photographic study of on leong merchants association building’s richly colored terra cotta
on leong merchants association building was designed in 1928 by...
21
Oct
19
Oct
rare dedication booklet published shortly after completion of burnham and root’s masonic temple
burnham and root's masonic temple building (1892) was located erected...
19
Oct
photographic survey of chicago workers cottages in and around noble square
photographic survey of 19th century cottages and mixed-use commercial buildings in...
17
Oct
chronicling restoration of cook county hospital’s facade over past two years
i've taken several thousand images documenting the restoration of cook...
16
Oct
newest chicago architectural ornament survey (CAOS) images
latest photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament...
16
Oct
chicago under construction: historic images documenting the rise of the city’s skyline
i've assembled several images accompanied with brief captions of seldom...
13
Oct
chronicling the life of s.s. beman’s pullman building from beginning to end
j.w. taylor albumen print of s.s. beman's 10-story pullman...
10
Oct
reconstructing the garrick exhibit revisited
over the past six weeks, i painstakingly documented the "reconstructing the garrick" exhibit,...
09
Oct
adler and sullivan’s auditorium theater as it appeared during its 1932 rededication
group of seldom seen kaufmann and fabry silver gelatin prints...
08
Oct
1868 chicago city directory offers insight into a city before the great conflagration of 1871
the first city directory– which compiles the names, addresses, occupations,...
06
Oct
newly acquired architectural salvage, historically important building artifacts and vintage industrial furniture for the month of october
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest...
05
Oct
most recent chicago architectural ornament survey (CAOS) images
latest photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament...
05
Oct
revisiting ruination of frost and granger’s public life insurance building
from a previous post dated april 25th, 2016: ...
04
Oct
rare and important 1st edition “skeleton construction in steel buildings” joins BLDG. 51 museum archive
the bldg. 51 museum archive recently acquired an exceptionally rare...
04
Oct
relics of the chicago fire: a virtual exhibit of bldg. 51’s museum collection
chicago fire relics housed in the bldg. 51 museum collection: ...
28
Sep
reconstructing the garrick: photographic documentation of an exhibit
over the past six weeks, i painstakingly documented the "reconstructing the...
28
Sep
a virtual museum collection of fragments from chicago’s past
fragments of chicago's past from the collections of eric j....
28
Sep
looking back at the documentation and deconstruction of the nortown theater over a decade since its demolition
by the time i arrived in the summer of 2007,...
27
Sep
revisiting burnham and root’s 1888 kansas city board of trade building through newly found richard nickel images
after reading several letters between architectural historian and john root's...
27
Sep
latest john vinci photographic images of burnham and root’s first regiment armory building and office quarters
john vinci images of burnham and root’s first regiment armory...