urban remains newsletters pre-dating website recently found and digitized over the weekend
old (and rather primitive) newsletters dating from the early years...
17
Aug
15
Aug
richard nickel photographic survey of adler and sullivan’s oddball herman braunstein building (1894)
the oddball. richard nickel documented adler and sullivan's herman braunstein building...
10
Aug
chicago building terra cotta, books and blueprints, fisk power plant ironwork, and door hardware added to showroom in august
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest...
08
Aug
digitization of weary and alford-designed noel state bank building blueprints, drawings, and contracts underway
the bldg. 51 museum archive has finally begun the long...
08
Aug
important john edelmann-designed residential carved wood building ornament joins bldg. 51 musuem archive
the bldg. 51 chicago building artifact museum just acquired an...
06
Aug
photographic images of richard nickel: id student, photographer, architectural historian, and building salvager
images of richard nickel taken from the time he was...
03
Aug
revisiting adler and sullivan’s 1891 wainwright building during 2022 st. louis field trip
detailed exterior photogrpahic survey of adler and sullivan's wainwright building...
01
Aug
digitation of bldg. 51 archive’s odin j. oyen collection to be completed by end of 2022
the bldg. 51 archvie, which houses the largest repository of...
28
Jul
frank lloyd wright-designed waller apartments terra cotta ornament (1896) revisited
the cleaned/not cleaned buff-colored spandrels and roofline terra cotta was...
27
Jul
discovery of forgotten photo negatives found in attic of 1870’s cottage show its façade and surrounding neighborhood at turn of century
the wrecking machine is immobile for a moment, but research on this cottage...
27
Jul
images chronicling ornament salvage from louis h. sullivan’s henry babson house during its demolition in 1960
a compilation of images, brief comments taken from other social media...
26
Jul
latest photogrpahic images from chicago architectural ornament survey (caos) july 2022
latest photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament...
26
Jul
institute of design student’s photographic record of the kiosk sphinx discovered during building’s demolition in 1957
unidentified institute of design student photo album (discovered in the...
20
Jul
newly combined showroom and musuem for urban remains and bldg. 51 nearing completion
located at 1820 w. grand avenue in the west town...
20
Jul
a closer look at st louis’s compton hill standpipe water tower (1898) designed by harvey ellis
photographic survey (a work in progress) of the romanesque style...
19
Jul
bldg. 51 museum’s chicago “movie palace” architectural ornament and archive collection
the bldg. 51 museum houses a large repository of ornament...
15
Jul
unearthing washington porter’s long-forgotten “kiosk sphinx” architectural oddity through images and artifacts
washington porter jr.’s "kiosk sphinx" was a custom-designed private museum...
13
Jul
photographic study of 19th century objects discovered in stud cavity of post-fire chicago cottage during its demolition
unfortunately, i didn't have the time to systemically document a post-fire...
13
Jul
senseless destruction of adler and sullivan’s commerical and residential architecture as witnessed through richard nickel’s lens
as richard nickel once said, "it's all so god damn...
12
Jul
pabst mansion (1892), milwaukee city hall (1895), iron block (1860), and other buildings documented over weekend visit
documenting 19th and early 20th century architectural buildings and ornament...