Skip to content
Home
Collections
Digital Exhibits
Help
Contact Us
Login
UIC Library Digital Collections (Beta)
Basic
Advanced
Search in fulltext
Search
Search for
:
Objects
Collections
Field
Any
Title
Creator
Contributor
Description
Identifier
Address
Building Name
Geographic Location
Collection
Subject--Genre
Subject--Name
Subject--Topic
Collection Code
Series
Condition
Must
Must not
Should
Type of search
Contain
Equal
Starts with
Value
Value
Value
Value
Add more criteria
Search for
:
Objects
Collections
Clear
Search
Display
List
Timeline
Gallery
Map
Showing
1 - 9 of 9
Records
Sort by
:
Number of results to display
:
Filter
2
Chicago River at the Michigan Avenue bridge
Image
Image
View northeast from the Chicago River at the Michigan Avenue bridge. The docking area for Wendella Boat tours is along the river to the left of the bridge. Part of the Wrigley building is visible at the extreme left of the image; the Tribune Tower stands in the center, and the Equitable Building (401 North Michigan Avenue) is partially visible on the extreme right.
Date
:
1969; 1925 (Tribune Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Mies van der Rohe office buildings
Image
Image
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
Riverfront walkway and adjacent buildings
Image
Image
View of buildings along the north side of the Chicago River, with the riverwalk in the foreground. Part of the Equitable Building is visible at the far left, and the University of Chicago Downtown Center (Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive ) is to the right of it. The NBC tower rises at the far right.
Date
:
1994; 1994 (Gleacher Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago River and Wrigley Building
Image
Image
View northwest across the Chicago River towards the Wrigley Building. The Michigan Avenue bridge is in the distance at the left.
Date
:
1994; 1919-1924 (Wrigley Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago River east of Michigan Avenue
Image
Image
View east along the north side of the Chicago River towards Lake Michigan. The Equitable Building (401 North Michigan Avenue) is at the far left, and the Gleacher Center, part of the University of Chicago School of Business, stands next to it on the right. On the right, the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers are silhouetted against the sky.
Date
:
1994; 1965 (Equitable Building); 1992 (Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers); 1994 (Gleacher Center)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Loop skyline from North Branch of Chicago River
Image
Image
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
Chicago River and Gateway Center
Image
Image
View looking north along the South Branch of the Chicago River from the West Jackson Boulevard bridge. The West Adams Street bridge runs across the center of the image, and two of the buildings in the Gateway Center complex are behind it on the left. The Butler Brothers Warehouse I (later River Center) is in the distance, with a John Plain & Company sign on its clock tower.
Date
:
1969; 1913 (Butler Brothers Warehouse); 1965 (Gateway Center I); 1967 (Gateway Center II, CDW Plaza)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Chicago Tribune Building
Image
Image
View of the Chicago Tribune building, looking northeast across the Chicago River from East Wacker Drive, just west of Michigan Avenue. A tour boat and the riverside docking area for Wendella Boat Tours is in the lower foreground of the photograph. One of the bridgehouses of the Michigan Avenue bridge is visible at the lower right. Part of the Wrigley building is visible at the extreme left.
Date
:
1976; 1925 (Tribune Tower)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Riverside Plaza
Image
Image
View looking across the South Branch of the Chicago River at Riverside Plaza (formerly Chicago Daily News Building), located at 2 North Riverside Plaza. The Butler Brothers Warehouse I (later River Center) is visible to the right.
Date
:
1971; 1913 (Butler Brothers Warehouse); 1929 (Chicago Daily News Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Active filters
Subject Topic:
Office buildings
Subject Topic:
Waterfronts
Remove all
Geographic Location
7
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Streeterville (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
Topic
9
Architecture
9
Cities and towns
6
Rivers
6
Skyscrapers
4
Bridges
2
Boats and boating
2
Commercial buildings
1
College buildings
1
Community development, Urban
1
Docks
1
Hotels
1
Industrial buildings
1
Landscape architecture
1
Printing plants
1
Theaters
More
Contact Us
×