23 Dec 2017: year in review

a look back at 2017, beginning with a summation of 2016 and ending with the publication of “lost and found.” the links to 43 out of 450 blog entries posted in 2017 are listed below. 

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/12/26/lost-and-found-a-bldg-51-publication-is-now-available-for-sale/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/12/20/demolished-james-higgie-building-lives-on-through-salvaged-ornament-and-images/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/11/30/3-days-in-nyc-documenting-historic-architecture-and-preservation-efforts/

 

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/10/19/documenting-restoration-of-chicagos-historic-buildings-this-fall/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/09/30/chicago-fragments-from-john-vincis-past/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/09/27/installation-of-gage-buildings-recreated-terra-cotta-cartouche-completed/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/09/23/louis-h-sullivans-farmers-and-merchants-union-bank-1919-in-photographs/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/08/28/tradesmans-beer-bottle-discovered-in-the-wall-of-a-19th-century-chicago-cottage-undergoing-demolition/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/08/24/2017-the-year-of-documenting-downtown-chicagos-19th-early-20th-century-architectural-ornament-at-feverish-pace/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/08/17/minnesota-roadtrip-merchants-national-bank-foshay-tower-masonic-temple-and-beyond/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/08/16/documenting-historic-chicago-movie-palaces-remains-top-priority-for-2017/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/08/04/bldg-51-museum-acquires-lost-records-of-architectural-firm-graven-and-mayger/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/07/31/vast-assortment-of-ephemera-photographs-drawings-and-books-from-the-architectural-offices-of-jenney-mundie-acquired-by-bldg-51-museum/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/07/18/documenting-a-post-fire-chicago-italianate-row-house-staircase-during-its-deconstruction/

17/a-photographic-study-of-historic-commercial-building-ornament-in-la-crosse-wisc/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/07/07/high-noon-entertainment-collaborating-with-eric-j-nordstrom-on-documenting-the-death-of-buildings/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/06/29/documenting-a-post-fire-chicago-row-house-where-time-stood-still/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/06/29/a-closer-look-at-george-frears-patented-pre-chicago-fire-artificial-italianate-row-house-keystones/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/06/21/nortown-theater-taught-me-how-to-thoroughly-document-and-deconstruct/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/06/08/the-frank-lloyd-wright-windows-of-the-bldg-51-architectural-artifact-museum/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/05/25/photographic-study-of-19th-century-objects-discovered-in-stud-cavity-of-post-fire-chicago-cottage-during-its-demolition/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/05/25/bldg-51-museum-collaborates-with-decorators-supply-company-in-making-limited-run-of-recast-auditorium-theater-proscenium-vault-ventilation-domes/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/05/22/gage-building-facade-restoration-leads-to-boston-valley-terra-cotta-company-visit/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/05/16/the-chicago-terra-cotta-company-and-william-lebaron-jenneys-starkweather-building/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/05/15/a-very-special-artifact-salvaged-by-richard-nickel-offers-inspiration-and-motivation-to-carry-on/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/05/10/behind-the-lovers-playground-a-frank-lloyd-wright-designed-architectural-detail-that-survived-the-wrecking-ball/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/05/05/19th-century-building-parts-and-bottles-unearthed-during-excavation-near-the-m-schultz-piano-factory-1889/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/04/27/bldg-51-museum-acquires-c-1908-henry-babson-house-stained-glass/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/04/24/uncovering-the-1920s-boot-of-a-theater-tradesman-in-the-congress-theater-attic/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/04/18/regarding-the-characteristics-of-stone-used-in-rebuilding-after-the-great-chicago-fire/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/04/16/a-remarkable-discovery-original-chicago-creosoted-wood-block-city-street-pavers-recently-discovered/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/04/09/systematic-deconstruction-of-the-850-lakeshore-drive-athletic-clubs-grand-interior-lobby/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/04/06/saic-lecture-series-trash-talks-the-afterlives-of-buildings/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/04/04/photodocumenting-suspended-animation-in-uptown-theaters-ornamental-terra-cotta-facade/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/03/22/the-bldg-51-museum-of-chicago-building-artifacts-continues-its-expansion-in-2017-with-several-newly-added-historically-important-pieces/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/03/09/bldg-51-museum-hosts-saic-historic-preservation-graduate-program-student-field-study-trip/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/03/02/full-figured-terra-cotta-eagles-carefully-extracted-during-final-moments-of-buick-dealership-demolition/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/02/20/the-death-and-regeneration-of-the-chicago-athletic-association-buildings-stalactite-ceiling/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/02/10/a-rare-glimpse-inside-rapp-and-rapps-central-park-theater-chicagos-oldest-extant-movie-palace/

 

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/01/18/things-congress-theaters-plaster-tradesmen-left-behind/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/01/16/loewenberg-loewenbergs-logan-square-automobile-showroom-demolished/

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2017/01/05/documenting-and-deconstructing-the-19th-century-chicago-workers-cottage/

 

https://bldg51.com/news-and-events/2016/12/31/a-sobering-recollection-of-chicagos-disappearing-cityscape-in-2016/