Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0215Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of several skyscrappers. Above the image "T112 (Star)" is printed, below the image "32385 Michigan Avenue, North from Straus Tower, Chicago, Ill." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
32385
MICHIGAN AVENUE, NORTH FROM STRAUS TOWER, CHICAGO, ILL>
The magnificent array of great buildings extending for more than a mile along Michigan Avenue, fronting like a mighty man-made cliff upon the broad acres of Grant Park and the blue expanse of Lake Michigan beyond, is today one of the most impressive sights to be seen in any city of the world. Year by year its grandeur increases as more towering skyscrapers are added to the already existing group. Chicago in 1929 had 65 buidings twenty-one or more stories in height; three times as many as any other city outside of New York. Many of the finest of these structures are in teh restricted distrect upon which we are now looking, on or immediately adjacent to Michigan Avenue or its northward extension, Wacker Driver. From left to right as they cut the skyloine the tall buildings in sight are: the Pure Oil Building; the Pittsfield Building; the Mather Tower; the Willoughby Tower, and the Wrigley Building almost concealed behind it; the Bell Building, overtopped by the "333" Building in the distance, and the Tribune Tower, surmounted by a high flagstaff.
Far below us at the right we see a corner of Grant Park, a part of the splendid system of connecting parks and boulevards which extend to every quarter of the city. Chicago is richly provided with libraries, colleges, universities and museums. Among the latter, the Art Institute and the Field Museum rank among the best institutions of their kind in the country. The city, with its estimated population of 3,157,400 in 1928, covers an immense area, being about 26 miles in length while its greatest breadth is 14 miles. It is the greatest railway center and livesotck market in the world and a true capital of commerce and finance for the mid-continental region.
Copyright by The Keystone View CompanyCollection
Photograph Collection