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Hubbard Street, west of North Wells Street

 

View looking northeast from a parking lot towards West Hubbard Street, with North Wells Street at the far left side of the image. The grey-painted building on the left is 431 North Wells Street; next to it on the right is 154 West Hubbard Street, home to the store "workbench" at the time of the photograph. Further to the right, the side of 505 North LaSalle, and the front of the Boylston building (116-122 West Illinois Street) are visible. The John Hancock Center rises behind the Boylston Building.

About this item


Title:
Hubbard Street, west of North Wells Street
Date of Original:
1985; 1913 (Boylston Building)
Identifier:
bru009_08_jF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3311f
Type:
Image
Notes:
The site of the parking lot in the foreground is now occupied by a high-rise condominium/ retail/ parking complex.
Caption:
Brubaker's caption on the original slide mount reads "Vacant block from Kinzie to Hubbard, Wells to LaSalle".


Rights:
In copyright - non-commercial use permitted
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Parking lots
Architecture
Commercial buildings
Industrial buildings

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
Contributor:
Huehl and Schmid

Form:
Photographs
Medium:
color slides
Extent:
35 mm

Collection Information


Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Folder:
9
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Geographic Information

Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
River North (Chicago, Ill.)