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Scott, Foresman & Co. building
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View of an enclosed elevated walkway connecting two sections of the Scott, Foresman & Company building at 1900 East Lake Avenue in Glenview.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Block 37
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View from the air looking down upon Block 37, a city block bounded by West Randolph Street, North State Street, West Washington Street and North Dearborn Street. The Marshall Field's store is on the right, across from Block 37.
Date:
1995; 1914 (Marshall Field and Company Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Montgomery Ward & Company headquarters
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View looking northwest at the south and east facades of the Montgomery Ward & Company headquarters (535 West Chicago Avenue/ 500 West Superior Street).
Date:
1976; 1972 (Montgomery Ward headquarters)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago Tribune Building
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View of the Chicago Tribune Building looking north across the Chicago River. Part of the Equitable Building (401 North Michigan Avenue) is visible at the far right.
Date:
1976; 1925 (Tribune Tower)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Industrial land and Montgomery Ward Company buildings
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View to the east along West Chicago Avenue from west of the North Branch of the Chicago River, with the Chicago Avenue bridge visible. The land in the foreground was occupied by Consolidated Royal Chemical Corporation (657 West Chicago Avenue) and H. Goodman & Sons at the time of the photograph. The Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building (Mail Order House), and the Montgomery Ward Administration building stand along the east bank of the river. The John Hancock Center is under construction in the distance.
Date:
1968; 1908 (Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


440 North Wells Street
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Street-level view of part of the facade of 440 North Wells Street, seen from the southeast.
Date:
1984; 1903 (440 North Wells)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Apparel Center
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View of the Apparel Center (350 North Orleans Street, at Wolf Point.) The building's top ten floors are occupied by the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza hotel. Part of the Merchandise Mart is visible at the far right.
Date:
1976; 1977 (Apparel Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Michigan-Ohio Building with corner restaurant, North Michigan Avenue
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View of the Michigan-Ohio Building, an eight-story office building formerly located at the northwest corner of North Michigan Avenue and East Ohio Street (612 N. Michigan). At the time of the photo, the building housed a Chinese restaurant on the corner, and other retail businesses on the street level and second floor.
Date:
1992; 1925 (Michigan-Ohio Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Tribune Tower architectural ornament and WGN Radio sign
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View of architectural ornament and a sign for WGN Radio on the south facade of the Tribune Tower (Chicago Tribune Building) at 435 North Michigan Avenue.
Date:
1993
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Leo Burnett Building and R. R. Donnelley Building
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View of the Leo Burnett Building (35 West Wacker Drive) and R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive). 55 West Wacker (originally Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building) stands between these two. Part of the Stouffer Riviere Hotel (now Marriott Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel) located at 1 West Wacker Drive, is visible at the extreme left. The State Street bridge runs across the lower part of the image.
Date:
1994; 1989 (Leo Burnett Building); 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago River at the Michigan Avenue bridge
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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
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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


Loop skyscrapers looking towards Lake Michigan
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View of Loop skyscrapers looking east from 333 Wacker Drive. 201 North Wells Street (Trustees System Service Building) is in the center foreground. In the background is the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center), and just in front of that is the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue). Lake Michigan is visible in the distance.
Date:
1984; 1973 (Standard Oil Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Elevated train track at Jackson Boulevard and Wells Street
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View looking east along the north side of West Jackson Boulevard, showing the CTA elevated train tracks at the intersection with South Wells Street.
Date:
circa 1970s
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Karpen Building
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View of the Karpen building (located at 318 S. Michigan Avenue) from Grant Park in 1984.
Date:
1984; 1885 (Hotel Richelieu)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Riverside Plaza
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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
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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


R. R. Donnelley Building
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View of the R. R. Donnelley Building (77 West Wacker Drive), showing the building's facade at street level.
Date:
1993; 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


