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Warehouses, Apparel Center, and Chicago River
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View looking north along the South Branch of the Chicago River with 111 North Canal Street (originally Butler Brothers Warehouse I, later the Gogo building) on the left, and a warehouse at 165 North Canal (later Randolph Place) next to it. The Apparel Center, with the Holiday Inn Chicago - Mart Plaza occupying its upper floors, is on the right.
Date:
1986; 1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Warehouses, Apparel Center, and Chicago River
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View looking north along the South Branch of the Chicago River with 111 North Canal Street (originally Butler Brothers Warehouse I, later the Gogo building) on the left, and a warehouse at 165 North Canal (later Randolph Place) next to it. The Apparel Center, with the Holiday Inn Chicago - Mart Plaza occupying its upper floors, is in the distance at the right.
Date:
1986; 1977 (Apparel Center)
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
Chicago River and Apparel Center construction
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View to the north along the South Branch of the Chicago River. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and the Apparel Center is visible behind it, under construction. Gateway Center I is partially visible in the left foreground; in the distance on the left is Butler Brothers Warehouse I (now River Center). Part of the Civic Opera Building is visible on the extreme right of the image.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Branch of the Chicago River and Randolph Street bridge
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View looking northeast across the South Branch of the Chicago River, with landscaping and a walkway along the west side of the river. The Randolph Street bridge is in the foreground, and part of 150 North Wacker is visible on the right. The Merchandise Mart is in the distance.
Date:
1985
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
55 West Wacker Drive
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View of the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building (now 55 West Wacker Drive) in 1972. The Dearborn Street bridge over the Chicago River is visible in the foreground.
Date:
1972; 1968 (Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Halsted St. Bridge through S. Halsted St. Bridge (Folder 8)
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Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Halsted St.Bridge (1930, 1941, 1944, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1969, 1981); N. Halsted St. Viaduct (undated rendering, undated construction aerial photo, 1969); S. Halsted St. Bridge (1931, 1933, 1934)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River and Gateway Center
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View looking north along the South Branch of the Chicago River from the West Jackson Boulevard bridge. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and two of the buildings in the Gateway Center complex are behind it on the left. The Butler Brothers Warehouse I (later River Center) is in the distance, with a John Plain & Company sign on its clock tower.
Date:
1969; 1913 (Butler Brothers Warehouse); 1965 (Gateway Center I); 1967 (Gateway Center II, CDW Plaza)
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
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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