07 Dec

Posted at 15:23h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest american architectural artifacts and/or miscellaneous objects added to the ever-expanding urban remains virtual catalog (over 65,000 items digitized/cataloged over the past 15 years). the newly acquired items for the month of DECEMBER, 2021, have been...

06 Dec

Posted at 03:29h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

historically important art deco style architectural artifacts salvaged from notable chicago buildings erected during the 1920s-1930s. the original ornament - all identified, meticulously documented and photographed is housed in the bldg. 51 museum collection. when time permits, i will provide additional information, identifying the building ornament...

04 Dec

Posted at 18:46h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

the laverty-martindale house (1859) house was built for thomas laverty, an english sailor who came to wisconsin in the late 1850s. laverty fought in the civil war, and returned disabled from his service and was unable to complete construction of the house. in 1868, stephen martindale...

30 Nov

Posted at 23:02h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

richard nickel images of adler and sullivan’s levi rosenfeld building undergoing demolition in 1958. with the help of the wreckers (i believe speedway wrecked the building), nickel managed to salvage some of the terra cotta ornament, including the panel being lowered from the building 1958...

23 Nov

Posted at 18:01h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

the second empire style mitchell building (1876) is a five-story commercial building designed by architect e. townsend mix for alexander mitchell, a milwaukee-based businessman who was president of the wisconsin marine and fire insurance company bank, the chicago, milwaukee & st. paul railroad, and the northwestern national insurance company....

23 Nov

Posted at 08:06h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

SELECTED DIG STORIES FROM 2014-2019: FREQUENTLY UNEARTHED BOTTLES OF STOVE POLISH TIED TO NEGLECTED FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT-DESIGNED FACTORY BUILDING UNEARTHING THE REMAINS OF THE FORMER CURTISS FACTORY - HOME OF THE "BABY RUTH" CANDY BAR THE MOST COMMONLY UNEARTHED BOTTLE IN CHICAGO AND ITS CONNECTION WITH LOUIS H....

20 Nov

Posted at 05:16h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

in the upcoming year, i will be revisiting the sites of once notable buildings now reduced to rubble and trucked off to the landfill. before their demolition, i documented and rescued artifacts from these pre and post-fire buildings, most of which were commercial, all located...

19 Nov

Posted at 17:32h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

descriptive text from the palmolive building (1928) dedication booklet and rental brochure: as it has done in new york, so in chicago, business is moving north, out of the loop, too long the imaginary compass of commerce. northward to quieter streets, clearer skies, more pleasant surroundings. seeking...

17 Nov

Posted at 11:32h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

i recently discovered a collection of long-forgotten mounted silver gelatin photographic prints of adler and sullivan's james a. walker & sons warehouse building - as it appeared in the summer of 1948 - while working on the richard nickel archive housed at ryerson and burnham, art...

16 Nov

Posted at 17:57h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

images documenting 19th and early 20th century architectural buildings and ornament during second trip (november, 2021) to milwaukee in over a year. i spent the majority of my time revisiting familiar haunts along my "circuit" that arose from several previous trips aimlessly exploring the city's...

16 Nov

Posted at 15:14h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

extraction of samuel stern house (1885) ornamental tin pediment and one of a few surviving plaster ceiling escutcheons. richard nickel, david norris, and bob furhoff salvaged most of its ornament. the adler & sullivan-designed residence was demolished in 1959. images of house exterior/interior taken by richard...

09 Nov

Posted at 20:14h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions by

the chicago tribune tower collection, comprised of newly added and existing books, images, and ephemera, is housed in the bldg. 51 museum archive. the following images offer a glimpse at some of the earliest material, dating to the time the tribune tower (howells and hood)...

09 Nov

Posted at 15:37h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

seldom seen 19th century james w. taylor albumen of william le baron's leiter one building (1879). the 7-story skeleton-frame building (supported by cast iron columns) is recognized for its contribution towards the development of skeleton construction, which was further refined in jenney's home insurance building (1885-1931)....

09 Nov

Posted at 03:16h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

having trained as a scientist years ago has instilled upon me a relentless inclination to take things apart - study them intensely in isolation - then painstakingly reconstruct them to gain a better understanding of the system with all of its working parts. i used that method...

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