150 North Wacker
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View of 150 North Wacker, showing its location along the South Branch of the Chicago River. The six-story The General Growth building (110 N. Wacker Drive, originally Morton International Inc. headquarters, demolished 2018) stands in front of it. The Merchandise Mart is visible in the distance at the left.
Date:
1973; 1968-1970 (150 North Wacker)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Associates Center and Prudential Building
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View of the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue) and the Prudential Building (130 E. Randolph Street, now One Prudential Plaza) from Grant Park.
Date:
1986; 1983-1984 (Associates Center); 1952-1955 (One Prudential Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Sears Tower
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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
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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


Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
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View looking across the Chicago Civic Center Plaza (now Daley Plaza) toward the Brunswick Building (at left, now the Cook County Administration Building) and the Chicago Temple Building (right). The First National Bank of Chicago Building (now Chase Tower) is visible in the space between them.
Date:
1968
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Inland Steel Building
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View of the Inland Steel Building (30 West Monroe).
Date:
1962; 1954-1958 (Inland Steel Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


One South Wacker during construction
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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


Borg-Warner Building
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View of part of the facade of the Borg-Warner building.
Date:
1972; 1958 (Borg-Warner Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


55 West Monroe
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View of 55 West Monroe (then Xerox Center).
Date:
1984; 1977-1980 (Xerox Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison
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Perspective sketch of the Northwestern Atrium Center (500 West Madison).
Date:
circa 1979; 1979-1987 (Northwestern Atrium Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


33 North La Salle
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View of the upper part of 33 North La Salle Street. The building was known as the American National Bank at the time of the photograph.
Date:
1989; 1930 (33 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bankers Building and La Salle Bank Building
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View of the Bankers Building (105 West Adams Street) and La Salle National Bank Building (135 South La Salle Street, originally Field Building) from Federal Center Plaza. Part of Alexander Calder's sculpture, Flamingo, is visible in the foreground at the right.
Date:
1927 (Bankers Building); 1934 (135 South La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


1 North La Salle Street and 33 North La Salle Street
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View of 1 North La Salle Street and 33 North La Salle Street (formerly American National Bank; originally Foreman State National Bank Building). Part of the La Salle Hotel (demolished in 1976) is visible at the left.
Date:
circa 1970s; 1930 (1 North La Salle); 1930 (33 North La Salle)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Wrigley Building
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View of the upper part of the Wrigley Building. The south tower with the clocktower is on the left, and the north tower is on the right. An elevated walkway connects the 14th floors of the two buildings.
Date:
1972; 1920-1924 (Wrigley Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Loop high-rises from Grant Park
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View from Grant Park toward the Chicago Public Library (now Chicago Cultural Center) and Loop high-rises, including the United Insurance Building (now Kemper Building).
Date:
1972; 1962 (United Insurance Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chapin & Gore Building, East Adams Street
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View of the Chapin & Gore building at 63 E. Adams Street, with restaurants and other businesses on the street level.
Date:
1964; 1904 (Chapin & Gore Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Rookery Building
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View at street level of the southwest corner of the Rookery Building, at South LaSalle Street and West Quincy Street.
Date:
1962; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Rookery Building
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View of the arched entryway to the Rookery building (209 S. LaSalle Street).
Date:
1960s; 1885-1888 (The Rookery)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Old Orchard Road: Portland Cement Association (Folder 287)
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Portland Cement Association, Structural Development Laboratory, located at 5420 Old Orchard Road
Date:
Feburary 4, 1958
Collection:
Chicago Photographic Collection
Access:
Public access


