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Near North Side from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel
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Image
Aerial view of the Near North Side, looking northeast from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The John Sexton Building, located at Illinois and Orleans Streets, is visible at the lower left. At the lower right, Assumption Catholic Church and its steeple (323 West Illinois Street) are visible. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place stand out against the sky on the upper right.
Date
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1978; 1917 (John Sexton Building); 1969 (John Hancock Center); 1976 (Water Tower Place)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Near North Side at dusk
Image
Image
Aerial view over the Near North Side from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The intersection of West Grand Avenue and North Wells Street is visible at the lower center. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place stand out against the sky.
Date
:
1978
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
North Kingsbury Street and West Superior Street
Image
Image
View looking southeast from North Kingsbury Street, from just south of the intersection with West Chicago Avenue. Parking lots for the Montgomery Ward Company headquarters occupy the block from North Kingsbury Street to North Hudson Street, and the next block to the south, between West Superior and West Huron Streets. The rear of 400 West Superior Street/ 740 North Sedgwick Street can be seen facing North Hudson Street. The tan brick building at the southeast corner of North Hudson and West Superior Streets has since been demolished. The John Hancock Center rises on the left, and on the right side of the photograph, the Marina City towers are visible.
Date
:
1985
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hotel and apartment building with painted advertisements
Image
Image
View looking northeast, showing a nineteenth-century hotel and an apartment building on West Ohio Street at the northwest corner of North Dearborn Street. The sides of the buildings are painted with advertisements for nearby businesses. There is a street-level parking lot in the foreground. The upper part of Water Tower Place and the John Hancock Center are visible behind them. On the right of the image, the rear of the Hotel Cass (now part of Holiday Inn Express) is visible.
Date
:
1976; 1925 (Cass Hotel)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Near North Side
Image
Image
Aerial view of the Near North Side looking northeast from 333 Wacker Drive. In the lower right foreground at the riverfront is the Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building (City of Chicago Central Office Building). The John Hancock Center stands on the left. Lake Michigan is just visible at the horizon.
Date
:
1984
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Water Tower (Folder 531)
247 Images
Water Tower Repairs (1962) and completion of Water tower. Also visible are the John Hancock Center, Bonwit Teller Department Store and Water Place Tower.
Date
:
1960s-1962; 1971-1998
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Near North Side skyline
Image
Image
View over the Near North Side from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The intersection of West Grand Avenue and North Wells Street at the bottom right. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place stand out against the sky.
Date
:
1978
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Asbury Plaza, North Dearborn Street
Image
Image
View to the north along the west side of North Dearborn Street. Asbury Plaza (750 North Dearborn Street) stands at the northwest corner of the intersection of North Dearborn and West Superior Streets. 712 North Dearborn Street is on the extreme left. The building next to it on the right has been demolished. On the right side of the photograph, the Fewkes Tower apartments (55 West Chestnut Street) are visible.
Date
:
1985; 1967 (Fewkes Tower); 1981 (Asbury Plaza)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Near North Side from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel
Image
Image
Aerial view over the Near North Side towards the John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place, from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). Assumption Catholic Church and its steeple (323 West Illinois Street) are in the lower left corner, and the intersection of West Grand Avenue and North Wells Street is visible near the center of the mass of buildings.
Date
:
1978
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Billboard advertisements for cigarettes and rental cars
Image
Image
View of billboards in front of a building wall bordering a parking lot. The top billboard with the slogan "Marlboro Country" advertises cigarettes. Below it is a billboard for Ace Rent-a-Car Company. Part of the John Hancock Center is on the upper right of the image, and part of Lawry's restaurant, at East Ontario and North Rush Streets, is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Division St. Bridge through Grand Ave. Bridge (Folder 7)
8 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1930, 1931, 1973); N. Damen Ave. Bridge (1953); Dearborn St. Bridge (undated, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963-64, 1964, 1972, 1973); Diversey Blvd. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1954, 1960, 1968)
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Near North Side from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel
Image
Image
Aerial view over the Near North Side towards the John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place, from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). Assumption Catholic Church and its steeple (323 West Illinois Street) are in the lower left corner, and the intersection of West Grand Avenue and North Wells Street is visible near the center of the mass of buildings.
Date
:
1978
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Hermitage Apartments and North Clark Street
Image
Image
View looking northeast from North Clark Street towards the Hermitage Apartments (70 West Huron) during construction. The high-rise apartment building (now condominiums) is located at the northeast corner of West Huron Street and North Clark Street. A much smaller 6-flat stands to its right at 62 West Huron Street.
Date
:
circa 1985; 1920 (62 West Huron Street); 1985 (Hermitage Apartments)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Near North Side at dusk
Image
Image
Aerial view over the Near North Side from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The intersection of West Grand Avenue and North Wells Street is visible at the lower center. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place stand out against the sky.
Date
:
1978
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Near North Side from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel
Image
Image
Aerial view of the Near North Side, looking northeast from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The John Sexton Building, located at Illinois and Orleans Streets, is visible at the lower left. At the lower right, Assumption Catholic Church and its steeple (323 West Illinois Street) are visible. The John Hancock Center and Water Tower Place stand out against the sky on the upper right.
Date
:
1978
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
East Ohio Street from Wabash Avenue
Image
Image
View to east along East Ohio Street from the intersection with North Wabash Avenue. A parking lot with a large billboard celebrating the American Bicentennial is on the north side of Ohio Street between Wabash Avenue and Rush Street. The office and commercial building in the center of the image stood at 100 East Ohio Street. Olson Rug occupied the ground floor at the time of the photograph. The 625 North Michigan building rises behind it. The Croydon Hotel (now The James Hotel) is at the far left, and the St. Clair hotel (formerly at 162 East Ohio Street) is at the far right.
Date
:
1976; 1971 (625 North Michigan)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
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Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
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Copelin Commercial Photographers
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color slides
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