bld. 51 museum and archive acquires several richly colored currier and ives hand-colored lithographic prints pertaining to the great chicago fire of 1871
among the most iconic prints issued during the fire are...
09
Jun
08
Jun
the bld. 51 museum’s “unearthing chicago” project is expected to become an authoritative book in early 2027
recent artifacts dug from a multitude of privy vaults located...
08
Jun
depression-era collection of original mounted photographic images from the commerical firm aerial explorations, inc., join bld. 51 image archive
aerial explorations, inc. was a notable american commercial photography company...
06
Jun
chicago architectural foundation buys h.h. richardson’s south side chicago glessner house in 1965
richard nickel contact print images (taken in 1965-66) of h.h....
05
Jun
eric j. nordstrom and urban remains interview on chicago’s wbbm radio
about wbbm: wbbm (780 khz), branded newsradio 105.9 wbbm, is a...
04
Jun
recent photographic survey of holabird and root’s 26-story daily news building (1929)
exterior photographic images of holabird and roche/root's chicago daily news...
01
Jun
back from the dead: fred w. morgan residence (1890s) undergoing restoration
exciting update as of 6-1-2024: recent images of the fred w....
30
May
photographic survey of paul gerhardt jr.’s robert j. quinn fire academy, built on the site where the great chicago fire of 1871 started
the robert j. quinn fire academy is the active training...
28
May
terra cotta restoration well underway on downtown chicago’s pittsfield building (1927-28) and montgomery ward tower (1899)
exterior terra cotta restoration well underway on graham, anderson, probst...
26
May
the “keyhole” beveled window house on washington blvd. as documented by charles cushman and eric j. nordstrom
the house with a "keyhole" window on washington blvd. exterior detail...
24
May
rare ante-fire tract book rescued from great chicago fire of 1871 joins bld. 51 musuem and archive
rees, chase & co. was a prominent chicago land-title abstract...
24
May
sizable collection of depression-era linen-back photographic images of downtown new york city skyscrapers joins bld. 51 museum and archive
several original 1920s and 1930s photographic images documenting manhattan's ever-evolving...
22
May
great chicago fire, architectural ornament, and “the blob” at chicago history museum
recent photographs of exhibits at the chicago history museum, including...
21
May
the lind block: john van osdel’s pre-fire chicago landmark that survived the great fire of 1871 before being demolished decades later
designed by john m. van osdel, chicago’s first licensed architect,...
19
May
to hell and back: photodocumentation of the 1889 haymarket riot police monument
recent photographic survey of the haymarket police monument, a nine-foot...
19
May
rare and original chicago evening post extra newspaper covering the great conflagration of 1871 joins bld. 51 museum and archive
the chicago evening post "chicago in flames" extra edition published...
18
May
bld. 51 musuem and archive acquires important signed and dated lithographic print of w.d. kefoot’s realty company building – the first building built in the burnt district
oversized lithographic print of the w.d. kerfoot realty company building...
16
May
bldg. 51 archive and museum acquire rare collection of images of the 1880s boarding house built on site where the great chicago fire of 1871 began.
several newly acquired photographic images of the 1880s three-story lemont...
15
May
tower trifecta: exterior survery of downtown chicago’s wrigley, tribune, and medinah athletic club buildings
2025 exterior photographic images of walter ahlschlager's medinah athletic club...
14
May
slowly but surely, frank lloyd wright’s waller apartments (1895) are being rehabilitated
slowly but surely renovation improvements are happening to frank lloyd...