07 Aug essays and images on schiller building’s pile foundation, structural engineering and distribution of salvaged ornament distribution
three in-depth essays exploring the pile foundations, structural engineering and exhaustive distribution of salvaged exterior and interior architectural ornament from adler and sullivan’s schiller building or garrick theater (1892) demolished in 1961. additional essays covering other facets of the building’s history, from the time it was built, to its untimely destruction for a parking garage (demolished in the 1990s) will be be added in future posts.
EXCAVATION OF ADLER AND SULLIVAN’S SCHILLER BUILDING WOOD PILE FOUNDATION AS DOCUMENTED BY RICHARD NICKEL IN 1961
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ADLER AND SULLIVAN’S 1892 SCHILLER BUILDING
