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South Franklin Street from the Chicago River

 

View east from the South Branch of the Chicago River, looking across South Wacker Drive and South Franklin Street toward West Quincy Street. The Chicago & Northwestern Railway Office building (now City Colleges of Chicago headquarters) is near the center of the image. The Quincy/Wells station on the CTA Brown Line is visible to the left of it.

About this item


Title:
South Franklin Street from the Chicago River
Date of Original:
1968; 1904 (Chicago & Northwestern Railway Office building)
Identifier:
bru005_12_gF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d37d4m
Type:
Image
Notes:
The two buildings in the foreground, closest to the river's edge, have since been demolished, and this view of South Franklin and Quincy Streets is now blocked by the Willis Tower (originally Sears Tower.)


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

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Rivers
Architecture
Office buildings

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
Contributor:
Frost and Granger

Form:
Photographs
Medium:
color slides
Extent:
35 mm

Collection Information


Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Folder:
5
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

Loop (Chicago, Ill.)