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| Title | Loop high-rises and lakefront |
| Creator | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Alfred Shaw and Associates
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| Description | View looking southeast over Loop skyscrapers towards Lake Michigan. CNA Plaza (333 South Wabash Avenue) with its distinctive rust-red color is on the lower right. The Britannica Center (now Metropolitan Tower, originally Straus Building, 310 South Michigan Avenue) with its pyramidal roof and beehive lamp, is to the left of it. Buckingham Fountain, situated within Grant Park, is visible to the left of that. The Mid-Continental Plaza (55 East Monroe Street) is partially visible at the far left of the image. |
| Notes | Photo credit: Brubaker, C. William, 1995 |
| Date | 1924 (Straus Building); 1972 (CNA Plaza); 1972 (Mid-Continental Plaza) |
| Geographic coverage | Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Community Area Number | 32; 33 |
| Subject | cityscapes
waterfronts
lakefronts
harbors
parks (recreation areas)
high-rise buildings
office buildings
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| Language | English
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| Type | Image
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| Form | architecture
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| View Description | aerial 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. |
| File Name | bru010_09_iF |
