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North Michigan Avenue at Superior Street

 

View looking northwest across North Michigan Avenue towards the intersection with East Superior Street. At the upper left is the Central Life Building (North Central Life Insurance Building, 720 North Michigan Avenue). To its right, the Water Tower Hyatt House hotel (originally Water Tower Inn, now demolished) is partially visible.

About this item


Title:
North Michigan Avenue at Superior Street
Date of Original:
1976; 1924 (Central Life Building); 1962 (Water Tower Inn)
Identifier:
bru008_03_mF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3p09d
Type:
Image
Notes:
The North Central Life Insurance Building (720 North Michigan Avenue) was later demolished to make way for Chicago Place.
Caption:
Brubaker's caption on the original slide mount reads "Tree-lined avenue."


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

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Streets
Automobiles
Architecture
Commercial buildings
Hotels

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
Contributor
Burnham Bros.
D.H. Burnham & Co.
Hausner & Macsai

Form:
Photographs
Medium:
color slides
Extent:
35 mm

Collection Information


Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
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Folder:
8
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.)