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Chicago Tribune Freedom Center under construction

 

View of the Chicago Tribune printing plant under construction, looking northeast from West Erie Street at North Union Avenue. The plant, named the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center, is located adjacent to the west bank of the North Branch of the Chicago River at 777 West Chicago Avenue. Visible to the right of it are the Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building (Mail Order House), the Montgomery Ward Administration building, and the Montgomery Ward & Company Headquarters tower (now The Montgomery condominiums, 535 West Chicago Avenue/ 500 West Superior Street).

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Title:
Chicago Tribune Freedom Center under construction
Date of Original:
1980; 1908 (Montgomery Ward Catalog and Retail Sales building); 1972 (Montgomery Ward headquarters); 1982 (Chicago Tribune Freedom Center)
Identifier:
bru009_02_nF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3vx0v
Type:
Image


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

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Industrial buildings
Printing plants
Architecture
Commercial buildings
Office buildings

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002
Contributor
Teng and Associates
Schmidt, Garden & Martin
Yamasaki, Minoru, 1912-1986

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.)
West Town (Chicago, Ill.)