Chicago River and high-rise towers along Wacker Drive

Open URL Chicago River and high-rise towers along Wacker Drive
  • Title Chicago River and high-rise towers along Wacker Drive
  • Creator Shaw, Metz and Associates; Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates; Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura; C.F. Murphy Associates (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Description View southwest along the Chicago River from the North Michigan Avenue bridge looking towards three high-rise towers: the United Insurance Building (now Unitrin Building) located at 1 East Wacker Drive, the Leo Burnett Building (35 West Wacker Drive) and R. R. Donnelley Building (now United Airlines Building) located at 77 West Wacker Drive. The much smaller 55 West Wacker (originally Blue Cross-Blue Shield Building) stands between the Leo Burnett Building and the R. R. Donnelley Building. The former Sun-Times Building (demolished) is on the right of the image.
  • Notes Photograph credit: Brubaker, C. William, 1994
  • Iso Date 1962; 1968; 1989; 1992; 1994
  • Date 1962 (United Insurance Building); 1968 (55 West Wacker); 1989 (Leo Burnett Building); 1992 (R. R. Donnelley Building)
  • Geographic Coverage Loop (Chicago, Ill.); Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Community Area 32; 8
  • Subject riverfronts; watercraft; bridges (built works); high-rise buildings; office buildings; printing plants
  • Subject Vocabulary Scheme AAT
  • Language English
  • Language Code eng
  • Type Image
  • Form architecture
  • View Description general view
  • Physical Description 35 mm. slide
  • Slide Binder Book05
  • Slide Accession Number 5-14-E
  • Collection C. William Brubaker Collection (University of Illinois at Chicago)
  • Repository University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. [Visual Resources].
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  • Local Identifier bru005_14_eF
  • Item Url http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/u?/uic_bru,714
  • Digital Collection C. William Brubaker 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.