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Site for Dearborn Park residential development
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View looking northeast from South Clark Street at the site for the first phase of the Dearborn Park residential development. Loop high-rises, including the CNA Plaza (333 South Wabash Avenue) are visible in the distance. The clock tower of Dearborn Station is visible at the far left. The Harrison Hotel Electric Garage, with its rooftop sign, stands near the center. The rear facade of the Blackstone Hotel, with its curved mansard roof, is visible further to the right. At the far right, the sign for the Y.M.C.A. Hotel (826 South Wabash) is visible.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Block 37
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View from the air looking down upon Block 37, a city block bounded by West Randolph Street, North State Street, West Washington Street and North Dearborn Street. The Marshall Field's store is on the right, across from Block 37.
Date:
1995; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Mies van der Rohe office buildings
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View to the west from the Chicago River, with three of Mies' office buildings. Two Illinois Center (233 North Michigan Avenue) is under construction on the left. One Illinois Center (111 East Wacker Drive) stands next to it. Both these buildings are part of the Illinois Center complex. The IBM building (330 North Wabash) stands on the right, behind the old Sun-Times building. In the foreground, land along the south side of the Chicago River has been cleared for development.
Date:
1972; 1969-1971 (IBM Building); 1970 (One Illinois Center); 1973 (Two Illinois Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Central Station townhouse development
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View of part of the Central Station townhouse development, looking north along South Prairie Avenue from near East 15th Street.
Date:
1995
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
East 55th Street with University Park Apartments
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Sketch by William Brubaker of the view looking east along East 55th Street towards the University Park Apartments. At the right is a townhouse development with gardens, located on the south side of East 55th Street just east of South Kenwood Avenue.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hyde Park townhouses
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View of townhouses with gardens on the south side of East 55th Street just east of South Kenwood Avenue.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Chicago River industrial facilities and Lake Point Tower
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View to the northeast with industrial buildings, warehouses, and storage facilities along the north side of the Chicago River, and land being cleared for development along the south side of the river. Lake Point Tower rises on the left.
Date:
1972; 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side development
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Aerial view of development on the Near North Side in 1996, looking northwest from the IBM building.
Date:
1996
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side development
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Aerial view of development on the Near North Side in 1996, looking northwest from the IBM building.
Date:
1996
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
River City site
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View looking northeast across the South Branch of the Chicago River from the West Cermak Road bridge. The downtown Loop skyline is visible in the distance.
Date:
1977
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Land cleared for the Illinois Center development
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View to the southeast from the Michigan Avenue bridge, showing land along the south side of the Chicago River cleared in preparation for the Illinois Center development. The Outer Drive East (now North Lake Shore Drive) runs across the center of the image, and 400 East Randolph stands behind that.
Date:
1972; 1963 (400 East Randolph)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Proposal for Lawndale: residential buildings
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Hand-drawn sketches by C. William Brubaker showing styles of apartment buildings on West Douglas Boulevard, and houses on West 15th Street and West 16th Street in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Dearborn Park II townhouses
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View looking north at a courtyard and parking area in the Dearborn Park II townhouse development near West 14th Street.
Date:
1995
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Central Station townhouse development
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View of part of the Central Station townhouse development, looking east from East 15th Street. Soldier Field is visible in the distance on the right.
Date:
1995
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Dearborn Park residential development
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View of townhouses and apartment buildings in Dearborn Park, looking northeast across South Park Terrace. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and One Financial Place rise in the distance.
Date:
1985; 1979 (Dearborn Park townhomes)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Loop New Town
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Rendering for a South Loop New Town development, part of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Chicago 21 Plan.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Loop New Town
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Rendering for a South Loop New Town development, part of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Chicago 21 Plan.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Hyde Park townhouses
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View of landscaped area at the rear of townhouses located on the south side of East 55th Street just east of South Kenwood Avenue.
Date:
1967
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Loop New Town
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Rendering for a South Loop New Town development, part of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Chicago 21 Plan.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Mixed-use development adjacent to residential preservation area
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Sketch by Brubaker showing mixed-use development providing services and amenities (bank, theater, and shops) as well as new apartments and townhouses adjacent to an existing established residential neighborhood.
Date:
1982
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
John Hancock Center and adjacent residential buildings
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View of the John Hancock Center with older residential buildings standing in the foreground.
Date:
March 1969; 1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Near North Side development
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Aerial view of development on the Near North Side in 1996, looking northwest from the IBM building.
Date:
1996
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Square
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View of a shopping area along North Lincoln Avenue, looking northwest from Kempf Plaza/ Giddings Plaza, a landscaped outdoor plaza with seating. On-street diagonal parking is available just north of the plaza.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Groveland Park townhouses
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View of the garden side of a section of a townhouse development, seen from Groveland Park. This development is located on East 33rd Place, east of South Cottage Grove Avenue.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
South Commons townhouses
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View of the rear of townhouses in the South Commons development. The brick wall encloses a back garden area for each home.
Date:
1970
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Industrial-use land along the Chicago River
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View to the northeast with industrial buildings, warehouses, and storage facilities along the north side of the Chicago River, and land being cleared for development along the south side of the river. Lake Point Tower rises on the left, and the towers of the Navy Pier Terminal Building are visible in the center distance, beyond North Lake Shore Drive.
Date:
1972; 1968 (Lake Point Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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