going, going...
latest images of thompson center (helmut jahn, 1985) deconstruction as of 5-23-2024. ...
and so it begins...
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...
transformation of thompson center gains momentum as more and more glass modules and aluminum mullions are plucked from the curtain wall, exposing the building's...
images of helmut jahn's thompson center (1985) taken earlier this week. how the thompson center will appear when google occupies building. [caption id="attachment_87819" align="alignleft" width="1965"] image courtesy of google.[/caption] images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive....
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...
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...
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...
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...
i haven't had time to do my research on a badly burned bronzeville residence located at 4550 south michigan avenue - just south of the swift mansion (1892) that burned in early december of 2023, but i did get a chance to shoot the distinctive...
note: the following links represent some of highlights accomplished in 2023. the posts are arranged chronologically, from beginning of 2023 to end. BLDG. 51 ARCHIVE ACQUIRES SIZABLE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT RICHARD NICKEL PHOTOGRAPHS ROOKERY BUILDING BLUEPRINTS, RARE BOOKS, ORNAMENTAL TERRA COTTA, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, AND PLYMOUTH BUILDING...
four original red slip-glazed gothic style exterior terra cotta fence segments salvaged from northwestern terra cotta executive henry rokham's house (1887) in the 1980s, joined the bldg. 51 museum collection of historically important terra cotta earlier this month. rokham's victorian-era home was designed by architect...
a demolition permit for the fred w. morgan residence (1895?) will likely send the turreted three-story brick house - punctuated with bedford arches and columns and ornamented zinc dormers - into a landfill by end of summer. ...
photographic images of walter burley griffin's 1911 william f. tempel house (interior and exterior remodeled in 1918 by barry bryne and alfonso iannelli) from...
the time finally arrived - and within a day of the senseless destruction of nearby 1870s italianate residence - for the humble bell avenue workers cottage, erected between 1884-1887, to fall to the wrecking ball the other day. after documenting the brick...
despite a sizable public outcry and preservation efforts (i.e., petitions, etc) to save a rare post-chicago fire wood-framed italiante residence located at 2240 n burling, the demolition permit was released (after 90 days in a holding pattern), and the wreckers arrived and quickly reduced the...
upon receiving news that the 19th century chicago workers cottage on bell street was released from demolition delay earlier this week, i went to shoot the exterior before the wrecking machine arrives. ...
a work in progress...
demolition permit issued for bell avenue chicago 19th century brick workers cottage with completely intact bracketed pine wood cornice, lemont limestone keystones, and double arch attic window accentuated with fret-sawn spandrel. images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom, bldg. 51 archive, and chicago...