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Near North Side and John Sexton Building from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel

 

View north over the Near North Side from the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel (350 W. Mart Center Drive). The John Sexton Building, located at Illinois and Orleans Streets, is in the foreground at the lower right. A number of industrial buildings, including the Wallace Press Building, and Kirchheimer Brothers Paper Company (417 West Ohio Street) are visible to the left of the Sexton Building. The Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building (Mail Order House) and the Montgomery Ward Administration building are visible at the far left; the North Branch of the Chicago River is at the lower left. The Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters tower (now The Montgomery condominiums) stands out against the sky on the left.

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Title:
Near North Side and John Sexton Building from Holiday Inn Mart Plaza hotel
Date of Original:
1978; 1917 (John Sexton Building)
Identifier:
bru009_02_cF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3fq2t
Type:
Image
Notes:
At the time of the photograph, the John Sexton Building served as a warehouse and manufacturing facility, but has since been converted into condominiums.


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

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Architecture
Industrial buildings
Warehouses

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
Contributor:
Alschuler, Alfred S. (Alfred Samuel), 1876-1940

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.)