McCormick Tribune Campus Center photographs, 2003
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Photographs (available as digital images on a CD and as color prints) of McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology taken by Richard Barnes at the request of IIT to serve as publicity photos. The images are identified as follows, per the CD: 1. Computer Hall 1. 2. Founders' Wall 2 [icons]. 3. Founders' Wall 3 [faces of (l - r): Frank W. Gunsaulus; Allen Lewis; Robert Pritzker; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]. 4. Hallway [northeast corridor]. 5. Interiors 1 [belly of Exelon tube intersecting ceiling]. 6. Interiors 2 [integrated ramp/staircase]. 7. Interiors 3 [food court looking east]. 8. Mies Door 1. 9. Rem Mies [i.e., Rem Koolhaas, architect of MTCC; Mies' Commons building seen from inside MTCC]. 10. Exelon Tube 2 [Chicago skyline in background]. 11. Exelon Tube 5 [El train speeding through tube]. 12. Exelon Tube 6 [with El tracks]. 13. Exelon Tube 7 [El tracks' supporting structure]. 14. Exelon Tube 8 [close-up through tube].
Dates
- Creation: 2003
Creator
- Barnes, Richard (Person)
Language of Materials
Records are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Research
Collection Size
2 Series (Compact disc and print photographs)
Biographical Note
These images were made available to the media as part of the pre-opening publicity re MTCC in Sept. 2003.
Arrangement of the Collection
Arranged by format
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogates of the CD in the collection has been created for for access and preservation purposes, and is stored on Google Drive.
The photos in this collection are available in Illinois Tech's institutional repository.
These images are also available on Richard Barnes web site: http://www.richardbarnes.net/.
Processor
Catherine Bruck, University Archivist 8/9/2004
Creator
- Barnes, Richard (Person)
Subject
- McCormick Tribune Campus Center (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
- Commons Building (Chicago, Ill. : South Wabash Avenue) (Organization)
- Computer Hall
- Founders' Wall 2 [icons]
- Founders' Wall 3 - [faces of (l-r): Frank Gunsaulus, Allen Lewis, Robert Pritzker, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]
- Hallway [northeast corridor]
- Interiors 1 [belly of tube intersecting ceiling]
- Interiors 2 [integrated ramp/staircase]
- Interiors 3 [food court looking east]
- Mies Door 1
- Rem Mies [Commons seen from inside MTCC]
- Tube 2 - Chicago skyline in background
- Tube 5 [El train speeding through tube]
- Tube 6 [with El tracks]
- Tube 7 [El tracks' supporting structure]
- Tube 8 [close-up through tube]
Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository