13 Jul senseless destruction of adler and sullivan’s commerical and residential architecture as witnessed through richard nickel’s lens

as richard nickel once said, “it’s all so god damn hopeless.”

knisely store and flats (1883):

rubin rubel residence (1884):

martin barbe residence (1884):

samuel stern residence (1885):

victoria hotel (1891-2):

albert sullivan residence (1891):

henry babson house (1908):

images courtesy of bldg. 51 archive, tim samuelson, and the ryerson and burnham archive, art institute of chicago. all rights reserved. 2022.