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Site of parking lot on Mulberry between Main and Wyman Streets. Looking west across construction at the Illinois Bell Telephone Building at 134 North Main Street.

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Development of municipal parking lot at Mulberry between Main and Wyman Streets. 127 N. Wyman, the Pioneer of Illinois Building (later the Morrissey Building), is visible across the construction.

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Start of construction of the Metro Centre site, 300 Elm Street, June 1979.

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Start of construction of the Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, August 1979.

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Removal of the Downtown Mall, 300 block of West State Street, November 1984. A John Fridh and Sons, General Contractors, trailer is in the foreground.

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Looking west on Park Avenue from North Main Street at street reconstruction and construction of new streetscape. The Jackson Piano Building is on the left.

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The 500 block of West State Street, north side before demolition for construction of the Rockford Mass Transit District transit center. Signs for Stern's and Judo are visible.

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Reconstruction of the 500 block of East State Street downtown.

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction August 1979

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction August 1979

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction June 1979

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction June 1980

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction August 1979

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction June 1980

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction November 1979

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction June 1980

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction June 1980

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Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street, under construction June 1980

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Construction site for United Bank, 120 West State Street. The Charles V. Weise Company is visible in the back.

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500 block of West State Street before construction of the Public Safety Building.

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500 block of West State Street before construction of the Public Safety Building. The main feature is the front of the Davis Furniture Store at 510-514 West State Street.

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West State Street construction site for the Public Safety Building and surrounding buildings. The church in background is St. Mary's Catholic Church.

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Renovation construction at the Rockford Trust Building, 206 West State Street, looking east.

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The east and north elevations of the Rockford Trust Building, 206 West State Street, during construction of the solarium on the east side

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The Metro Centre under construction in 1980

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Reconstruction of Water Street in east downtown Rockford, 1979

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Reconstruction of the 500 block of East State Street in 1982.

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Reconstruction of East State Street in 1982. This shows the 500 block including the Short Stop Grill was at 517 East State Street.

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Reconstruction of East State Street in 1982. This shows the 500 block looking down from upper floor of Rockford City Hall. The parking lot is at the northeast corner of East State and North 2nd Streets

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Reconstruction of East State Street in 1982. This shows the 500 block looking west. The multistory building is Rockford City Hall.

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Reconstruction of East State Street in 1982. This shows the 400 block in front of Rockford City Hall looking west toward the News Tower.

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Reconstruction of East State Street in 1982. This shows the 500 block and looking . Lawson Art Shop is at the left.

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Construction of the Downtown Pedestrian Mall, State and Main Streets

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Construction work on the State Street Bridge, looking east towards the News Tower, City Hall, and East Side Inn.

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Construction of parking lot across from Woolworth's store at 115 North Main Street

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Construction across from Stewart Square, at the southwest corner of State and Main Streets

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Start of construction of the Downtown Mall, 100 block of South Main Street

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Construction site for the Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street

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Construction site for the Metro Centre, 300 Elm Street

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The Downtown Mall, State and Wyman Streets, during installation of sculpture "Symbol". The sculpture would later be moved to the riverfront and painted orange.

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The Downtown Mall, State and Main Streets, at completion of construction

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Construction of IBM Building at 404 Elm Street and the Concourse Parking Deck at 200 South Court Street.

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Construction of IBM Building at 404 Elm Street and the Concourse Parking Deck at 200 South Court Street.

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300 block of 7th Street under renovation

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Executive Plaza, 510 North Church Street under construction.

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A house under construction. Stack of bricks are on the job site ready to be used. Buttresses are spaced along the exterior wall to help strengthen the wall.

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Construction of the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company erection building as it neared completion in 1953. A truck is parked in front of the construction site.

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Looking northeast at the construction of the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company sales and accounting office building in fall 1952

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A proof sheet of eleven photos of trench digging, pipelaying, and concrete pouring for the new Whitney Metal Tool Company building on Huffman Boulevard in Rockford, Illinois.
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