latest images documenting chicago tribune tower (howells and hood, 1925) and jarvis hunt's printing plant (1929). the plant housed the printing presses below the newsroom, located on the top floor. the tower was primarily used for office space and mccormick's lavish rooms and personal office. i was...
during a recent trip to st. louis accompanied by john vinci and tim samuelson, we made a visit to edwardsville, where richard nickel's architectural ornament collection is housed. nickel sold his original collection - where he amassed early adler and sullivan ornament during chicago's land...
richard nickel contact sheet images of adler and sullivan's chicago stock exchange building (1894) terra cotta arched entrance and surrounding facade. the undated images were taken prior to 1964 when brenner-danforth-rockwell (bdr) removed sullivan's original ornamented iron and plate glass transom with a bronze tympanum screen...
shortly after learning a demolition permit was pulled for the destruction of the gaitain building, a south side chicago commonwealth edison substation designed by hermann valentin von holst in 1924, i dedicated a great deal of time in the winter months of 2018 researching and...
the following images a part of an ongoing project pertaining to the documentation of interior and exterior alteration and/or restoration of late 19th and early 20th century buildings located in downtown chicago. the first set of photographs focus on tradesmen working on the facade of...
i've spent months looking for richard nickel images of frank lloyd wright's a.d. german warehouse (1921) located in the architect's hometown richland center, wisc. i found a contact sheet and digitized the images posted here. i cannot recall the date offhand, but must be 1950's. the individual...
the following images highlight an in-depth photographic survey of the massive exterior carved bedford limestone sculptures adorning the facade of hoabird and roche's stevens hotel (1927). the exterior limestone was executed by the indiana limestone company, bedford, ind. the beaux-arts hotel was developed by james w....
my latest photographic documentation of alder and sullivan's 1881 s.a. maxwell timber loft building offer a detailed survey of ongoing modifications to the upper floors. alterations and/or additions include the installation of wood stud wall framing on floors 3-5, sections of floor cut out in...
a photo-essay showcasing the structural ingenuity of adler and sullivan's 1892 schiller building exposed during its destruction in 1961. presenting a peculiar combination of problems associated with the combination of a theater and a multi-story office block, the garrick theater structure was a culmination of a...
richard nickel's extensive visual record of building demolitions and/or salvages in and around chicago during the height of urban renewal is truly remarkable. every time i take on another "project" within his archive, i'm taken aback by his dedication to thoroughly document a building before, during,...
several years ago i had the privilege, alongside a fellow chicago architectural business owner, of visiting the university of wisconsin-milwaukee's historic preservation department, on a memorable roadtrip to examine the original molds the university had acquired. the molds had been rescued by a professor from...
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most recent american architectural, medical, and industrial artifacts and/or miscellaneous objects added to our ever-expanding urban remains virtual catalog (over 50,000 catalog listings to date). the newly acquired items have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need be)...
recently found and seldom seen richard nickel kodachrome images of adler & sullivan's solomon blumenfeld building taken shortly before its demolition. the three-story building with limestone facade was built for chicago clothing merchant solomon blumenfeld between 1883-1884. it's fascinating to see the blumenfeld building portrayed...
the following blog posts provide a detailed photographic survey of louis sullivan's interior and exterior architectural ornament adorning his midwest banks built between 1908-1919. A PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF LOUIS H. SULLIVAN'S 1914 MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK ORNAMENT DOCUMENTING LOUIS SULLIVAN-DESIGNED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK ORNAMENT LOUIS H....
the levi rosenfeld building (demolished 1958) was designed by the architectural firm of adler and sullivan. the mixed-use masonry building was built in two phases, with the first being a three story section completed in 1881 at a cost of $42,850. the second phase, consisting...
while i have touched on the importance of photo-documenting archival material, sullivan ornament and workers cottages, lately my focus has expanded to late 19th and early 20th century chicago school buildings undergoing historic renovations in downtown chicago. a number of facades are worked on each...
Antique shop owner keeps meticulous records of demolished workers cottages Eric Nordstrom, owner of Urban Remains, tries to find a story in the homes’ artifacts By Paul Biasco Aug 23, 2019, 12:59pm CDT Share this story Share this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window) ...
several original and highly desirable early 1920's antique american craftsman style interior residential leaded art glass windows were recently salvaged from a chicago bungalow last week. the all original and amazingly intact strongly geometric windows were designed and fabricated by the notable chicago-based h. eberhardt...
as i work my way through richard nickel's vast photographic archive at ryerson and burnham, i'm continually amazed at the number of structures he recorded before, during, and after they were brought down and hauled off to landfills. the documentation of destruction spans three decades,...
the following collection of blog posts reflect my contributions to any and all facets of 19th and early 20th century chicago workers cottages. i've devoted several years researching, photographing, dissecting, and amassing a sizable collection of building fragments for my "deconstructing chicago" book. while the...