High-rise development along North Lake Shore Drive
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002View Full Item in University of Illinois at ChicagoView of high-rise apartment buildings (now condominiums) along North Lake Shore Drive, with 1212 North Lake Shore Drive under construction on the left of the image. The skyscrapers next to it to the r…
North Lakeshore Drive and John Hancock Center
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002View Full Item in University of Illinois at ChicagoView south along North Lakeshore Drive from East Burton Place. The John Hancock Center and 1300 North Lake Shore Drive are the tallest buildings in this skyline. The Palmolive Building, with its "Play…
Hedrich-Blessing, Field Building in Chicago (Ill.), interior and exterior views
Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographer)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumIncludes exterior and interior views of the Field Building, an office building at 135 South LaSalle Street. Exterior views include elevations and entrance. The elevation appears to be an aerial view.…
Exterior view of Tribune building
Barnes-Crosby Company (photographer)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumExterior view of the Chicago Tribune building, located at South Dearborn and West Madison Streets, Chicago, Illinois, 1902.
Huron Plaza
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002View Full Item in University of Illinois at ChicagoView of Huron Plaza (30 East Huron), with the steeple of St. James Episcopal cathedral visible to the right of the high-rise building.
Exterior view of Tacoma Building
Barnes-Crosby Company (photographer)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumExterior of the Tacoma Building on the northeast corner of North LaSalle Street and West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1905. The building was designed by the architectural firm Holabird & R…
Blackstone Hotel
Hines, Clarence W. (photographer)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumExterior view of the Blackstone Hotel, located at Michigan Avenue and Balbo Street, Chicago, Illinois, August 1960.
Buildings on Michigan Avenue from Balbo Street to Van Buren Street
Barnes-Crosby Company (photographer)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumView of buildings on Michigan Avenue, from Balbo Street north to Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1905.
East South Water Street
Chase, Richard A., 1892-1985 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on masonite.
Untitled
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityThis red and white print depicts a cluttered cityscape where busses seem almost to pile on top of one another while a crowd of people stands watching. Behind them, densely packed skyscrapers rise upwa…
Woods Theatre, 54 W. Randolph
McCarthy, John (photographer), Chicago Area Camera Clubs Association (creator), Chicago Historical Society (creator)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumWoods Theatre, 54 W. Randolph at Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois.
Hamilton Club
Kaufmann & Fabry Co. (photographer)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumExterior view of the Hamilton Club at 14-26 South Dearborn Street, in Chicago, Illinois, 1921.
Working on Outer Drive Bridge at Chicago River
McCarthy, John (photographer), Chicago Area Camera Clubs Association (creator), Chicago Historical Society (creator)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumWorking on Outer Drive Bridge at Chicago River, showing Aon Center building and Sears Tower in distance, Chicago, Illinois.
First National Bank, Monroe and Dearborn, ca. 1910
Kaufmann & Fabry Co. (photographer)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumFirst National Bank, Monroe and Dearborn, circa 1910
Hedrich-Blessing, Kasson Steel Company
Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographer)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumFull view exterior of the LaSalle Wacker building, located at 221 North LaSalle Street in Chicago (Ill).
South Michigan Avenue from railroad yards
Brubaker, Charles William, 1926-2002View Full Item in University of Illinois at ChicagoView of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall"seen from across railway land near Madison Street. The Smith, Gaylord, and Cross Building (20 N. Michigan Avenue), is on the far right. The McCormick Building (…