15 Jun

Posted at 15:39h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

a slow and painful death. 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...

12 Jun

Posted at 16:41h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

nothing to see here. current status of otto strack's 1893 terra cotta frederick pabst columbian exposition pavilion. the pabst brewing company hired milwaukee-based architect otto strack to design a heavily ornamented buff-colored terra cotta trade pavilion to house and display a thirteen-foot gold-washed model of the pabst...

11 Jun

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the urban remains showroom and bldg. 51 museum (housed and periodically on display in river north, west town, and fulton market) will continue calling 1820 west grand avenue home for the forseeable future. the number of acquisitions in 2024 has grown considerably in 2024 -...

07 Jun

Posted at 14:02h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

latest images of j.l. silsbee's largely forgotten 1897 bandstand (located in garfield park) being carefullt deconstructed for restoration and reconstruction. the four-sided structure is faced with white marble supplied by the georgia marble company. the uniquely designed stamped or pressed copper dome with protruding...

30 May

Posted at 13:44h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

two original red slip glazed terra cotta grotesque face exterior corbels salvaged from charles sumner frost's chicago and north western railway train station or lake dront depot (1889-1890). the romanesque style station - located in milwaukee, wisc. - closed in 1966 and demolished...

21 May

Posted at 17:44h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

price tag is 375,000 and described as a "solid" industrial building. the images of the southside chicago comed station (1924), located at located at 6141 s. prairie avenue, were taken over the weekend. the building's architect, herman v. von holst, was perhaps best known for taking on...

19 May

Posted at 16:02h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest american architectural artifacts added to the ever-expanding urban remains virtual catalog (over 125,000 items digitized/cataloged over the past 20 years). the newly acquired items for the early months of 2024 have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need...

13 May

Posted at 19:27h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

the historically important 1893 world's fair or columbian exposition pabst beer pavilion (designed by architect otto strack, who also designed the extant pabst theater) has been shrouded in a steel web covered with mesh (for several weeks now) as deconstruction and/or removal of it's buff-colored...

03 May

Posted at 16:39h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

exterior photographic survey of george w. maher's prairie style adolf schmidt residence (1917-18), located at 6331-33 north sheridan road, chicago, il. the house is comprised of a golden yellow roman brick facade, with richly ornamented maher-designed bedford limestone ornament, and wood cornice. a few of...

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