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| Title | Loop skyline with boats docked along the Chicago River |
| Creator | Joel R. Hillman & Associates
Graham, Anderson, Probst, White
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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| Description | View looking southeast along the Chicago River from the west bank, just north of Lake Street. The Lake Street Elevated tracks are visible in front of the Loop high-rises. 150 North Wacker Drive, with its contrasting concrete side wall, is prominent in the skyline. To its right is the Civic Opera Building (located at 20 North Wacker Drive), with Willis Tower (originally Sears Tower) rising behind it. |
| Notes | Photograph credit: Brubaker, C. William, 1986 |
| Date | 1929 (Civic Opera Building); 1970 (150 North Wacker Drive); 1974 (Willis Tower) |
| Geographic coverage | Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Community Area Number | 8; 32 |
| Subject | rivers
riverfronts
watercraft
docks
bridges
high-rise buildings
office buildings
commercial buildings
opera houses
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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_iF |
