note: any and all images in this post are raw and unedited and will be left that way. posted on december 14, 2015: as the year comes to a close i look back in amazement at the amount of disruption and damage done by demolitions of late...
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...
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...
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...
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...
david felling kodachrome salvage images of eames and young's 1898 lincoln trust (more commonly known as title guaranty) building taken during its demolition in 1983. ...
dave felling kodachrome slides of edward e. eichenbaum's 3400-seat granada theater (1926), located at 6427-41 north sheridan road, chicago, il. ...
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...
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...
a collection of richard nickel salvage and demolition images (many pulled from contact sheets) of adler and sullivan's 1894 chicago stock exchange building, located at 33 north lasalle street, chicago, il. the lasalle street terra cotta arch, three large sections of the cornice, and several columns...
on saturday afternoon i arrived at the salerno cookie factory, or rather what was left of it, after a wrecking company hastily tore down the long stretch of the building's facade. this was comprised of red brick divided by cast concrete columns, accentuated with brightly colored...
demolition images of stephen v. shipman's 1888 daniel a. jones memorial hospital building located at 1753 west congress parkway, chicago, il. the majority of the red slip-glazed terra cotta (fabricated by the northwestern terra cotta company) was salvaged during its demolition in the spring of 2016. ...
data dump, 2007. rediscovered unedited images taken of george l. pfeiffer's vorwaerts turner hall (1897), when abandoned and later partially demolished. the bedford greystone german turner hall is located at 2431 west roosevelt road, chicago, il. the architect's door with acid-etched glass panel was found in the basment...
richard nickel images – selected from multiple contact sheets – showing the extraction of louis h. sullivan-designed cast iron spandrel panels from the 5-story rothschild building (1881) during its demolition in 1972. the upper facade contained twelve cast iron spandrel panels divided by three...
eric j. nordstrom photographic images of henry ives cobb's chicago athletic association building facade as it appeared prior to restoration in 2013-2014. i spent nearly a week out on the scaffolding documenting the facade from top to bottom. i discovered multiple lightly incised signatures including george...
another data dump from 2009. raw and unedited images of john m. van osdel ii's 1896 ywca hotel, located at 830 south michigan avenue, chicago, il. the building was designed by architect was john m. van osdel ii, nephew of prominent chicago architect john mills van...
photographic documentation of william boyington's osborne and adams post-fire loft building (1872), located at 209 west lake steet, chicago, il. note: the images were taken in 2016, shortly before, during, and after the building's demolition. the facade was comprised of "artificial stone" (also identified as "cast"...
the following images - taken several years ago - were recently rediscovered (unedited) in the bldg. 51 photographic image database on 19th ands early 20th century chicago brick and wood-framed workers cottages. the post-fire structure - likely built within 1-2 years after the great chicago...
posted july 11, 2014: before i begin what will likely be a series of posts revolving around the salvage of this pre-fire residence, i wanted to present a few images taken while i was exploring the attic space that was constructed during the early 1860's, when...
note: the following links represent some highlights accomplished in 2024. the posts are arranged chronologically, from beginning of 2024 to end of year. pabst mansion pavilion - a rare surviving relic of the 1893 columbian exposition on its way to be dismantled again 1902 henry l. newhouse-designed...