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 Avenue businesses near Damen Avenue
Image
Image
View of two- and three-story buildings along the north side of West Chicago Avenue, with businesses on the ground floor and apartments above. A three-story red brick building with Stefano's restaurant on the ground level stands at the intersection with North Damen Avenue. The Victory Building (2006 West Chicago Avenue) stands to the left of Stefano's.
Date
:
1970; 1916 (Victory Building)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Szechwan House Restaurant, North Michigan Avenue
Image
Image
View of the Szechwan House, a Chinese restaurant located at the street level of the Michigan-Ohio Building (612 N. Michigan), at the northwest corner of North Michigan Avenue and East Ohio Street. Andriana Furs is above it on the second floor.
Date
:
1993
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
"The Main", Chicago Avenue, Evanston
Image
Image
View looking northeast across Chicago Avenue at "The Main", a two-story building with ground-level businesses and shops, and office space above. The building was at the time home to the music venue Amazinggrace, and the restaurant The Main Cafe (835 Chicago Avenue). On the second story above the restaurant, a large banner proclaims "Congressman Mikva!" The building, demolished in 2007, formerly stood on Chicago Avenue at the southeast corner of the intersection with Main Street in Evanston.
Date
:
1976
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Cermak Road near Whipple Street
Image
Image
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
Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Square
Image
Image
View north on North Lincoln Avenue towards Lawrence Avenue. The outer part of Kempf Plaza/ Giddings Plaza is in the foreground. Diagonal on-street parking is available in front of some of the shops. Banners for the Meyer Delicatessen (formerly at 4750 North Lincoln Avenue) are on the left.
Date
:
1980
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Small businesses, North Wells Street
Image
Image
Independent small businesses occupy the street level of a nineteenth-century building at 544-550 North Wells Street, located just south of the intersection with West Ohio Street. Delish offered lunch items and pizza; next to it is "3 Little Bakers" bakery.
Date
:
1985
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
18th Street, Pilsen
Image
Image
View looking east along West 18th Street, from east of the intersection with South Racine Avenue. The sign for the Cuernavaca Restaurant (1158 West 18th Street) is visible at the left of the image. A bakery, the Panaderia El Paraiso is next to that. Other businesses line both sides of the street.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
West Granville Avenue
Image
Image
View looking east along West Granville Avenue from east of the intersection with North Broadway Avenue. The Granville station for the CTA Red Line is visible in the distance on the right, and the sign for Standee's Coffee Shop (now closed) is partially visible above the sidewalk at the far right. The Grandeur Apartments (1055 West Granville Avenue, originally the Grandeur Apartment Hotel) is visible at the upper right.
Date
:
1980; 1930 (The Grandeur Apartment Hotel)
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
North Clark Street, Andersonville
Image
Image
View north along the west side of the 5200 block of North Clark Street from the intersection with West Farragut Avenue. Svea, a Swedish restaurant, is visible.
Date
:
1981
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Active filters
Subject Topic:
Restaurants
Subject Topic:
Stores, Retail
Remove all
Geographic Location
2
Edgewater (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Andersonville (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Evanston (Ill.)
1
Lincoln Square (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
1
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Streeterville (Chicago, Ill.)
1
West Town (Chicago, Ill.)
More
Topic
9
Cities and towns
7
Streets
6
Architecture
5
Automobiles
4
Commercial buildings
3
Signs and signboards
2
Commercial strips
2
Dwellings
1
Apartments
1
Bars (Drinking establishments)
1
Church buildings
1
Community development, Urban
1
Railroads, Elevated
More
Contact Us
×