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...

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...

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...

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unpublished louis magnue melander photographic images (scanned from recently discovered stereoscopic glass plate negatives) of the 1893 world columbian exposition taken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...

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 -...

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. ...

data dump, 2007. rediscovered unedited images taken of george l. pfeiffer's vorwaerts turner hall (1897), when abandoned and later partially demolished. the bedford greystone german turner hall is located at 2431 west roosevelt road, chicago, il. the architect's door with acid-etched glass panel was found in the basment...

latest images of the dying southside chicago comed station (1924), located at located at 6141 s. prairie avenue. the building's architect, herman v. von holst, was perhaps best known for taking on the responsibility of heading up frank lloyd wright's architectural practice when wright went to...

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