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| Title | View of Michigan Avenue looking south from Grant Park, near Monroe Street |
| Creator | Holabird & Roche (Chicago, Ill.)
D.H. Burnham & Co.
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| Description | Photograph of the Michigan Avenue "streetwall" looking south from Grant Park, just north of Monroe Street. The Keith and Ascher Buildings, two of the three known as the "Gage Group" are visible at the far right of the image. The University Club stands immediately south of the Ascher Building. Next, south of Monroe Street, is the Monroe Building. The People's Gas Building, located at 122 S. Michigan Avenue, is visible near the center of the image. The Mid-Continental Plaza (55 East Monroe Street) rises behind these. |
| Notes | Photograph credit: Brubaker, C. William, 1984 |
| Date | 1899 (Ascher and Keith Buildings); 1908; 1912; 1911 |
| Geographic coverage | Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Community Area Number | 32 |
| Subject | high-rise buildings
streetscapes
commercial buildings
office buildings
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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_02_aF
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