27 Aug

Posted at 10:44h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages by

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...

23 Aug

Posted at 18:31h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

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...

19 Aug

Posted at 21:20h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

with limited time, i haven't been able to thoroughly document ongoing alterations made to adler and sullivan's 1881 s.a. maxwell building as it slowly transitions from empty loft space to boutique hotel. this of course is unfortunate, since my hastily made images fail to truly...

02 Aug

Posted at 03:10h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

latest images documenting interior (floors 3-5) and exterior (including rooftop) of adler and sullivan's s.a. maxwell loft building (commonly known as the jewelers' building) during transformation into a boutique hotel. thankfully i captured the interior prior to restoration work during my last visit in november...

25 May

Posted at 03:12h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

a collection of blog posts (links listed below) on the destruction of 19th century erie street worker cottages on chicago's rapidly changing  near west side.  AN INTENSIVE STUDY ON MATERIALS AND METHODS USED IN BUILDING THE CHICAGO WORKERS COTTAGE PRIVY VAULT WITH SCATTERED REMNANTS UNEARTHED BEHIND A PRE-FIRE CHICAGO...

03 May

Posted at 17:48h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

one of two 19th century single-story brick workers cottages on race street (formerly known as emerson street) is set to be destroyed in the coming weeks. the boarded cottage with unornamented joliet limestone block headers, oculus window, and turned wood porch columns is located just...

23 Apr

Posted at 20:55h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages by

with the surrounding neighborhoods virtually unrecognizable, post-fire chicago two-story cottages have been on chicago’s “threatened” historic buildings list for years now. the “for sale” sign on this particular cottage quickly came and went in recent months, the green fence erected quickly thereafter. thankfully, i repeatedly...

25 Mar

Posted at 20:54h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

i recently got wind that this 19th century chicago brick residence with intact bracketed cornice, double arch top window accentuated with fret-sawn panel, and single incised keystone was targeted for demolition. by the time i arrived late yesterday afternoon, it was wrapped in green fence...

28 Feb

Posted at 05:00h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

an amazingly intact and well-maintained post-fire brick workers cottage with original fret-sawn bracketed pine wood cornice, oculus, and frear or ransom's artificial stone incised window hoods with centrally located ornamental keystones, will be destroyed in the next week. the address is 1938 n. mohawk street. the...

20 Feb

Posted at 03:00h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

an early 20th century two-story chicago fire house (vacated in 1964) with bedford limestone incised plaque and municipal device just below the roofline, is currently undergoing demolition. the long-abandoned fire house is located in the old union stockyards, near a dumpster distribution center.  ...

13 Feb

Posted at 00:16h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages by

back-to-back demolition of 1880’s victorian era commercial building and adjoining residential boarding house comprised of brick accentuated with joilet limestone ornament ornament. the commercial building was especially difficult to see destroyed since it retained the original dearborn foundry “no. 2” cast iron and steel front...

04 Dec

Posted at 13:58h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

it’s been awhile since i’ve documented chicago houses faced with death by demolition. with such limited bandwidth as of late, it’s become increasingly hard to document everything i care deeply about. after seeing this 19th century masonry cottage land on the chopping block over the weekend...

28 Nov

Posted at 03:52h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

the following blog entry was first posted on july 15th, 2015. i spent the greater part of a day documenting and salvaging ornament from the historically-important early 20th century saloon building that has been identified as the only known "tied house" (i.e., exclusively sold and served standard-brand beer bottled and...

16 Nov

Posted at 03:58h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

fulton market has been transforming at a dizzying pace, accelerated by the arrival of google in late 2015. since then, several early 20th century structures have either been wiped off the block or remain standing in the form of restored facades with newly-built buildings. HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT...

08 Oct

Posted at 02:31h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

with some "downtime" (whatever that means) this evening, i decided to slowly begin processing the enormous mountain of data generated from the seemingly unending residential demolitions that happened back in april. it should be no surprise that nearly every blog post lately mentions my ongoing battle...

11 Sep

Posted at 20:37h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, Salvages by

a selection of photographic images from the chicago architectural ornament survey is provided below. the architectural ornament is sourced from extant late 19th and early 20th century buildings within chicago's city limits. the majority of the buildings enjoy landmark status, while others are relatively unknown,...

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