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Various views and streetscapes (Folder 544)
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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
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
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
Loop skyline from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus
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View towards the Loop from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus (then University of Illinois at Chicago Circle). Part of the Science and Engineering South building (SES) is visible on the left. A large parking lot is to the right of that building.
Date:
1973
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
Presidential Towers
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View of the Presidential Towers in 1984, while the complex was under construction.
Date:
1984; 1985 (Presidential Towers)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Loop skyline from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus
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View northeast towards Loop skyscrapers from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus (then University of Illinois at Chicago Circle). A campus parking lot is in the foreground, and another parking lot is beyond that, to the right of the Science and Engineering South building (SES) (visible at left).
Date:
1973
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
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
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
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
Presidential Towers
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View of the Presidential Towers in 1984, while the complex was under construction.
Date:
1984; 1985 (Presidential Towers)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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Geographic Location: Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)   Subject Topic: Skyscrapers   Remove all