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Cityscape with Hertz sign and John Hancock Center
Image
Image
View from Outer Drive (North Lake Shore Drive) with large Hertz Rent A Car sign and the John Hancock Center against the sky.
Date
:
1971; 1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Riverside Plaza
Image
Image
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
West Wacker Drive office buildings
Image
Image
View of office buildings on West Wacker Drive along the Chicago River. The lower part of the R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive) is visible on the far left. Adjacent to it is 203 N. La Salle Street. Part of the La Salle-Wacker Building is visible on the right, and part of the Dearborn Street bridge and Chicago River can be seen in the foreground.
Date
:
1993; 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sears Tower
Image
Image
View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in 1975.
Date
:
1975; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
U. S. Gypsum Building
Image
Image
View of the U. S. Gypsum building, formerly located at 101 S. Wacker (at Monroe).
Date
:
1961-1963
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
One South Wacker during construction
Image
Image
View of One South Wacker in 1982, during the building's construction. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is at the upper right.
Date
:
1982; 1979-1982 (One South Wacker)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
55 West Monroe
Image
Image
View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date
:
1984; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Loop skyscrapers
Image
Image
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
Sunken plaza, John Hancock Center
Image
Image
Street-level view of a plaza landscaped with trees on the lower level in front of the John Hancock Center (875 North Michigan Avenue). A large sign with the name "Lake Shore Bank" rises up from the lower level. Part of the facade of the Westin Michigan Avenue Hotel, overlooking East Delaware Place, is visible on the left.
Date
:
1982; 1969 (John Hancock Center); 1972 (Westin Michigan Avenue)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Marquette Building
Image
Image
Floor plan of the Marquette building, drawn by C. William Brubaker.
Date
:
1960s; 1893-1895 (Marquette Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
People's Gas Building
Image
Image
Sketch of the People's Gas Building by C. William Brubaker.
Date
:
1960s; 1910-1911 (People's Gas Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Holiday Inn hotel and American Furniture Mart tower from park along lakefront
Image
Image
View of the top of the Holiday Inn hotel (later The W Hotel Chicago Lakeshore) at 644 North Lake Shore Drive, and the tower of the American Furniture Mart (Lake Shore Place) from a park area along the lakefront.
Date
:
circa 1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Grand Avenue from North Michigan Avenue
Image
Image
View to east along East Grand Avenue from North Michigan Avenue. The Time-Life building, located at 541 North Fairbanks Court, stands in the middle ground. Lake Point Tower is visible in the distance. Part of the facade of the Michigan Terrace Apartments (Michigan Terrace Condominiums) is visible in the left foreground.
Date
:
1976; 1963 (Michigan Terrace Apartments); 1968 (Lake Point Tower); 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Ohio Street and Time-Life Building
Image
Image
View looking east along Ohio Street towards the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court). The building is clad in Cor-Ten steel; gold-tinted glass was used for the windows.
Date
:
1971; 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apparel Center
Image
Image
View of the Apparel Center (located at 350 N. Orleans).
Date
:
1976-1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
10 South LaSalle
Image
Image
Undated view of a model of 10 South LaSalle (originally Chemical Plaza).
Date
:
1986 (Chemical Plaza)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
John Hancock Center
Image
Image
Undated view of the John Hancock Center.
Date
:
1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
One South Wacker during construction
Image
Image
View of One South Wacker from across the Chicago River, during the building's construction.
Date
:
1982; 1979-1982 (One South Wacker)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Carson Pirie Scott store, State Street
Image
Image
View of State Street in 1962 with the Carson Pirie Scott store.
Date
:
1962
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Auditorium Building
Image
Image
Sketch of the Auditorium building by C. William Brubaker.
Date
:
1960s; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Elevated train tracks and Hancock Center under construction
Image
Image
View to the east along West Chicago Avenue from just west of the intersection with North Franklin Street. The elevated tracks and entrance staircase for the Chicago Avenue station on the CTA's Brown Line are in the foreground. The John Hancock Center, under construction, is visible against the sky.
Date
:
1968
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
State Street Mall from Jackson to Adams Street
Image
Image
View of the State Street Mall from Jackson Street to Adams Street. The Baskin Store building is in the center of the image. Next to it at the far right is the Talman Home Federal Savings and Loan building. Part of the Palmer House Hilton is visible in the distance at the top of the image.
Date
:
1982; 1947 (Baskin Store); 1966 (Home Federal Savings and Loan)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago River and West Wacker Drive office buildings
Image
Image
View of office buildings on West Wacker Drive, looking west along the main branch of the Chicago River. The R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive) is visible at the far left. Adjacent to it to the west are the La-Salle Wacker Building, and 222 North LaSalle (Builders Building). The Dearborn Street bridge is in the foreground.
Date
:
1993; 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sears Tower from the Herman Crown Center
Image
Image
View of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) from the Herman Crown Center at 425 S. Wabash, in 1984.
