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Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
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View of wholesale distributors' shops along the north side of West Randolph Street, looking east from the intersection with North Peoria Street. At the far left is The House of J & S, home to the J & S Produce Company and Roins Produce (building demolished).
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverside Plaza
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View of the upper portion of Riverside Plaza, located at 2 North Riverside Plaza.
Date:
1991; 1929 (Chicago Daily News Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison
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Perspective sketch of the Northwestern Atrium Center (500 West Madison).
Date:
circa 1979; 1979-1987 (Northwestern Atrium Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Alley, West Washington Boulevard
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View of cars in parking lots and the rear of aging brick buildings from an alley along West Washington Boulevard.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
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View of wholesale distributors' shops along the north side of West Randolph Street, looking towards the intersection with North Peoria Street. N & G Produce occupies 902-904 West Randolph Street, on the west side of the intersection with Peoria Street. Columbus Meat Market also occupies part of that building.
Date:
1980
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
Sears Tower from the Near West side
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View towards the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) from the corner of Racine and Congress Parkway. The view includes part of the University of Illinois at Chicago campus: the Harrison Street parking structure is at right, behind the vacant lot in the foreground. A stretch of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) is visible near the center of the image.
Date:
1975; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Daily News building
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Sketch of the Daily News building by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Buildings along the west bank of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
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View looking northwest looking over the Chicago River from West Wacker Drive just west of North Franklin Street. The low-rise buildings at 212 and 222 North Canal Street still stand, as well as the tall smokestack adjacent to them (located at the junction of North Clinton, West Fulton and West Milwaukee Streets). The Braun Bottles plant (now replaced by Left Bank at K Station) is visible, with a Metra train running on the elevated tracks behind it. The red brick warehouse building slightly to the left behind Braun Bottles was converted to the 600 West Fulton office building. At the far right of the image is Wolf Point, with the Fulton House Condominiums, a converted former warehouse building at 345 North Canal Street, visible across the river behind it. Part of the Cassidy Tire Company building (344 North Canal Street) is visible behind the condominium building.
Date:
1989; 1908 (North American Cold Storage Company); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Interstate 94 at the I-290 interchange
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View of Interstate-94 (I-94) looking west toward South Halsted Street. The rear of the Turek hardware store (333 S. Halsted, now demolished) is visible at the front of the cluster of buildings behind the expressway. The Van Buren Street overpass is at the extreme left. The exit ramp for the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) is near the center of the image.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sears Tower from the Near West side
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View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) from the corner of Racine and Congress Parkway. A stretch of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) is visible in the lower part of the image.
Date:
1975; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 W. Madison
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Undated view of the lower level and main entrance of the Northwestern Atrium Center (500 West Madison).
Date:
1979-1987 (Northwestern Atrium Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Randolph Street, wholesaler's district
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View looking east along West Randolph Street from the intersection with North Peoria Street. Wholesale produce and meat distributors' shops line the street.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Monroe Street at Sangamon
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View in winter looking east along West Monroe Street from just west of the intersection with South Sangamon Street. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) rises on the right.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Greek restaurants, Halsted Street
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View looking southwest across South Halsted Street at Greek restaurants lining the west side of the block. The intersection with West Adams Street is visible at the left, and part of the sign for the Greek Islands Restaurant is visible behind the traffic signals.
Date:
1983
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Jackson Boulevard and 600 West Jackson
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View in winter looking northwest across West Jackson Boulevard towards 600 West Jackson from Lou Mitchell's Restaurant (565 West Jackson Boulevard). Part of the sign for Lou Mitchell's is visible at the far left.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Branch of the Chicago River and Loop skyscrapers
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View looking northeast from the west bank of the South Branch of the Chicago River, south of West Polk Street. On the left is the red brick 310 West Polk Building, occupied by the Cadaco game company at the time of the photograph. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) stands out against the sky.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison
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View of the upper part of the Northwestern Atrium Center (500 West Madison) during the late stages of its construction.
Date:
c. 1987; 1979-1987 (Northwestern Atrium Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Riverside Plaza
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View looking across the South Branch of the Chicago River at Riverside Plaza (formerly Chicago Daily News Building), located at 2 North Riverside Plaza. The Butler Brothers Warehouse I (later River Center) is visible to the right.
Date:
1971; 1913 (Butler Brothers Warehouse); 1929 (Chicago Daily News Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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