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| Title | Chicago Riverwalk and downtown high-rise buildings |
| Creator | Shaw, Metz and Associates
Goldberg, Bertrand, 1913-1997
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
C.F. Murphy Associates (Chicago, Ill.)
Murphy/Jahn (Firm)
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| Description | View to the west along the Chicago River from the North Michigan Avenue bridge, with the Chicago Riverwalk and boats docked in the foreground. The United Insurance Building (now Unitrin Building) at 1 East Wacker Drive is at the far left, and Marina City and the IBM Building (330 North Wabash) are at the far right of the image. 55 West Wacker is visible near the center of the image, with the James R. Thompson Center to its left. |
| Notes | Photograph credit: Brubaker, C. William, 1986 |
| Date | 1959-1967 (Marina City); 1962 (United Insurance Building); 1968 (55 West Wacker); 1973 (IBM Building); 1979-1985 (Thompson Center) |
| Geographic coverage | Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Community Area Number | 32; 8 |
| Subject | streetscapes
rivers
riverfronts
watercraft
docks
civic improvement
public spaces
walkways
high-rise buildings
office buildings
commercial 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 | 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 | bru007_07_hF |
