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West Huron and North Wells Streets

 

View looking southwest across West Huron Street from just east of the intersection with North Wells Street. The parking lot in the foreground, located along the east side of North Wells Street between West Huron and West Erie Streets, is still in existence (2017). A billboard in that parking lot advertises Newport cigarettes. To the left behind the billboard, the yellow and turquoise exterior of Ed Debevic's restaurant (640 North Wells Street, demolished) is visible. To the right of the billboard, the three story building with the brown brick front facade became part of the Hooters restaurant at 660 North Wells Street. Behind this building is North Branch II (311-313 West Superior Street), with a banner reading "The North Branch Center". The Merchandise Mart is in the distance at the far left.

About this item


Title:
West Huron and North Wells Streets
Date of Original:
1985; 1908 (North Branch II, 311 West Superior Street)
Identifier:
bru009_08_iF.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3z69z
Type:
Image
Caption:
Brubaker's caption on the original slide mount reads "Vacant quarter block at Wells and Huron".


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

Subject--Topic
Cities and towns
Streets
Architecture
Parking lots
Automobiles
Signs and signboards

Photographer:
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002

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.)