15 May photographic images from architectural ornament survey across american cities in spring of 2023
latest photographic images from bldg. 51 archive’s chicago architectural ornament survey (caos) are provided below. the ever-expanding photo-documentation project focuses on systematically recording any and all architectural ornament located on historically important 19th and early 20th century extant buildings located in downtown chicago and surrounding neighborhoods.
note: same approach was applied towards documenting architectural ornament in the following cities (see below):
chicago:
racine:
milwaukee:
indianapolis:
