
1975; 1970-1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Standard Oil Building, plaza
Image
Image
View of the plaza in front of the Standard Oil Building in 1975.
Date
:
1975; 1970-1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
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