14 Dec

Posted at 05:30h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

i spent several hours looking at and digitizing images from richard nickel's chicago stock excange contact sheets the other day. like the garrick, nickel methodically documented each and every detail, including the building's hardware. adler and sullivan's chicago stock exchange (1894) was outfitted with sullivan-designed cast...

07 Dec

Posted at 04:45h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

  the other day i was rearranging my reference library and ran across frank lloyd wright's stained glass and lightscreens by architect and photographer thomas a. heinz. shortly after reacquainting myself with this great resource, i began combing through images taken of frank lloyd wright-designed windows housed in the bldg. 51 building...

06 Dec

Posted at 20:31h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions by

rare early 20th century comprehensive and profusely illustrated pittsburgh plate glass company's "glass paints, varnishes, and brushes: their history manufacture and use" hardbound book and/or catalog featuring an informative glance at the early beginnings of glassworks, paint development and distribution and the formation and establishment...

05 Dec

Posted at 19:15h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

the following images represent my ongoing effort to systematically document exterior architectural ornament adorning historically significant buildings across chicago. as of this writing, the bldg. 51 archive houses over 500,000 digital files, including several printed on museum quality paper (for traveling exhibitions), which are methodically...

02 Dec

Posted at 15:12h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest american architectural, medical, and industrial 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...

28 Nov

Posted at 21:01h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

the following collection of important and seldom seen original real photo postcards (rppc) represents just a fraction of materials currently being digitized from the ever-growing bldg. 51 museum and archive, housed in chicago and owned and maintained by eric j. nordstrom.  early 20th century real...

25 Nov

Posted at 03:34h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

urban remains recently acquired one of the largest known collections of original 19th century american victorian-era salvaged chicago majolica figural tiles and fireplace surrounds executed in a multitude of rich color schemes and elaborate designs. examples from this remarkable collection are shown below. update as of...

24 Nov

Posted at 19:32h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by

the bldg. 51 museum recently acquired late 19th century original and completely intact brand brewery administration building terra cotta roofline ornament executed by the northwestern terra cotta company, chicago, ills. the remarkable and historically important ornamental square-shaped block was salvaged from the brewery complex during...

10 Nov

Posted at 21:05h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Products, Salvages by

when companies are contracted by the developers to extricate structurally unsound vaulted sidewalks and alleys in and around sites to be excavated for future construction, work continues with subsequent digging to remove concrete and asphalt, which in many cases, leads to the discovery of well-preserved...

09 Nov

Posted at 10:47h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

with more and more projects piling up, including taking over a thousand images of the congress theater (completed 1926, fridstein & company, architects) the other day before it undergoes an extensive rehabilitation this spring, i've decided to simply begin posting images of central park theater's...

04 Nov

Posted at 03:26h 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, medical, and industrial 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 NOVEMBER...

27 Oct

Posted at 21:27h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Travel by

a photographic study of george grant elmslie-designed terra cotta ornament for thornton township high school (1934-35). the mottled reddish-orange slip glaze terra cotta was modeled by architectural sculptor fritz albert, who was assigned the job after head modeler kristian schneider died in 1935. the terra...

21 Oct

Posted at 03:27h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous by

images of tradesmen preserving chicago's historic building facades. i've finally found time to start processing several thousand images - taken over the past 5 years - pertaining to this fascinating subject matter. to see and thoroughly document "portals to the past," where materials and methods...

20 Oct

Posted at 19:02h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Press by

eric j. nordstrom's videotaped talk and/or interview on salvaging american architectural artifacts, their value and the industry at large, can be viewed by clicking the link below: https://player.vimeo.com/video/467122667 additional guest speakers listed below: ASA Spotlights Personal Property Sessions and Experts for 2020 ASA International Conference by Jessica Wilhelmy | Aug...

20 Oct

Posted at 01:35h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

  as i continue to stitch together bits and pieces of prior salvage experiences i often fall victim to a dense cloud of confusion and frustration when i pour over the notes and images taken during urban remains's infancy. looking back, i feel the process of documentation...

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