Date
:
1984; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sears Tower
Image
Image
View of the top part of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower).
Date
:
1974; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sears Tower from the Near West side
Image
Image
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
Harris Trust and Savings Bank, West Tower
Image
Image
View looking up the side of the West Tower of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank. The newest of three buildings comprising the Harris Trust complex, the building is located at 115 S. LaSalle Street.
Date
:
1974
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
John Hancock Center
Image
Image
Undated view of a model of the John Hancock Center.
Date
:
1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
55 West Monroe
Image
Image
View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date
:
1984; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
State Street and Carson Pirie Scott store
Image
Image
View along State Street including the Carson Pirie Scott store.
Date
:
1984; 1898-1904 (Carson Pirie Scott)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Daily News building
Image
Image
Sketch of the Daily News building by C. William Brubaker.
Date
:
1960s
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sears Tower and AT&T Corporate Center
Image
Image
Aerial view looking southwest towards the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) and the AT&T Corporate Center (now Franklin Center) at 227 West Monroe Street/100 South Franklin Street).
Date
:
1995; 1974 (Sears Tower); 1989 (AT&T Corporate Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
North Michigan Avenue high-rise buildings
Image
Image
View along the west side of North Michigan Avenue, towards the Chicago Water Tower. 444 North Michigan and 500 North Michigan are the two high-rise towers at the far left. The intersection with East Illinois Street is visible near the foreground at the first set of traffic lights. The Omni Hotel (676 North Michigan Avenue), with its curved top, is in the distance. The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago (900 North Michigan Avenue), with its twin turrets is visible to the right of that.
Date
:
1993
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
33 West Monroe Street and Xerox Center
Image
Image
View of 33 West Monroe with the Xerox Center partially visible to its left. A vacant lot is in the lower foreground.
Date
:
1987; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center); 1981 (33 West Monroe)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
33 West Monroe
Image
Image
Undated view of 33 West Monroe seen from across Chase Tower Plaza (originally First National Bank Plaza).
Date
:
1980 (33 West Monroe)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
55 West Monroe
Image
Image
View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date
:
1986; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
333 West Wacker Drive
Image
Image
View looking north from a plaza on Franklin Street toward the rear of the 333 West Wacker building, designed in the form of a parallelogram marked by notches.
Date
:
1985; 1979-1983 (333 West Wacker Drive)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Apparel Center and Holiday Inn, at Wolf Point
Image
Image
Aerial view of the Apparel Center/ Holiday Inn (now Holiday Inn Chicago-Mart Plaza).
Date
:
circa 1977; 1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago River towards Lake Michigan
Image
Image
Aerial view to the east along the Chicago River from 333 Wacker Drive. The Reid, Murdoch & Co. Building (City of Chicago Central Office Building) is in the lower left foreground. Near the center of the image are the Marina City towers and IBM Building (330 North Wabash). Lake Michigan is visible in the distance.
Date
:
1984
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
321 North Clark
Image
Image
View of the Quaker Tower (now 321 North Clark) under construction in April 1986.
Date
:
1986; 1983-1987 (Quaker Tower, 321 North Clark)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
33 West Monroe
Image
Image
View of 33 West Monroe. Marc Chagall's mosaic "The Four Seasons" is visible in the plaza (later Chase Tower Plaza) in the foreground.
Date
:
circa 1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Sears Tower during construction
Image
Image
View during the construction of the Sears Tower, in September 1973.
Date
:
1973; 1968-1974 (Sears Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
High-rise buildings on the Near North Side
Image
Image
Aerial view of the Near North Side skyline in 1996, looking northeast from the IBM building.
Date
:
1996
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
John Hancock Center and adjacent residential buildings
Image
Image
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
Daley Plaza and Cook County Administration Building
Image
Image
View of the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Center Plaza) with the lower part of the Brunswick Building (now Cook County Administration Building), located across Washington Street, visible behind it. Part of the Chicago Temple building is to its right, with the Cokesbury religious bookstore occupying a street-level space (now occupied by a bank).
Date
:
1968
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Cook County Administration Building and Chicago Temple
Image
Image
View of the Cook County Administration Building (then Brunswick Building) under construction. The Chicago Temple stands next to it.
Date
:
1960s (?)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
John Hancock Center
Image
Image
View of the lower part of the John Hancock Center seen from street level.
Date
:
1964-1969 (John Hancock Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Gage Group
Image
Image
Sketch of the Gage Group buildings by C. William Brubaker.
Date
:
1960s; 1898-1899 (Gage Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Garrick Theater
Image
Image
Sketch of The Garrick Theater building by C. William Brubaker.
Date
:
circa 1960; 1891 (Schiller Theater Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Transportation Building, South Dearborn Street
Image
Image
View of the Transportation Building (600 South Dearborn Street), looking northwest along the west side of South Dearborn Street.
Date
:
1980; 1911 (Transportation Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
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