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West Ogden Avenue at Homan
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View looking southwest along a stretch of West Ogden Avenue. The intersection with South Homan Avenue is in the middle ground, at the traffic signals. The Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church (3358 West Ogden Avenue) is on the right.
Date:
circa 1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


North Orleans Street, industrial district
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View northeast along North Orleans Street from the West Kinzie Street overpass, just south of the intersection with West Hubbard Street. The steeple and rear of Assumption Catholic Church (323 West Illinois Street), and its adjacent parish offices, are visible near the center of the photograph.
Date:
1972; 1886 (Assumption Catholic Church)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Greenstone Church
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View looking northeast at the front of the Greenstone Church, a Romanesque Revival style church located at 11211 South St. Lawrence Avenue, on the southeast corner of the intersection with East 112th Street.
Date:
circa 1972; 1881 (Greenstone Church)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Cermak Road near Whipple Street
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View looking west along West Cermak Road. Nuestra Senora del Tepeyac (Our Lady of Tepeyac) church is on the left, at the intersection with South Whipple Street.
Date:
1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Douglas Boulevard and Baptist Church
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View looking northwest across West Douglas Boulevard towards the Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church (3622 West Douglas Boulevard).
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


South Commercial Avenue and Immaculate Conception Church
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View looking south along South Commercial Avenue from north of the intersection with East 88th Street. Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary Church (2944 East 88th Street), a Catholic church, is on the right. The neon sign for Buy-Rite Auto Parts (8804 South Commercial Avenue) is visible a little further down the street, south of the intersection with East 88th Street.
Date:
circa 1972; ca. 1888 (Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary Church)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Apartment buildings, North Kenmore Avenue
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Street-level view looking north along the east side of North Kenmore Avenue towards West Ardmore Avenue. The Edgewater Apartments (5737 North Kenmore Avenue) are in the foreground on the upper right. Next to it on the left is the Johnson Residence (5743 North Kenmore Avenue). The red sandstone Church of the Atonement (5749 North Kenmore Avenue) is visible behind that on the left.
Date:
1980; 1915 (Johnson Residence, 5743 North Kenmore Avenue); 1919-1924 (Church of the Atonement); 1927 (Edgewater Apartments)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


North Wabash Avenue and St. James Cathedral
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View northeast along North Wabash Avenue with St. James Cathedral (Episcopal) at the right. In the distance at the left, the south facade of the America-Fore Building (Railroad Retirement Board Building) is visible. Nineteenth-century residences along East Superior Street can be seen in front of it.
Date:
1976; 1875 (St. James Cathedral, reconstruction)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago Avenue, Evanston
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View looking north along Chicago Avenue from just south of the intersection with Lake Street. The modernist high-rise at the far left is at 1420 Chicago Avenue. The apartment building to its immediate right is 1426 Chicago Avenue. The spire of Lake Street Church of Evanston is visible near the center of the image, and part of the First Presbyterian Church of Evanston is on the right.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


North Kenmore Avenue
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View looking north along the east side of North Kenmore Avenue towards the intersection with West Berwyn Avenue (visible in the distance at the left). A small park is behind the fence in the right foreground, and the stone Epworth United Methodist Church (5253 North Kenmore Avenue) is visible to the left of it. Park Tower Condominiums, a high-rise apartment building at 5415 North Sheridan Road is visible behind the church.
Date:
circa 1980; 1890 (Epworth United Methodist Church); 1973 (Park Tower Condominiums)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Emerson Street, Evanston
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View looking east along Emerson Street from the intersection with East Railroad Avenue. Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church is visible on the left, and a number of houses and apartment buildings are farther in the distance.
Date:
circa 1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Saint Alphonsus Church
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Saint Alphonsus Church (1429 W Wellington Avenue), seen from West Wellington Street just east of the intersection with Lincoln Avenue. The front entrance to the church is on North Southport Avenue. The Golden Nugget Pancake House is across from the church at the left.
Date:
1981; 1897, rebuilt 1952 (Saint Alphonsus Church)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Fourth Presbyterian Church
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View looking northeast across North Michigan Avenue at the Fourth Presbyterian Church, located at North Michigan Avenue and East Chestnut Streets. Part of the Walton Colonnade tower (100 East Walton Condominium) is visible at the top right, and part of the 900 Michigan Avenue Building (now demolished) is visible at the far right.
Date:
1976; 1912-1914 (Fourth Presbyterian Church)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Holy Name Cathedral
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View of Holy Name Cathedral, located at North State St. and Superior Ave. The John Hancock Center is also visible in the image.
Date:
1980; 1874 (Holy Name Cathedral)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access