three sections of nearly identical ornamental terra cotta roofline or coping panels featuring repeating hand-applied balls or spheres joined the bldg museum building artifact collection...
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nbsp the following post contains another installment of objects culled from various ongoing projects both past and present which were selected and assembled as a...
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immersing myself in ornament is highly therapeutic - a portal to the past where i belong william le baron jenney-designed richardsonian romanesque church built as...
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the -story chicago machinery exchange warehouse - designed by d h burnham amp company - has been reduced to rubble it truly amazes me that...
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the bldg museum recently secured through auction a pair of original and amazingly intact - william e drummond-designed interior residential leaded glass windows accentuated with...
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exterior restoration work has resumed on the jewelers building the northeast turret - one of four used to conceal water tanks for fire suppression -...
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an early th century factory with white glazed terra cotta possibly fabricated by the midland terra cotta company located at - w adams is undergoing...
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a demolition permit has been issued for a th century -story masonry residential building with joliet limestone window hoods the well-maintained structure is located at...
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two early th century chicago apartment buildings adorned with bedford limestone are set to be demolished this week or possibly next the power has been...
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according to th century chicago public health reports periodicals e g the sanitarian and city ordinances it was rather common for licensed night scavengers to...
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the 's post-fire italianate style rowhouse with original bracketed wood cornice and artificial stone window hoods with centrally located keystones has been reduced to rubble...
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inspired by spending the past several months organizing and digitizing images and artifacts belonging to chicago architect john vinci i ve now begun volunteering one...
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