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Take a Trip Through Time: W. Madison St. Looking West from Wabash in Today’s Google Street View and in a Great Old Photo

Take a trip through time to see W. Madison St. looking west from Wabash. Compare and contrast today's Google Street View with a great old photo from the Library of Congress.
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First, check out this view of W. Madison looking west from Wabash. This is Google Street View today.

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Now look at this great old photo of W. Madison St. from Wabash. Pretty cool right?

Madison St looking west from Wabash

Source: Library of Congress

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