This was replaced in the 1960's with the open and airy modern Federal Center complex by architect Mies van der Rohe with its three buildings and the red, curved steel Flamingo sculpture by Alexander Calder. The large building this image centers on (on the northeast corner) is the old Federal Building, designed by Henry Ives Cobb (who also designed the Newberry Library). Free PNGs, stickers, photos, aesthetic backgrounds and wallpapers, vector illustrations and art.(The #22 Clark and #24 Wentworth are this route's modern-day successors.) By the mid-1930s, 3,742 streetcars were running on tracks laid along 529 miles of streets in a grid that provided Chicagoans a streetcar stop within a few blocks of where they lived, worked or shopped. The sedan in the foreground is car 3368 and is in service on the Chicago Surface Lines' route #22 Clark-Wentworth route to 81st/Halsted. The Adler Planetarium opened on, through a gift from local merchant Max Adler. The 32 million, 4.2 million square foot (390,000 m 2) building was the world's largest commercial building. The streetcars in the foreground was a type referred to as "sedan" (ordered from three manufacturers in 1929), while at least one Pullman car can be seen further north on Clark. The Merchandise Mart was completed for Marshall Field & Co. From the CTA historical photo archive: This early 1930's scene shows streetcars on Clark Street at Jackson Blvd, looking northeast.
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