22 Dec

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three largely intact and original early frank lloyd wright-designed buff-colored sullivanesque terra cotta balusters salvaged from the robert roloson row houses (1894) when the front terraces where dismantled/demolished in the early 1970's were added to the ever-expanding bldg. 51 museum collection. most of the surviving balusters...

21 Dec

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an original and largley intact painted cast staff or fibrous plaster frank lloyd wright-designed leafage panel salvaged from the william h. winslow house (1894) during renovations was added to bld. 51 museum collection earlier this week. the chocolate brown colored fragment features all over leafage...

17 Dec

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dave felling salvage images of stephen v. shipman's italianate style elgin state hospital & the northern illinois hospital and asylum for the insane (1874) taken during its demolition in 1993. the center building's distinctive exterior two-story ornamental cast iron veranda above the limestone portico was carefully...

16 Dec

Posted at 16:35h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

latest demolition images of flizikowski and kaiser's german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at 2028 north richmond street, chicago, il. within the next week or two, the church building and adjoining shool will be reduced to rubble and trucked to the landfill. thankfully, the church will...

12 Dec

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gargantuan salesman sample. bdg. 51 museum secures historically important oversized lincoln memorial building (1909) polychromatic glazed terra cotta panel sculpted by kristian schneider for the american terra cotta company, crystal lake, il. the hand-applied polychromatic glazed terra cotta panel was created as a promotional tool (displayed in...

11 Dec

Posted at 19:07h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Press, Salvages by

additional images taken during removal of historically important church bell from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at 2028 north richmond street, chicago, il. the previous blog contains the majority of images and additional information. courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the...

08 Dec

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

sequential photo-documentation of lightly embossed bronze church bell extraction from flizikowski and kaiser's german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at 2028 north richmond street, chicago, il. the swift removal of the bell - comprised of flanking cast iron a-frame bases or stands, yoke, clapper and bent...

03 Dec

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

photographic survey of church bell before it's extraction from flizikowski and kaiser's german evangelical lutheran church (1896). the 1896 solid bronze bell is intact - comprised of flanking cast iron a-frame bases or stands, yoke, clapper and bent wood wheel with a single sheave (original rope...

30 Nov

Posted at 23:37h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Press by

it was nice to see architectural ornament salvaged by me land at the art institute. the majority of the images however, doument the reconfigured "fragments of chicago's past exhibit," mounted opposite the hartwell memorial tiffany window (1917) within the skylit henry crown gallery. ...

26 Nov

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

spacetime curvature grid. recent photographic survey of helmet jahn's 40th floor conference room, located on the top floor of giaver and dinkelberg's 40-story jewelers building (1927), located at 35 east wacker drive, chicago, il. a future post will feature images and video of the fully functional original...

25 Nov

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

salvage operation in progress. updates with information on church history to follow.  image gallery below includes documentation of time capsule eextraction along with exterior and interior images of church during beginning phase of demolition (i.e., the church building itself as adjoining school was demolished last week). the...

20 Nov

Posted at 17:24h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages by

unedited 2008 interior salvage images of d.h. burnham and company's 21-story continental and commercial national bank building (1914), located at 208 south lasalle street, chicago, il. as i continue to stitch together bits and pieces of prior salvage experiences i often fall victim to a dense...

19 Nov

Posted at 18:25h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

exterior images of walter burley griffin's prairie style limestone and brick cornell store and flats (1908), located at 1230-32 e. 75th street, chicago, il. the cornell store and flats was designed by architect walter burley griffin, that has been vacant since 2014 and is considered an...

18 Nov

Posted at 19:56h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

revisting william phillip doerr's jeffery theater (1923) lobby as it appeared in 2014: Historical analysis: AI has likely been used to research and summarize information about the theater's history, architecture, and its impact on the South Shore neighborhood. Entertainment industry analysis: AI is fundamentally changing the live...

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