03 May

Posted at 15:39h 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 75,000 items digitized/cataloged over the past 17 years). the newly acquired items for the month of APRIL, 2023, have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need be)...

29 Apr

Posted at 15:25h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages by

the time finally arrived - and within a day of the senseless destruction of nearby 1870s italianate residence - for the humble bell avenue workers cottage, erected between 1884-1887, to fall to the wrecking ball the other day. after documenting the brick...

28 Apr

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

despite a sizable public outcry and preservation efforts (i.e., petitions, etc) to save a rare post-chicago fire wood-framed italiante residence located at 2240 n burling, the demolition permit was released (after 90  days in a holding pattern), and the wreckers arrived and quickly reduced the...

20 Apr

Posted at 16:50h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

a truncated attempt at documenting - in detail - exterior ornamental terra cotta adorning holabird and roche's century building (1915) and jenney, mundie, and jensen's consumers building (1914). both buildings are threatened with demolition and the prolonged neglect or rather, deferred maintenance shows in...

18 Apr

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

Citation Below: The 2023 Antoinette Forrester Downing Book Award Committee of SAH has unanimously chosen as this year’s recipient John Vinci (ed), Chris Ware, Eric J. Nordstrom, and Tim Samuelson, Reconstructing the Garrick: Adler & Sullivan’s Lost Masterpiece. Reconstructing the Garrick represents a notable achievement in both book...

17 Apr

Posted at 14:56h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

partial exterior photographic survey of edmund r. krause's 21-story french renaissance style majestic theater building taken in the spring of 2023. the richly detailed cream-colored terra cotta ornament was executed by the northwestern terra cotta company, chicago, ills. ...

11 Apr

Posted at 15:27h 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 75,000 items digitized/cataloged over the past 17 years). the newly acquired items for the month of APRIL, 2023, have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need...

06 Apr

Posted at 14:41h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

multiple glazed terra cotta fragments (including a largely intact border module) salvaged from the exterior of louis h. sullivan's home building association bank (1914) located in newark, oh., have joined the collections of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 museum. the ornament was designed...

31 Mar

Posted at 19:43h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

photographic survey of knox and elliot's 17-story rockefeller building (1905), located at 614 west superior avenue, cleveland, oh. the interior and exterior ornament was executed by the winslow brothers, chicago, ills. the custom-designed ornamental bronze and brass hardware was fabricated by the p.f. corbin company, new...

28 Mar

Posted at 17:26h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

latest images, taken in march of 2023, of louis h. sullivan's home building association bank building (1914), located at 1 north 3rd street, newark, ohio.   the ornamental terra cotta was modeled by kristian schneider and executed by the american terra cotta company, chicago, ills. the richly colored...

17 Mar

Posted at 16:25h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

with a surprisingly large number of frequent acquisitions populating both museum and gallery these last three months, i have been deeply entrenched in documenting and displaying ephemera and artifacts in a satisfactory manner before another acquisition – big or small – arrives and leaves everything...

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