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05 Oct stencil recovery from adler & sullivan’s garrick theater through images and faithfully recreated canvas fragment

Posted at 18:45h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

this post briefly touches upon a meticulously recreated adler and sullivan garrick theater (1891) hand-painted stenciled canvas section - mainly through images taken at the time it was discovered and/or recovered when adler and sullivan's garrick theater (1891) was undergoing demolition. during the schiller building's demolition...

03 Oct latest salvaged chicago architectural artifacts and fixtures added to urban remains online catalog

Posted at 14:45h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

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 40,000 catalog listings to date). the newly acquired items have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need be)...

18 Sep recently acquired salvaged chicago architectural artifacts, objects, and fixtures added to urban remains online catalog

Posted at 02:58h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

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 45,000 catalog listings to date). the newly acquired items have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need be)...

04 Sep urban remains acquires collection of late 19th and early 20th east coast commercial building elevator signs and artifacts

Posted at 22:27h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

several boxes filled with late 19th and early 20th century antique american elevator signs and artifacts collected by an elevator serviceman while working on historically important buildings from new york city to philadelphia arrived at urban remains last week. the collection includes seldom found signage and...

29 Aug newly added artifacts: elmslie terra cotta, medical cabinets, richardsonian andirons, and howard van doren shaw windows

Posted at 01:48h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

18 Aug the “american west in bronze” – a richly detailed edward kemeys-designed plaque executed by winslow brothers

Posted at 02:50h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

a rare artifact deserving highlight in the urban remains warehouse is a turn of the century cast bronze plaque designed by edward kemeys and executed by the winslow brothers. the single-sided metalwork depicts the cheyenne diplomat and warrior "chief left hand," remembered for his attempts...

14 Aug latest salvaged architectural artifacts and industrial objects added to urban remains website

Posted at 20:13h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Sales and Promotions, Salvages by Eric

03 Aug historically important john burnham root-designed ornamental iron header panel latest addition to bldg. 51 museum architectural artifact collection

Posted at 19:36h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

after weeks of negotiating, i managed to purchase an original john wellborn root-designed kansas city board of trade building (1888) panel for the bldg. 51 architectural ornament collection. when the combination cast and wrought ornamental iron header panel arrived the other day, i spent nearly...

25 Jul recent acquisitions now available on urban remain website

Posted at 14:35h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

24 Jul reorganizing the bldg. 51 chicago architectural ornament archive in progress

Posted at 18:27h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

reorganizing the bldg. 51 chicago architectural ornament archive has given me incentive to reshoot any and all historically important artifacts previously on loan, display, or in storage. it's immensely gratifying to reacquaint myself with the ornament (and its history) as it makes its way into...

11 Jul most recent acquisitions now available on urban remains website

Posted at 14:34h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Sales and Promotions by Eric

27 Jun latest salvaged artifacts and objects now available on urban remains website

Posted at 14:42h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

26 Jun richard nickel’s garrick theater “ornament scrapbook” now digitized

Posted at 20:46h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

when it came to salvaging architectural ornament, chicago's richard nickel was exacting, tedious, and methodical, both in preparation and execution, on any and all demolition sites. an invaluable example of this approach (rarely seen since) lives on in the form of nickel's "ornament "scrapbook," which...

13 Jun a preview of the latest acquisitions now available on urban remains website

Posted at 14:43h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

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 35,800 catalog listings to date). the newly acquired items have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need be)...

13 Jun three-story brick commercial building at 170-172 . halsted latest building to fall in fulton market district

Posted at 12:33h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages by Eric

the following selection of images were taken during the salvage operation at 170-172 n. halsted. we salvaged anything and everything, including old elevator equipment and a pair of steel elevator doors. our work is done there, but i will likely stick around to document the...

03 Jun chicago’s historic village theater reduced to facedectomy after its auditorium demolished

Posted at 04:18h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

a few months ago (see blog entry below) i documented the village theater (built in 1916 as gemania) shortly before the building's auditorium was set to be demolished. as of this afternoon, only the theater's facade is left standing - still concealed in part by...

30 May latest urban remains website catalog acquisitions

Posted at 14:44h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

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 35,700 catalog listings to date). the newly acquired items have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need be)...

27 May meticulously documenting 19th century residential and commercial square or machine “cut” iron nails

Posted at 04:22h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages by Eric

in preparation for my "deconstructing chicago" publication (slated for completion after "unearthing chicago hits circulation), i continue data-gathering by documenting any and all building material used in the construction of the balloon frame, beginning from the 1840's on through the 1880's. all of the material collected thus far...

23 May newly added architectural artifacts and objects added to urban remains catalog

Posted at 14:34h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

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 35,600 catalog listings to date). the newly acquired items have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need be)...

16 May recent salvaged architectural objects added to urban remains online catalog

Posted at 05:05h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products by Eric

the following 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 35,500 catalog listings to date). the newly acquired items have been documented, cleaned/refinished (if need be) and...