South Dearborn Street, Printers' Row
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View looking south along South Dearborn Street from West Congress Parkway. The nineteenth-century Morton Building (538 South Dearborn Street) and Duplicator Building (530 South Dearborn) are visible at the right. South of these, the Pontiac Building (542 South Dearborn Street) and the Transportation Building (600 South Dearborn Street) are visible. The clock tower of the Dearborn Station headhouse rises in the distance.
Date:
1978; 1886 (Duplicator Building); 1891 (Pontiac Building); 1896 (Morton Building); 1911 (Transportation Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Loop high-rises and Lake Michigan lakefront
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View looking southeast over Loop skyscrapers towards Lake Michigan. CNA Plaza (333 South Wabash Avenue) with its distinctive rust-red color is at the lower right. The Britannica Center (now Metropolitan Tower, originally Straus Building) with its pyramidal roof and beehive lamp, is to the left of it. Buckingham Fountain, situated within Grant Park, is visible to the left of that. The Mid-Continental Plaza (55 East Monroe Street) is partially visible at the far left of the image.
Date:
1995; 1972 (CNA Plaza)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Loop skyscrapers
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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


John Sexton Building
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View of the east facade of the John Sexton building (500 North Orleans Street), located at the northwest corner of North Orleans Street and West Illinois Street.
Date:
1975; 1929 (East part, John Sexton Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters from North Kingsbury Street
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View looking northwest along North Kingsbury Street from underneath the Ohio-Ontario Street bridge, towards the Montgomery Ward & Company headquarters (now The Montgomery condominiums). The warehouse in front of it with the word "Carron" on the south wall is now the Park Kingsbury Lofts (660 North Kingsbury Street). Further to the left, the top part of 520 West Erie is just visible below the rooftop water tower painted with an "Early Times" whiskey advertisement. Railroad tracks are visible in the right foreground, and signals for a level crossing stand at the intersection with West Ontario Street.
Date:
1978; 1972 (Montgomery Ward headquarters)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Chicago Tribune Freedom Center under construction
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View of the Chicago Tribune printing plant under construction, looking northeast from West Erie Street at North Union Avenue. The plant, named the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center, is located adjacent to the west bank of the North Branch of the Chicago River at 777 West Chicago Avenue. Visible to the right of it are the Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building (Mail Order House), the Montgomery Ward Administration building, and the Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters tower (now The Montgomery condominiums, 535 West Chicago Avenue/ 500 West Superior Street).
Date:
1980; 1908 (Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building); 1972 (Montgomery Ward headquarters); 1982 (Chicago Tribune Freedom Center)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


High-rise buildings, East Wacker Drive
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View from Pioneer Court looking southwest towards high-rise buildings along East Wacker Drive. 333 North Michigan is at the left. 360 North Michigan Avenue (London Guarantee & Accident Building) is at the right. The upper part of the Mather Tower (now 75 East Wacker Drive) is visible behind it.
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


936 North Michigan Avenue
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View of 936 North Michigan Avenue, looking northwest from the intersection with East Walton Street. The building housed a candy store and a shoe store on the ground level, and offices and other businesses on the upper levels.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Fourth Presbyterian Church and 900 North Michigan
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View of the spire and upper part of the facade of the Fourth Presbyterian Church and the adjacent 900 North Michigan Avenue tower.
Date:
1993; 1912-1914 (Fourth Presbyterian Church); 1989 (900 North Michigan)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Continental Bank
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View looking northeast across North Clark Street towards the Continental Bank Building (now 1165 North Clark Street Building), located at the southeast corner of North Clark and West Division Streets.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


1 East Superior Building under construction
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View to northeast across North State Street, with the 1 East Superior Building under construction in the foreground. Holy Name Cathedral is behind it to the north, across Superior Street.
Date:
1980
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Time-Life Building and Commerce Mart Warehouse from Pioneer Court
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View of the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court), looking northeast from Pioneer Court (adjacent to the Tribune Building). The Commerce Mart Warehouse (formerly located at 251-315 East Grand Avenue, now demolished) stands in front of it. Part of the American Furniture Mart (Lake Shore Place) is visible behind it on the left.
Date:
1972; 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access


Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre and Time-Life Building
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View of the rear of the Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre (now Doubletree Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile), looking south along North Fairbanks Court from East Ontario Street. Part of the Time-Life Building (541 North Fairbanks Court) is visible behind it.
Date:
1980; 1968-1970 (Time-Life Building); 1975 (Holiday Inn Chicago City Centre)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access