recently discovered images of adler and sullivan’s 1892-93 transportation building in the “dead white city”
the following images - scanned/digitized directly from original glass plate...
09
May
02
May
recently found unedited images of harold zook’s salerno cookie factory demolition in 2015
on saturday afternoon i arrived at the salerno cookie factory,...
01
May
detailed photographic study of 1928 jewelers building gilded copper father time clock
father time. the figural clock with nicely aged gilded copper patina...
30
Apr
the bldg. 51 archive acquires a massive collection of early 20th century building trade magazine terra cotta advertisements
the bldg. 51 archive recently amassed a large collection of...
30
Apr
rock and roll is dead: images of stanley tigerman’s boarded up downtown chicago hardrock cafe
rock 'n' roll is dead. recent images of stanley tigerman's boarded...
28
Apr
leafy limestone ornament: photographic survey of faber and pagels’s romanesque revival style thalia hall (1892)
detail photographic images (taken in april of 2025) of faber...
24
Apr
photographic survey of eero saarinen’s mit chapel inside and out during 2017 trip to boston, mass.
2017 photographic images of eero saarinen's mit chapel (1955-56) located...
22
Apr
revisting the remnants of stephen v. shipman’s presbyterian hospital (1888) demolished in 2016
demolition images of stephen v. shipman's 1888 daniel a. jones...
21
Apr
a near miss: revisiting george l. pfeiffer’s vorwaerts turner hall (1896) at time it was facing demolition in 2007
data dump, 2007. rediscovered unedited images taken of george l. pfeiffer's...
19
Apr
herman v. von holst’s 1924 southside chicago comed power station continues to crumble
latest images of the dying southside chicago comed station (1924),...
17
Apr
long lost cache of glass negatives taken by chicago photographer fred g. korth discovered and digitized by bldg. 51 archive
small selection of depression-era (mostly) photographic images (scanned from original...
15
Apr
newly discovered richard nickel salvage photographs of adler and sullivan’s rothschild store now digitized
richard nickel images – selected from multiple contact sheets –...
10
Apr
bldg. 51 archive acquires chicago photographer and salvager richard nickel’s institute of design student photo album
the bldg. 51 archive and museum recently acquired notable chicago...
10
Apr
photographic survey of jenney and mundie’s young men’s christian association building (1893)
exterior detail images of jenney and mundie's of jenney and...
07
Apr
revisting eric j. nordstrom exterior facade images of henry ives cobb’s chicago athletic association building during its restoration in 2014
eric j. nordstrom photographic images of henry ives cobb's chicago...
06
Apr
photographic images of a severe cutoff on california avenue on chicago’s west side
cutoff on california. exterior images of a late 19th century three-story...
01
Apr
exterior photographic survey of edward townsend mix and burnham and root’s victorian era 1883 milwaukee club building
photographic survey of edward townsend mix and burnham and root's...
01
Apr
revisting raw and unedited images of john m. van osdel ii’s 1896 ywca hotel during its demolition in 2009
another data dump from 2009. raw and unedited images of john...
31
Mar
exterior photographic survey of adler and sullivan’s james charnley house (1892) fret-sawn painted pine wood loggia
exterior photographs of adler and sullivan's james charnley house (1892),...
27
Mar
photographic survey of richard e. schmidt and hugh m. garden’s 1902 albert f. madlener house
exterior photographic documentation of richard e. schmidt and hugh m....