24 Jan

Posted at 05:29h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, Salvages by

as demolition of the early 20th century building housing the storied pacific garden mission - more commonly known as the "old lighthouse" - was drawing to a close, a battered and broken floor safe was found in the rubble. the diminutive, baked enameled black safe, with...

18 Jan

Posted at 01:32h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, Salvages by

some of the most unique artifacts in the bldg. 51 collection (and for sale in the urban remains warehouse) are rescued from non-extant theaters hearkening to the early 20th century theater boom. aside from remarkable light fixtures, seating, decorative plaster and exterior elements from these...

15 Jan

Posted at 15:53h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

photograhic survey of character-defining features found on the exterior of 19th and 20th century buildings located in chicago. architectural details include, but not limited to, datestones, name (includes mongrams) plaques, and emblematic designs identifying the structure's identity, purpose or function. ...

13 Jan

Posted at 17:39h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

images from ongoing visual survey of the henry j. schlack's designed st. martin of tours abandoned german catholic church (1895) located at 5848 s. princeton avenue in the englewood neighborhood of chicago. the majority of the photographs taken thus far, concentrate on the bedford limestone...

12 Jan

Posted at 15:30h in 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 70,000 items digitized/cataloged over the past 16 years). the newly acquired items for the month of JANUARY, 2022, have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if...

11 Jan

Posted at 22:54h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

designed by louis h sullivan and/or his junior draftsman, frank lloyd wright, the house was completed in 1892. the rich ornamentation provides abundant fodder for research on the charnley-persky house, sullivan’s work, and groundbreaking work completed during this time. the ornament throughout the interior and...

10 Jan

Posted at 04:18h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

the destruction last year of the osborne & adams building (erected in 1872) remains a deeply upsetting affair, and one i remember each time i walk past the three gargantuan keystones housed in the bldg. 51 museum collection. the exterior architectural elements were rescued from...

10 Jan

Posted at 03:30h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

forgotten objects and ephemera found hidden in the crawlspaces, attics, plenums and basements of five depression-era chicago theaters. my "lost and found" project of documenting and discovering what tradesmen and theatergoers left behind or discarded over the decades lasted nearly three years. after collecting and organizing...

04 Jan

Posted at 09:22h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

the ornamental distribution legacy of richard nickel and the garrick theater salvage richard nickel was born and raised in chicago’s humboldt park and logan square neighborhoods and from an early age was deeply moved by stained glass figures. after serving in the army, nickel enrolled...

02 Jan

Posted at 17:36h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

throughout 2021, the bldg. 51 museum amassed several historically important architectural fragments and objects, in addition to the evolving archive, consisting of period photographs, books, documents, drawings, blueprints, models, and other related materials that will prove invaluable to bolster the narratives of the museum's architectural...

02 Jan

Posted at 03:50h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Salvages by

a selection of historic chicago buildings lost in 2021. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2022.  EARLY 1860S CORNELIUS C. HOPPER ITALIANATE STYLE MASONRY RESIDENCE DESTROYED CIVIL WAR-ERA ITALIANATE STYLE RESIDENCE BUILT FOR CORNELIUS C. HOPPER FACES IMMINENT DEMOLITION SENSELESS DESTRUCTION...

02 Jan

Posted at 02:21h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions by

  the following digitized and edited photographic images presented below were selected from hundreds of pieces of ephemera housed at ryerson and burnham, art institute of chicago, john vinci collection, and bldg. 51 museum collection.  while i've spent several months combing through the richard nickel committee archive,...

01 Jan

Posted at 04:11h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

i'm continuously arranging and rearranging any and all artifacts housed within the bldg. 51 museum, as a means to generate inspiration and flush out narratives held within these historically important remnants of the past. at the most basic level there is information attached to every object...

29 Dec

Posted at 16:15h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

the links (arranged in chronological order offer), highlights of the work of eric j. nordstrom, urban remains, and the bldg. 51 museum archive in 2021. over the past few years my work towards creating and/or collaborating with people and organizations deeply entrenched in architectural preservation...

28 Dec

Posted at 18:14h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

when looking for a document in daniel brenner’s archive the other day, i stumbled across a folder containing remarkable images (nickel?) from the "louis sullivan and the architecture of free enterprise" exhibit held at the art institute in 1956.  if i recall correctly, frank Lloyd wright,...

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