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| Title | View of Michigan Avenue looking south from the Art Institute |
| Creator | A. Epstein and Sons International
D.H. Burnham & Co.
Graham, Anderson, Probst, White
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| Description | Photograph of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" looking south from the Art Institute balcony near the intersection of Adams Street and Michigan Avenue. The Borg-Warner Building, located at 200 S. Michigan Avenue, is visible on the far right of the image. Next to it, to the south, are the Symphony Center (Orchestra Hall), the Santa Fe Building (Railway Exchange Building), and the Metropolitan Tower on the Park (formerly Britannica Center). Once the home of Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., the Metropolitan Tower is being converted to condominiums. |
| Notes | Photograph credit: Brubaker, C. William, 1984 |
| Date | 1958 (Borg-Warner Building); 1904 (Orchestra Hall); 1904 (Santa Fe Building); 1924 (Metropolitan Tower on the Park) |
| Geographic coverage | Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Community Area Number | 32 |
| Subject | high-rise buildings
streetscapes
office buildings
performing arts buildings
concert halls
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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 | bru005_01_bF
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