23 Sep

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henry fuermann photographic images (scanned from a collection of negatives of original prints) of frank lloyd wright's midway gardens (1914-1929), located at cottage grove at 60th street, chicago, il. the images were taken shortly after midway gardens was completed in 1914. several architectural elements (e.g., concrete...

16 Sep

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photographic images of the post-fire edward k. rogers commercial block (436 north clark street), designed in 1872 by architect wm. w. boyington. it's only one of a few known extant chicago buildings that showcases widespread use of ornamental "gray body" terra cotta on its facade. the custom-designed...

10 Sep

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destroyed by fire. before and after images of henry j. mcmullen's two-story chicago greystone (1900), located at 3442 west jackson blvd., chicago, il. the turn-of-the-century house with distinctive and heavily ornamented bedford limestone facade, was built in 1900 for chicago george e. nye, owner of nye steam...

06 Sep

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recent photographic images of original bruce goff's sam and ruth van sickle ford house (1949), located at 404 s. edgelawn drive, aurora, il. of course sid came out and we had a rather lively discussion over price tower, other stuff, and the upcoming goff exhibition at...

03 Sep

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original dedication booklet (fully scanned for your viewing pleasure) of giaver and dinkelberg's jewelers building (1927), located at 35 east wacker drive, chicago, il. the 40-story cream-colored terra cotta building (renamed the pure oil building in 1928) was erected by the starrett-dilks company of chicago. ...

29 Aug

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another post-fire structure faces possible demolition.   nearly a month ago, a group of 1870s post-fire italianate style "athens marble" or lemont limestone residential rowhouses (later converted into commercial use) located at 161 east erie street, have landed on the 2024 demolition delay list. ...

24 Aug

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exterior photographic images of alfred s. alschuler's turner manufacturing company building (1918-1921) and r.c. fletcher's western felt works (1916) building. the red brick and bedford limestone industrial buildings are located at 4115 and 4147-51 west ogden avenue, chicago, il.  r.c. fletcher's turner mfg. company industrial building: ...

20 Aug

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an original marquette building (holabird and roche, 1895) ornamental cast iron interior staircase baluster with bower-barff finish amazingly intact and exterior reddish-brown terra cotta ornament (fabricated by the boston valley terra cotta company), join the ever-growing bldg. 51 museum collection. the custom  (i.e., william roche-designed)...

16 Aug

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recent images of herbert c. chivers five-story beaux-arts style octagonal-shaped woman's magazine building (1903), located in university city, mo. the building was converted into university city's city hall in 1930. the interior marble staircase and rotunda are really quite stunning (seen it many times on prior...

14 Aug

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overlooked little gem among giants. detail images of sullivanesque polychrome terra cotta (painted over) on george nimmons-designed r.w. sears building (1911), located at 19 west jackson blvd., chicago, il. in addition to being painted, the building's cornice was removed not long ago. ...

12 Aug

Posted at 14:23h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

interesting 1896 cosmopolitan article on the "dangers of high buildings," by ernest flagg (perhaps best known as architect of new york city's 41-story singer building (1897-1968). the last page features a seldom seen halftone image of burnham, root, and atwood's reliance building under construction. images...

03 Aug

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i had no idea this building existed. photographic images of isadore shank's three-story art deco mayan-revival debaliviere building (1928), located at 5642-58 delmar blvd., st. louis, mo. the neglected and seemingly abandoned building's exterior is comprised largely of richly glazed black and red terra cotta panels with...

03 Aug

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wainwright in light and shadow. sunset images of sullivan-designed carved sandstone, red slip terra cotta spandrel panels, capitals, and cornice on wainwright building by adler and sullivan and c.k. ramsey (1891). the 10-story building's terra cotta ornament was fabricated by the winkle terra cotta company (incorporated in...

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