26 Sep

demolition of the damen silos – the last standing concrete “stacker of wheat”

demolition images of the sante fe grain elevator or "damen...

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24 Sep

severance at its finest: 19th century two story masonry rowhouse punctuated with patented frear or “artifical” stone and corbelled arch brick cornice

severance at its finest. ...

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22 Sep

fridstein and company’s 1926 congress theater in logan square continue to crumble nearly 8 years after my last visit

i haven't returned to congress theater (fridstein and company, 1926)...

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20 Sep

george elmslie-designed terra cotta now for sale through collaboration between bldg. 51 museum and city museum

more to follow in coming weeks. ...

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19 Sep

photographic survey of roseland’s sullivanesque style american ideal cleaning company

recent exterior survery of sullivanesque style single story american ideal...

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19 Sep

clumsy classicism and soot city: bld 51 museum joins forces with casalino archive to showcase newly discovered kodachromes of cobb’s post office and surrounding buildings as they appeared in 1965

the bld. 51 museum is collaborating with the chicago-based casalino...

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15 Sep

2025 photographic survey of parker berry’s 1915 sullivanesque style first state bank of manilus

2025 photographic study of parker berry's two-story first state bank...

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11 Sep

solon s. beman’s red brick and rusticated lemont limestone holy rosary roman catholic church (1890)

recent images of solon s. beman's red brick and rusticated...

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10 Sep

an afternoon photographing gary, indiana with urban documentarian camilo josé vergara

weekend images taken during my weekend "tour" of gary, indiana,...

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07 Sep

restored montgomery ward administration building tower “century of progress” statue returns to its perch

before and after: ...

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04 Sep

urban remains and bld. 51 museum secure salvage rights to walter burley griffin’s 1913 frank a. hindes house

last? salvage images of notable prairie school architect walter burley griffin's...

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04 Sep

exterior detail survey of hugh garden-designed third church of christ scientist (1899-1901)

late summer 2025 detail images of hugh garden's richly ornamented...

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03 Sep

important great chicago fire of 1871 “relics” added to ever-growing bldg. 51 museum collection

original pocket-sized "souvenir" medal representing the first anniversary of the...

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01 Sep

many shades of color: michaelsen and rognstad’s on leong merchants association building (1928) terra cotta ornament

exterior photographic survey of michaelsen & rognstad's on leong merchants...

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31 Aug

another post-fire chicago residence cut down on cleveland avenue in chicago

iphone images of a post-fire chicccago masonry residential structure undergoing...

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28 Aug

george grant elmslie’s old second national bank (1924) in photographic detail

photographic survey (work in progress) of george grant elmslie's old...

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25 Aug

photographic survey of sullivanesque style midland terra cotta commerial store building in chicago’s rosland neighborhood

early 20th century sullivanesque style single story brick and white...

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25 Aug

george grant elmslie’s four story prairie style keystone commercial building (1922): one of five elmslie commissions executed in downtown aurora

detail photographic survey of george grant elmslie's four story prairie...

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25 Aug

photographic survey of claude and starck’s 1912 prairie style flagg-rochelle carnegie public library

exterior photographic survey of claude and starck's prairie style flagg-rochelle...

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21 Aug

exterior photographic survey of frank lloyd wright’s stephen a. foster residence (1900) located in west pullman neighborhood of chicago

exterior photogrpahic images of frank lloyd wright's stephen a. foster...

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