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| Title | North Michigan Avenue and Water Tower |
| Creator | Boyington, William W., 1818-1898
Shaw, Metz, and Dolio
Sidney Morris & Associates
Schmidt, Garden & Erikson
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| Description | View looking north along North Michigan Avenue from just south of the intersection with East Superior Street. The Chicago Water Tower is at the center of the image. Directly behind it, the Bonwit Teller store is undergoing renovations prior to its re-opening as I. Magnin. 1000 Lake Shore Plaza is further in the distance on the right, silhouetted against the sky. The top of the Lewis Towers (Frank Lewis Towers, originally Illinois Women's Athletic Club) is visible on the upper left of the photograph. |
| Notes | Brubaker, C. William, 1971 |
| Date | 1869 (Chicago Water Tower); 1927 (Illinois Women's Athletic Club); 1949 (Bonwit Teller); 1964 (1000 Lake Shore Plaza) |
| Geographic coverage | Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Community Area Number | 8 |
| Subject | streetscapes
mid-rise buildings
high-rise buildings
automobiles
hydraulic structures
water towers
commercial buildings
stores
residential structures
apartment houses
condominiums (built works)
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| Language | English
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| Type | Image
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| Form | architecture
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| View Description | general view |
| Physical Description | 35 mm. slide |
| Collection | C. William Brubaker Collection (University of Illinois at Chicago)
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| Repository | University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. [Visual Resources]. |
| Citation | Cite as [creator]. [title]. [file name]. [collection]. |
| Rights | The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Architecture and the Arts holds reproduction and licensing rights. For more information, please email: lib-permissions@uic.edu. |
| Downloads | Downloads of larger files for this image are available from the C. William Brubaker set in the UIC Library Flickr collections at http://www.flickr.com/photos/uicdigital/sets/72157625021131144/. |
| File Name | bru008_05_oF |
