robert law weed’s florida tropical house transported by barge from 1933 chicago world’s fair to beverly shores, indiana
the florida tropical house is a historic art deco beach...
25
Aug
24
Aug
fred keck’s 1933 century of progress “house of tomorrow” nearing completion
recent photographs of george fred keck’s “america’s first glass house”...
21
Aug
most unusual chicago skyscraper: photographic images of lucius g. fisher’s 18-story fisher building
the fisher building, a 20-story neo-gothic landmark at 343 south...
21
Aug
the mighty manhattan: oldest surviving skyscraper in the world with a purely skeletal supporting structure
constructed between 1889 and 1891, the manhattan building at 431...
17
Aug
a worker’s cottage that survived the 1871 fire: the richard bellinger cottage, a historic wood-frame house at 2121 n. hudson avenue
the richard bellinger cottage, a historic wood-framed house at 2121...
15
Aug
exterior and interior survey of elmer f. behrns’s 1928-29 egyptian theater, one of only five historic egyptian revival theatres in the united states
elmer f. behrns, the theatre’s original architect, was an avid...
12
Aug
post-fire high victorian style frederick wacker house succumbs to worst remuddling since it was erected in 1874
what the hell is the owner thinking? the staircase, artificial grass...
12
Aug
photographic survey of the mausoleum housing the remains of the movie palace pioneers
"in memoriam to ida balaban katz." recent exterior photographs of rapp...
11
Aug
dedicated preservationists are working urgently to save barry byrne’s jackson storage warehouse in la grange
UPDATE AS OF 8-8-2026: george kingsley and barry byrne’s historically important...
09
Aug
help me. recent photographic images of jens j. jensen’s moorish revival style guyon hotel (1928)
help me. recent photographic images of jens j. jensen's moorish revival...
07
Aug
jazz age dynamism: holabird and roche/root’s 26-story chicago daily news building (1929)
interior art deco details from holabird and roche/root’s 26-story chicago...
05
Aug
photographic survey of solon spencer beman’s richardsonian romanesque style northwestern mutual life insurance company building
interior photographic survey of solon spencer beman's richardsonian romanesque style...
04
Aug
burnham and dinkelberg’s new york city flatiron building being converted to residential use
like cass gilbert’s woolworth building (1912), burnham and dinkelberg’s flatiron...
31
Jul
nine years later, herman von holst’s prairie-style comed station on chicago’s south side continues to crumble.
nine years later, i am still documenting the slow death...
28
Jul
electricity and radio waves: photographic survey of cross and cross’s 50-story gothic art deco style general electric building (1931)
2026 partial exterior detail photographic survey of cross and cross's...
24
Jul
partial detail exterior photographic survey of albert wagner’s richardsonian romanesque style puck building (1885-86, 1892-93)
the puck building in new york city is a romanesque...
23
Jul
louis h. sullivan’s terra cotta-clad bayard-condict building (1899) covered for façade repair and restoration.
louis h. sullivan’s cream-colored terra-cotta bayard-condict building (1899) is again...
22
Jul
extensive exterior detail photographic survey of henry janeway hardenbergh’s german renaissance-style victorian dakota apartment building (1880-84)
exterior detail photographic survey of henry janeway hardenbergh's german renaissance-style...
20
Jul
2026 exterior-detail photographic survey of adolph zucker and john edelmann decker or union commerical building (1892–93)
2026 exterior-detail photographic survey of adolph zucker and john edelmann...
18
Jul
2026 partial exterior detail photographic survey of william van alen’s art deco style chrysler building (1930)
2026 partial exterior detail photographic survey of william van alen's...