revisiting the documentation and salvage of objects and artifacts from the pre-fire crane factory demolition
in the upcoming year, i will be revisiting the sites...
20
Nov
19
Nov
original softbound art deco palmolive building dedication booklet and rental brochure digitized
descriptive text from the palmolive building (1928) dedication booklet and...
17
Nov
long-forgotten 1948 silver gelatin prints of adler and sullivan’s walker warehouse (1889) discovered and digitized.
i recently discovered a collection of long-forgotten mounted silver gelatin photographic...
16
Nov
photographic survey of 19th and early 20th century milwaukee building facades and architectural ornament
images documenting 19th and early 20th century architectural buildings and...
16
Nov
out with cobb, in with mies: a new chicago federal building rises from ruins of old
richard nickel photos of h.i. cobb's beaux-art style chicago federal...
16
Nov
richard nickel’s photographic documentation of adler and sullivan’s samuel stern house before and during its demolition
extraction of samuel stern house (1885) ornamental tin pediment and...
15
Nov
revisiting 19th century chicago buildings demolished in recent years
the time spent recording the demolition of chicago’s historic graystones,...
09
Nov
chicago tribune tower building books, photographic images, and ephemera housed in bldg. 51 archive
the chicago tribune tower collection, comprised of newly added and...
09
Nov
never-before-seen photographic images of william le baron jenney’s leiter one building undergoing demolition in 1972
seldom seen 19th century james w. taylor albumen of william...
09
Nov
the chicago stock exchange arch: photographic documentation of louis sullivan-designed terra cotta ornament
having trained as a scientist years ago has instilled upon me...
07
Nov
documenting adler and sullivan’s st. nicholas hotel prior to its demolition in 1974
recently digitized images of adler and sullivan's 7-story st. nicholas...
06
Nov
from basement to bell tower: a photographic journey of holabird & roche’s lumber exchange building
awhile back i was called over to the old lumber...
03
Nov
antique american builders’ hardware and historically important building ornament added in november
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest...
02
Nov
richard nickel images documenting demolition of s.s. beman’s grand central station
richard nickel images (pulled from contact sheets i must have...
02
Nov
latest images from photographic documentation of chicago building architectural ornament
latest photographic images from eric j. nordstrom and the bldg....
02
Nov
adler and sullivan’s s.a. gage building revisited
a.s. gage building as it appeared during its demolition in...
26
Oct
metallic compression casting company builders’ hardware
the metallic compression casting company manufactured "house trimmings," such as...
26
Oct
late 19th and early 20th century chicago photographic company images of chicago skyscrapers
a collection of recently digitized albumen and silver gelatin prints...
25
Oct
latest installment of images on garrick theater exhibit at wrightwood 659
images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51...
25
Oct
salvaging adler & sullivan’s chicago stock exchange building buff-colored terra cotta cornice revisited
as a semi-retired architectural "salvager," i find this collection of...