the following set of photographic images, taken by the chicago architectural photographing company, offers a seldom seen and deeply informative visual record of the demolition (including detailed images of deconstruction and wrecking methodologies), excavation, and construction of chicago’s downtown city hall by chicago-based w.j. newman.  … Continue reading seldom seen photographic record w.j. newman’s demolition, excavation, and construction of chicago city hall joins bldg. 51 archive.