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Industrial buildings, West Ontario Street
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View looking west along the north side of West Ontario Street at 222 West Ontario (home to Lino's Ristorante at the time of the photograph), the Deahl Building (also with address of 222 West Ontario), and the Leahy Building (226 West Ontario). To the left of these buildings, the intersection with West Franklin Street is visible, with the CTA elevated tracks running above Franklin Street. A large billboard advertising Newport cigarettes is affixed to the side of the elevated track structure.
Date
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circa 1915 (Deahl Building)
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
70 West Erie Street
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View of the front facade of a four-story, nineteenth-century building located at 70 West Erie Street, just east of the intersection with East Clark Street. The address of this building is also given as 661 N. Clark Street. At the time of the photograph, the building had been renovated to house Salvador's, a Mexican restaurant.
Date
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1985
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
East Ontario Street at Rush Street
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View looking west along East Ontario Street. On the right of the image is Lawry's restaurant, at the corner of East Ontario and North Rush Streets. The Hanley Dawson Cadillac dealership (now demolished) is behind Lawry's, on the block between North Rush Street and North Wabash Avenue. The Croydon Hotel (now The James Chicago), at the southwest corner of East Ontario and North Rush Streets is at the left. Part of the Medinah Temple with its distinctive onion dome is visible behind the Croydon.
Date
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1976; 1912 (Medinah Temple)
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
Lino's Ristorante canopy
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Canopy over the entrance to Lino's Ristorante, which occupied the street level of 222 West Ontario Street at the time of the photograph.
Date
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1985
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
Small businesses, North Wells Street
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Independent small businesses occupy the street level of a nineteenth-century building at 544-550 North Wells Street, located just south of the intersection with West Ohio Street. Delish offered lunch items and pizza; next to it is "3 Little Bakers" bakery.
Date
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1985
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
Hanley Dawson Cadillac and Lawry's restaurant
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View looking northwest along East Ontario Street. The Hanley Dawson Cadillac dealership (now demolished) stands on the block between North Rush Street and North Wabash Avenue. Lawry's restaurant, at the northeast corner of East Ontario and North Rush Streets, is partially visible on the right.
Date
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1976; 1895 (L. Hamilton McCormick mansion)
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
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Public access
East Ohio Street between Rush Street and Michigan Avenue
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View of the office and commercial buildings on the north side of East Ohio Street on the block between and North Rush Street and North Michigan Avenue. The Corner House restaurant and the Just Pants clothing store occupy the ground floor of the 100 East Ohio Street building (demolished). Next to it on the right, a cocktail lounge occupies the ground floor of another office building.
Date
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1976
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
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Public access
Apartment houses and businesses on North State Street
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View along the west side of North State Street, looking north from West Ontario Street. On the left are dilapidated nineteenth-century apartments with street-level retail businesses. On the right is the Dana Hotel at 666 North State Street (demolished). The top part of the Lawson House YMCA building (Victor F. Lawson YMCA) located at 30 West Chicago Avenue, is visible in the background.
Date
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1976; 1891 (Dana Hotel); 1930-1934 (Lawson House YMCA)
Collection
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C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
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Public access
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