09 Jul

ganz hall glass: a detailed photographic survey of healy and millet’s richly colored and intricately designed auditorium building banquet hall windows

ganz hall glass. detail images of healy and millet-designed oversized leaded...

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08 Jul

detailed look at von holst and elmslie’s peoples gas south chicago neighborhood store

exterior detail photographic images of von holst and elmslie's peoples...

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08 Jul

“don’t take them for granite.” a photographic survey of william w. boyington’s chicago board of trade salvages ornament in wisconsin dells

"don't take them for granite." recent images of salvaged ornament from...

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06 Jul

a house made of chicago common brick, tidewater cypress wood, and glass.

exterior images of frank lloyd wright's doctor ina m. harper...

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03 Jul

haymarket martyrs’ monument, broken branches, and architect william gray purcell’s grave at forest park cemetery

haymarket martyrs' monument (1893), broken branches, and architect william gray...

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30 Jun

revisiting surviving 1893 chicago columbian exposition remnants scattered around jackson park

surviving remnants of the 1893 chicago columbian exposition revisited. the following...

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26 Jun

detail photographic images of charles b. atwood’s fine arts building or science of musuem of industry

detail images of charles b. atwood's fine arts building (1892-93)...

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23 Jun

revisting skyscraper builder george allon fuller’s oak woods cemetery sugar granite “doric tomb” in summer, 2025

collection of detail images - taken during a single and...

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22 Jun

glazed polychromed terra cotta chicago building skyline mural revisited in summer 2025

the kirchbaum building, located at 6560 n. sheridan rd., was...

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19 Jun

up in flames: rediscovered photographic images of adler and sullivan’s pilgrim baptist church (1891) and wirt dexter building

adler and sullivan's pilgrim baptist church (formerly kehilath anshe ma'ariv...

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17 Jun

exterior restoration of william le baron jenney’s richardsonian romanesque style second universalist society church of the redeemer underway

recent exterior restoration images of william le baron jenney's richardsonian...

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12 Jun

after years of abandonment and neglect, joseph lyman silsbee’s garfield park bandstand rebuilt and restored to its former glory

absolutely thrilling to witness/document silsbee's bandstand returning to its former...

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11 Jun

latest historically important building artifacts and ephemera added to bldg. 51 museum collection in summer 2025

the following american architectural ephermera joined the ever-expanding, chicago-based bldg....

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11 Jun

exterior survey of george whiffin and william wright-designed house of david hotel in summer of 2025

2025 exterior photographic survery of the four-story, steel-framed george whiffen...

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09 Jun

detail images of henry c. koch-designed copper-plated ironwork within milwaukee city hall’s 8-story skylit atrium

interior detail images of henry c. koch's flemish renaissance revival...

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30 May

“a little st. sophia:” frank lloyd wright’s 1956 annunciation greek orthodix church

exterior photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's annunciation greek orthodox...

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28 May

photographic study of recycled elmslie ornament: claude and starck’s prairie style 1915 lincoln school

recent exterior photographic survey of claude and starck's yellow brick...

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20 May

a look back at the images documenting “reconstructing the garrick: adler and sullivan’s lost masterpiece” exhibit held at wrightwood 659 in 2021-2022

revisiting images i took documenting the installation of the "reconstructing...

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15 May

important building ornament from chicago’s mecca flats and reebie storage warehouse join bld. 51 museum collection

an original custom-designed, black enameled ornamental cast iron interior angled...

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12 May

after the 1893 chicago world’s fair: magnue melander’s photographic documentation of the “dead white city”

unpublished louis magnue melander photographic images (scanned from recently discovered...

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