10 Sep

Posted at 16:22h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

destroyed by fire. before and after images of henry j. mcmullen's two-story chicago greystone (1900), located at 3442 west jackson blvd., chicago, il. the turn-of-the-century house with distinctive and heavily ornamented bedford limestone facade, was built in 1900 for chicago george e. nye, owner of nye steam...

29 Aug

Posted at 14:32h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

another post-fire structure faces possible demolition.   nearly a month ago, a group of 1870s post-fire italianate style "athens marble" or lemont limestone residential rowhouses (later converted into commercial use) located at 161 east erie street, have landed on the 2024 demolition delay list. ...

23 Jul

Posted at 15:11h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

last installment. latest image of the post-fire chicago italianate style three-story masonry mixed-use commercial building (1872), located at the southwest corner of wells and superior streets, chicago, ills. the three-story brick building (the superior side has four floors with the top floor likely added in the mid...

19 Jul

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

a little over a hundred original and fully functional multi-colored (i.e., golden amber, ruby red, and cobalt blue) "tipped" mazda light tantalum filament light bulbs - salvaged from the schiltz palm garden prior to its demolition in 1963 - joined the bldg. 51 museum collection...

15 Jun

Posted at 15:39h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

a slow and painful death. latest image of the post-fire chicago italianate style three-story masonry mixed-use commercial building (1872), located at the southwest corner of wells and superior streets, chicago, ills. the three-story brick building (the superior side has four floors with the top floor likely added...

11 Jun

Posted at 16:40h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, New Acquisitions, New Products, Press, Sales and Promotions, Salvages by

the urban remains showroom and bldg. 51 museum (housed and periodically on display in river north, west town, and fulton market) will continue calling 1820 west grand avenue home for the forseeable future. the number of acquisitions in 2024 has grown considerably in 2024 -...

21 May

Posted at 17:44h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

price tag is 375,000 and described as a "solid" industrial building. the images of the southside chicago comed station (1924), located at located at 6141 s. prairie avenue, were taken over the weekend. the building's architect, herman v. von holst, was perhaps best known for taking on...

25 Apr

Posted at 14:19h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

the following images were taken a few day ago as i continue documenting central building and preservation's efforts to stabalize, restore and/or rebuild the oversized segmented bedford limestone window arches along the north wall of adler and sullivan's kehilath anshe ma'ariv synagogue or pilgrim baptist...

20 Apr

Posted at 13:18h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

post-fire chicago architect theodore karl's building was constructed in the early months of 1872 for brewer conrad seipp on the pre-fire foundation using recycled or salvaged brick from the fire. the building had storefronts on the first floor (including a saloon), offices on the second, and...

25 Mar

Posted at 16:24h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

exterior photographic survey of the post-fire chicago italianate style three-story masonry mixed-use commercial building (1872), located at the southwest corner of wells and superior streets, chicago, ills. the three-story brick building (the superior side has four floors with the top floor likely added in the mid...

04 Mar

Posted at 17:49h in Bldg. 51, Events & Announcements, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous, Salvages by

the following images were taken in the winter of 2023-24 while carefully documenting central building and preservation's efforts to stabalize, restore and/or rebuild the oversized segmented bedford limestone window arches along the north wall of adler and sullivan's kehilath anshe ma'ariv synagogue or pilgrim baptist...

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