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West Loop buildings
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Aerial view looking northwest over part of the west Loop in 1962. The Hartford Fire Insurance Building (later Hartford Plaza North) and the Civic Opera building are visible.
Date:
1962
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Auditorium Building
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View of the Auditorium building in 1962, showing the building's south face with theatre entrance.
Date:
1962; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Auditorium Building
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Sketch of the Auditorium building by C. William Brubaker.
Date:
1960s; 1885-1889 (Auditorium Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Dearborn Street and Dearborn Cinemas
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View of the Dearborn Cinemas (originally Selwyn Theatre and Harris Theatre, later Cinestage and Michael Todd Theatres) on North Dearborn Street between Randolph and Lake Streets. Behind that across Lake Street is 55 West Wacker (originally Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building).
Date:
1987; 1923 (Dearborn Cinemas); 1968 (Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Loop skyline from North Branch of Chicago River
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View looking southeast along the Chicago River from the West Kinzie Street Bridge. The (now unused) Kinzie Street railroad bridge is in the raised position in the upper left foreground of the photograph. The Fulton House Condominiums (originally North American Cold Storage Company warehouse) are on the far right. The Lake Street elevated train tracks, with a CTA Green Line train running across them, are visible in front of the cluster of Loop high-rises. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) rises above them.
Date:
1986; 1974 (Sears Tower); 1981 (Fulton House Condominium conversion)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access