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Shopping mall and community college complex
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Hand-drawn site plan by C. William Brubaker of a combined shopping center and community college complex. A central cross-shaped mall connects each of the four large anchor spaces at the ends of the arms of the cross. Smaller spaces for labs, classrooms and shops are accessed from the central mall. Parking surrounds the complex on all sides.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie
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View of tulip beds surrounding a shallow pool in a courtyard area at Old Orchard Shopping Center. A footbridge crosses the water at the far left. Part of a sign for a clothing store, Peck & Peck, is visible in the distance at the top.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Shopping mall and community college site plan
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Hand-drawn diagram by C. William Brubaker of a site plan for a shopping center and a community college situated on opposite sites of a highway. Both the shopping mall and the community college use the same floor plan configuration, with large anchor spaces at each end and smaller spaces located between the two.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Brickyard Mall
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View of the central atrium at the Brickyard Mall, located at West Diversey Avenue and North Naragansett Avenue.
Date:
1981
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg
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View of part of the open mall area at the Woodfield Mall. There is a fountain in the left foreground, and a pair of escalators just beyond that on the right. The Woodfield Mall's features include bright white interior walls and ceilings with geometric ceiling designs and skylights.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg
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View of part of the open mall area at the Woodfield Mall, with a Marshall Field's store sign visible in the distance on the upper level. The mall's features include bright white interior walls and ceilings with geometric ceiling designs and skylights.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg
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The Woodfield Mall's features include bright white interior walls and ceilings with geometric ceiling designs and skylights.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie
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View of an open courtyard area with raised planting beds at Old Orchard Shopping Center. Signs for a Saks Fifth Avenue and for a C. D. Peacock jewelry store are partially visible on the right.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Plaza del Lago and 1500 Sheridan Road, Wilmette
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View southeast from the entrance to the Plaza del Lago shopping center (1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette). The large brick entrance sign located along Sheridan Road is in the foreground, and the 1500 Sheridan Road condominiums are behind it, across Sheridan Road.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie
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View of a pond and landscaping with trees and flowers at Old Orchard Shopping Center.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Plaza del Lago and 1500 Sheridan Road, Wilmette
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View southeast from the Plaza del Lago shopping center (1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette). Part of the shopping center's parking lot off Sheridan road is visible in the foreground. The shop directory is on the brick wall at the far right. The 1500 Sheridan Road condominiums stand across Sheridan Road.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Shopping mall, East 55th Street
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View of a small shopping mall located on the north side of East 55th Street at the intersection with South Lake Park Avenue. A Parklane Hosiery store and Fannie May Candies are visible on the right. The mall has since been redeveloped.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Che Ca Gou sculpture, Chicago Place
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View of an anodized metal sculpture installed on the rear wall of the top-level food court in the Chicago Place shopping center (700 North Michigan Avenue). The sculpture depicts several of the city's iconic skyscrapers, including the John Hancock building and the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), arrayed in a fan shape and interspersed with large metal feathers, suggesting a Native American headdress. A group of wild onions are depicted in the center of the sculpture, and a curved panel below the cluster of onions bears the inscription "and the Illini called it Che Ca Gou".
Date:
1990; 1990 (Chicago Place)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Pipers Alley Mall
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View of the Pipers Alley Mall complex, looking south along the west side of North Wells Street towards North Avenue. Dominick's grocery store and the Lincoln Park Court Club (racquetball club) were among the original tenants. The three-story Victorian building with the circular turret, originally the Piper's Bakery building, is occupied by That Steak Joynt restaurant at the time of the photograph.
Date:
1978; 1977 (Pipers Alley Mall)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie
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View of a pond and landscaping with trees and flowers at Old Orchard Shopping Center. The store sign on the upper right reads "joseph".
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower Place, escalators
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View of the escalators at Water Tower Place, bringing shoppers from the street-level entrance to stores on the upper levels. Numerous live plants are adjacent to the escalator wells.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Dominick's grocery store, Pipers Alley Mall
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View of the Pipers Alley Mall complex looking east along West North Avenue, with a Dominick's grocery store at the left. Two high-rise apartment buildings, the Americana Towers and Eugenie Square, are visible behind it.
Date:
1978; 1977 (Pipers Alley Mall)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg
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View of part of the open mall area at the Woodfield Mall. The mall's features include bright white interior walls and ceilings with geometric ceiling designs and skylights.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg
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The Woodfield Mall's features inlcude bright white interior walls and ceilings with geometric ceiling designs and skylights. A fountain is in the right foreground.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie
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View of a landscaped open courtyard at Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie. The sign for the O'Connor & Goldberg shoe store is partially visible behind the foliage in the center of the image.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Shop directory, Plaza del Lago, Wilmette
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Shop directory sign affixed to a brick wall at the Plaza del Lago shopping center, 1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette. The directory, with a carved wood frame, includes a site plan at the top.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Harper Court
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View of Harper Court, a development project that included clusters of small businesses and artisans shops, located on South Harper Avenue between 53rd and 52nd Streets.
Date:
1978
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower Place
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View of walkways and escalators in the central atrium at Water Tower Place.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Shopping mall site plan
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Model site plan for a shopping center, hand-drawn by C. William Brubaker. Features of the plan include proximity to a highway, department store anchors at each end of the shopping mall, and parking surrounding the stores.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Dominick's grocery store, Pipers Alley Mall
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View looking north across West North Avenue at the Dominick's grocery store, part of the Pipers Alley Mall complex. A parking garage is located above the grocery store.
Date:
1978; 1977 (Pipers Alley Mall)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Walgreen's Drug Store, Pipers Alley Mall complex
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View looking north across North Avenue at the side facade of the Walgreens Drug store, part of the Pipers Alley Mall complex. Painted murals have been placed in the archways and lunettes. The upper parts of two high-rise apartment buildings, Americana Towers and Eugenie Square, are visible behind Walgreens.
Date:
1978; 1977 (Pipers Alley Mall)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg
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View of part of the open mall area at the Woodfield Mall. The Woodfield Mall's features bright white interior walls and ceilings with geometric ceiling designs and skylights. A fountain is in the foreground, on the lower level, and a Sears store is visible in the distance on the upper level.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie
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View of an open courtyard area at Old Orchard Shopping Center. A sign for a Fannie May candy shop is on the brick wall in the distance.
Date:
1969
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower Place, atrium
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View of the glass-faced elevators and walkways in the central atrium at Water Tower Place.
Date:
1976
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Fountain, Plaza del Lago, Wilmette
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View of a fountain at the Plaza del Lago shopping center, 1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette. A parking area is behind the fountain to the right.
Date:
1975
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Pipers Alley Mall
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View looking northwest across the intersection of North Avenue and North Wells Street at the Pipers Alley Mall complex. The Walgreens drug store, at the northeast corner of that intersection, is part of this development. The Lincoln Park Court Club (racquetball club) and an Arby's restaurant are located within the complex, at the northwest corner of North Avenue and North Wells Street. The three-story Victorian building with the circular turret, originally the Piper's Bakery building (1610 North Wells Street), was occupied by That Steak Joynt restaurant at the time of the photograph. Part of the Americana Towers apartment building is visible at the upper right.
Date:
1978; 1977 (Pipers Alley Mall)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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