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. ...
sullivanesque tire shop. 1422 south pulaski road, chicago, il. white glazed sulllivanesque style stock terra cotta executed by the midland terra cotta company, chicago, il. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2024. ...
latest deconstruction images of helmut jahn's thompson center (1985) taken over the last two weeks of august. ...
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: ...
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)...
exterior images of the post-fire high victorian style frederick wacker house (1873-74), located at 1838 north lincoln park west, chicago, il. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg....
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...
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. ...
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...
latest images (ongoing series from beginning to end) of thompson center (helmut jahn, 1985) deconstruction. ...
building condemned by city of st. louis (as of last visit). 2023 and 2024 images of henry ives cobb’s 17-story chemical building (1896), located on the ne corner of 8th and olive streets, st. louis. mo. the building’s annex was designed by st. louis-based firm...
exterior photos of the richardsonian romanesque style samuel cupples mansion (1888-90, thomas b. annan), located at 3673 west pine blvd., st. louis, mo. ...
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...
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...
photographic survey of henry hobson richardson's isaac h. lionberger red brick residence (1885-86), located at 3630 grandel square, st. louis, mo. the red brick residence was designed by american architect henry hobson richardson designed in 1885–86, and built after richardson's death in 1886. it was built for isaac h....
interior and exterior images of theodore link's gargantuan romanesque style union station headhouse (1894), located at 1820 market street, st. louis, mo. the station's distinctive interior and exterior design program was handled by edmund cameron, who worked for h.h. richardson, where he oversaw construction of richardson's...
photographic survey of architect william parker's exchange state bank and masonic temple (1887), located at 800 rose street, la crosse, wisc. the well-maintained queen anne style 19th bank building and temple was built by local contractor f.x. de lorean for ten thousand dollars. the ironwork...
last installment. latest image of the post-fire chicago italianate style three-story masonry mixed-use commercial building (1872), located at the southwest corner of wells and superior streets, chicago, ills. the three-story brick building (the superior side has four floors with the top floor likely added in the mid...
photographic survey of purcell and feick's prairie style stewart memorial presbyterian church (1910), located at 116 east 32nd street, minneapolis, mn. the church's design was inspired by frank lloyd wright's unity temple (1908) located in oak park. ...
a little over a hundred original and fully functional multi-colored (i.e., golden amber, ruby red, and cobalt blue) "tipped" mazda light tantalum filament light bulbs - salvaged from the schiltz palm garden prior to its demolition in 1963 - joined the bldg. 51 museum collection...