01 Jan

Posted at 16:29h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Press, Sales and Promotions, Salvages, Travel, Uncategorized by

note: the following links represent some highlights accomplished in 2024. the posts are arranged chronologically, from beginning of 2025 to end of year. as 2025 draws to a close, i culled the the work of eric j. nordstrom, urban remains, and the bldg. 51 archive to...

25 Dec

Posted at 02:11h in Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages, Uncategorized by

a second time capsule buried within the lightly incised lemont limestone cornerstone of the church erected in 1890 and destroyed by fire in 1896, was removed intact earlier this week. once again, the soldered-joint zinc box or time capsule was damaged upon careful removal from...

17 Dec

Posted at 17:19h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages, Uncategorized by

dave felling salvage images of stephen v. shipman's italianate style elgin state hospital & the northern illinois hospital and asylum for the insane (1874) taken during its demolition in 1993. the center building's distinctive exterior two-story ornamental cast iron veranda above the limestone portico was carefully...

16 Dec

Posted at 16:35h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

latest demolition images of flizikowski and kaiser's german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at 2028 north richmond street, chicago, il. within the next week or two, the church building and adjoining shool will be reduced to rubble and trucked to the landfill. thankfully, the church will...

11 Dec

Posted at 19:07h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Press, Salvages by

additional images taken during removal of historically important church bell from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at 2028 north richmond street, chicago, il. the previous blog contains the majority of images and additional information. courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the...

08 Dec

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

sequential photo-documentation of lightly embossed bronze church bell extraction from flizikowski and kaiser's german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at 2028 north richmond street, chicago, il. the swift removal of the bell - comprised of flanking cast iron a-frame bases or stands, yoke, clapper and bent...

03 Dec

Posted at 17:32h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

photographic survey of church bell before it's extraction from flizikowski and kaiser's german evangelical lutheran church (1896). the 1896 solid bronze bell is intact - comprised of flanking cast iron a-frame bases or stands, yoke, clapper and bent wood wheel with a single sheave (original rope...

25 Nov

Posted at 16:50h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

salvage operation in progress. updates with information on church history to follow.  image gallery below includes documentation of time capsule eextraction along with exterior and interior images of church during beginning phase of demolition (i.e., the church building itself as adjoining school was demolished last week). the...

20 Nov

Posted at 17:24h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages by

unedited 2008 interior salvage images of d.h. burnham and company's 21-story continental and commercial national bank building (1914), located at 208 south lasalle street, chicago, il. as i continue to stitch together bits and pieces of prior salvage experiences i often fall victim to a dense...

18 Nov

Posted at 19:56h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

revisting william phillip doerr's jeffery theater (1923) lobby as it appeared in 2014: Historical analysis: AI has likely been used to research and summarize information about the theater's history, architecture, and its impact on the South Shore neighborhood. Entertainment industry analysis: AI is fundamentally changing the live...

17 Nov

Posted at 16:20h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages, Travel by

raw and unedited demolition images of john voltz hall (1881), located at 800 north wells street, chicago, il. john voltz came to chicago with a wave of germanic immigrants during the 1850's and 1860's. voltz was an entrepreneur and nearly a decade after the great fire...

11 Nov

Posted at 23:22h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages, Travel by

raw, unedited interior and exterior images of otto strack's 1890-91 pabst tavern (later known as metropolitan hall), located at 537-541 west clarke street, milwaukee, wisc. the images were taken shortly before and during the building's demolition in 2006. the three salvaged cathedral roll solid colored...

22 Oct

Posted at 14:41h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

original 8 x 10 black and white interior and exterior photographic images of edward e. eichenbaum's 3400-seat granada theater (1926), located at 6427-41 north sheridan road, chicago, il. the cream-colored terra cotta facade was salvaged by dave felling of felling contracting, st. louis, mo. during its...

21 Oct

Posted at 20:49h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

newly discovered photographic interior images (taken at time of demolition by dave felling) of jenney and mundie's gothic style 11-story isabella building (1894-2004), located at 44-48 van buren street (between state and washington) in chicago, il. the isabella was one of three chicago buildings that...

04 Sep

Posted at 15:22h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Salvages, Travel by

last? salvage images of notable prairie school architect walter burley griffin's frank a. windes house (1913), located at 645 abbottsford road, kenilworth, il. house demolition will begin in a matter of days. feeling burned out and broken - not to mention nearing 50 years of age, i...

31 Aug

Posted at 15:20h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

iphone images of a post-fire chicccago masonry residential structure undergoing demolition located at 1923 north cleveland avenue, chicago, il. the multi-story building facade is comprised of "parge and pencil" brick (likely from a shortage of face brick after the chicago fire of 1871) punctuated with...

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