the kirchbaum building, located at 6560 n. sheridan rd., was designed in 1922 by the architectural firm of ronneberg, pierce and hauber. the terra cotta city skyline mural is comprised of three recessed panels, beginning with fort dearborn and ending with the wrigley building. the two-story...
adler and sullivan's pilgrim baptist church (formerly kehilath anshe ma'ariv synagogue (adler and sullivan, 1891) as it appeared on january 7, 2006 - the day after the devastating fire. ...
recent exterior restoration images of william le baron jenney's richardsonian romanesque style second universalist society church of the redeemer (1886), located at 1956 west warren blvd., chicago, il. i believe the church building's masonry maintenance/ restoration is being carried out by bulley and andrews (bamr). the facade...
absolutely thrilling to witness/document silsbee's bandstand returning to its former glory. the richly colored and meticulously restored mosaic panels are stunning. recent restoration images of joseph lyman silsbee's bandstand (1897) located at west music court in garfield park. the four-sided structure is faced with white marble supplied...
the following american architectural ephermera joined the ever-expanding, chicago-based bldg. 51 museum in the january of 2025. captions will be provided when time permits. ...
2025 exterior photographic survery of the four-story, steel-framed george whiffen and william wright-designed house of david hotel (1922-23; alterations, 1931), located at 163 colfax avenue, benton harbor, mich. the 100-room hotel building was built by house of david commune leader benjamin purnell (1861-1927) and operated by...
interior detail images of henry c. koch's flemish renaissance revival style milwaukee city hall building (1895), located at 200 east wells street, milwaukee, wi. have not identified the fabricator of the copper-plated ironwork. ...
exterior photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's annunciation greek orthodox church (1956-1961), located at 9400 west congress street, wauwatosa, wi. a future post with several images of the church's interior (taken on the same day) will land when time permits. ...
recent exterior photographic survey of claude and starck's yellow brick and white glazed terra cotta lincoln school (1915) located at 728 e. gorham st. in madison, wi. the school operated until 1963, followed by the madison arts center. the building was converted into apartments in 1985. the...
revisiting images i took documenting the installation of the "reconstructing the garrick: adler and sullivan's lost masterpiece" exhibit held at wrightwood 659 in 2021-2022. in memory of richard nickel and david norris. ...
an original custom-designed, black enameled ornamental cast iron interior angled staircase baluster and basement encaustic floor tile - salvaged from edbrooke and burnham's mecca hotel or flats (1892) during its untimely demolition in 1952 - joined the bldg. 51 museum last month. ...
unpublished louis magnue melander photographic images (scanned from recently discovered stereoscopic glass plate negatives) of the 1893 world columbian exposition taken shortly after it "officially" closed on october 30th, 1893. the complete set of images will be published in book format in 2026. ...
the following images - scanned/digitized directly from original glass plate negatives - offer a surrealistic and striking glimpse of adler and sullivan's transportation building taken by louis magnue melander, who extensively documented the life cycle of the 1893 chicago world's fair or columbian exposition through...
on saturday afternoon i arrived at the salerno cookie factory, or rather what was left of it, after a wrecking company hastily tore down the long stretch of the building's facade. this was comprised of red brick divided by cast concrete columns, accentuated with brightly colored...
father time. the figural clock with nicely aged gilded copper patina (gift of one of the building's first major tenants, the elgin watch company) resides on the northeast corner of the 1928 jewelers building - co-designed by joachim g. giaver and frederick p. dinkelberg. ...
the bldg. 51 archive recently amassed a large collection of early 20th century building trade journal or periodical advertisements pertaining to various examples of terra cotta ornament (often accompanied by commission and/ or architect) fabricated by the american, midland, and northwestern terra cotta companies -...
rock 'n' roll is dead. recent images of stanley tigerman's boarded up hard rock cafe (1985-85) located at 63 west ontario street, chicago, il. i've included images of his architectural model on display at urban remains. ...
detail photographic images (taken in april of 2025) of faber and pagel's romanesque revival style thalia hall (1892), located at 1807 south allport street, chicago, il. the mixed-use building (i.e., retail on ground floors and residential on upper floors, in addition to the theater) was built...
2017 photographic images of eero saarinen's mit chapel (1955-56) located at 48 massachusetts avenue, cambridge, ma. the interior contains an incredible full-height harry bertoia metal sculpture from skylight to marble alter. the rooftop aluminum spire and bell tower were designed by sculptor theodore roszak. ...
demolition images of stephen v. shipman's 1888 daniel a. jones memorial hospital building located at 1753 west congress parkway, chicago, il. the majority of the red slip-glazed terra cotta (fabricated by the northwestern terra cotta company) was salvaged during its demolition in the spring of 2016. ...