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South Branch of the Chicago River and Loop skyscrapers
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View looking northeast from the west bank of the South Branch of the Chicago River, south of West Polk Street. On the left is the red brick 310 West Polk Building, occupied by the Cadaco game company at the time of the photograph. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) stands out against the sky.
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Title
:
South Branch of the Chicago River and Loop skyscrapers
Date of Original
:
circa 1979
Identifier
:
bru012_02_dF.tif
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:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d35t3r
Type
:
Image
Notes
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The 310 West Polk Building was originally built in 1904 as the Marshall Field River Warehouse. The building was demolished in the mid-1990s to make way for the new Central Post Office.
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:
In copyright - non-commercial use permitted
Access
:
Public access
Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Rivers
Architecture
Skyscrapers
Industrial buildings
Commercial buildings
Office buildings
Photographer
:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
Contributor
D.H. Burnham & Co.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Form
:
Photographs
Medium
:
color slides
Extent
:
35 mm
Collection Information
Collection
:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Folder
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12
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 West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
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