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Chicago Civic Center: Perspective View of Plaza
Chicago Civic Center Architects C.F. Murphy, supervising architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, associated architects Loebl, Schlossman, Bennett & Dart, associated architects Jacques C. Brownson, designer Al Francik, delineator

Proposed Chicago Civic Center, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective
Daniel Hudson Burnham (American, 1846-1912) Edward Herbert Bennett (American, born England, 1874-1954) Jules Valée Guérin (American, 1866-1946)

Stamnos (Mixing Jar)
Attributed to the Chicago Painter Greek; Athens

Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954

Civic Center, Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Site Plan
Daniel Hudson Burnham (American, 1846-1912) Edward Herbert Bennett (American, born England, 1874-1954)

Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Reconstruction at the Art Institute of Chicago
Adler & Sullivan, original architects; American, 1883-1896 Vinci & Kenny, reconstruction architects; American, 1970-1977

View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Jules Guerin, delineator, American, 1866-1946

Plate 131 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation Showing the Group of Buildings Constituting the Proposed Civic Center.
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Fernand Janin, delineator, French, 1880-1912

Elevator T-Plate from the Chicago Stock Exchange
Adler & Sullivan, architects; American, 1883-1896 Louis H. Sullivan, designer; American, 1856-1924

3 Star Cunts
Judy Chicago American, born 1939

Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Jules Guerin, delineator, American, 1866-1946

Northwestern Terminal Tower, Chicago, Illinois, Axonometric
Murphy/Jahn Architects, architect; American, founded 1973 Michael Budilovsky, delineator; American, born Ukraine, 1928 Helmut Jahn, delineator; German, 1940-2021

Carbon and Carbide Building, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Sketch
Burnham Brothers (American, 1924-1929) Daniel Hudson Burnham, Jr. (American, 1886-1961) Hubert Burnham (American, 1882-1968)

Markow House, Prospect Heights, Illinois, Design Drawings
Garofalo Architects American, 1993–2010 Design team: Douglas Garofalo, Ellen Grimes, Minkyu Whang

Elevator Grilles from the Chicago Stock Exchange
Adler & Sullivan, Architects American, 1883-1896

Schiller Theatre Building, Chicago, Illinois: Banquet Room Frieze Panel (Restored)
Adler & Sullivan, Architects American, 1881-1895

Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Jules Guerin, delineator, American, 1866-1946

Double House for Mr. Straus, Perspective View
Adler & Sullivan, Architects (American, fl. 1883–1895) Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1856–1924) Dankmar Adler (American, 1844–1900)

Chinese American Service Center, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Rendering
Jeanne Gang for Studio Gang/O'Donnell American, born 1964 (now Studio Gang Architects)