revisiting long-forgotten images documenting extraction of garrick theater’s brilliantly colored mosaic floor lunettes
i've assembled a collection of long-forgotten images - pulled from...
15
Jun
15
Jun
salvaging the horribly neglected 1894 ywca building shortly before demolition in 2009
i was given unfettered access to carefully document and subsequently salvage...
13
Jun
elmslie-designed exterior carved limestone ornament on peoples gas light and coke company commercial building
detailed images of elmslie-designed exterior carved bedford limestone ornament adorning...
09
Jun
the final days of adler & sullivan’s 1884 martin barbe residence as documented by richard nickel
richard nickel images of adler & sullivan's martin barbe residence...
09
Jun
the importance of cedar posts used in the relocation of 19th century chicago residential and commercial structures
in the landscape of contemporary chicago, buildings are rarely moved,...
08
Jun
intensive photographic survey of sullivanesque ornament on claude and starck’s baraboo high school (1928)
intensive photographic survey of sullivanesque ornament on claude and starck's...
08
Jun
salvaging early louis h. sullivan-designed rothschild building cast iron ornament
richard nickel images – selected from multiple contact sheets –...
01
Jun
photographic study of george grant elmslie-designed polychromed terra cotta adorning merchants national bank building
images from an exhaustive photographic study (conducted in may of...
01
Jun
s.a. maxwell building facade restoration nearing completion with installation of recreated cast stone piers
exterior restoration of adler and sullivan's 5-story s.a. maxwell loft...
31
May
exceptionally rare and important original “the story of terra cotta” hardbound book (walter geer, 1920) joins bldg. 51 archive
profusely illustrated "the story of terra cotta" hardbound book published...
30
May
salvaging adler and sullivan’s louis frank house (1884) shortly before its demolition in 1968
the non-extant frank house was commissioned by successful chicago businessman...
26
May
revisiting northwestern terra cotta executive henry rohkam’s residence bedecked with buff-colored terra cotta
photographic study of northwestern terra cotta executive henry rohkam's residence ...
25
May
revisiting louis sullivan’s national farmers’ bank (1908) in spring of 2021
contemporary exterior and interior photographic images of louis h. sullivan's...
24
May
photo-documenting a chicago two-story brick cottage unoccupied since 1939
ill-prepared immediately comes to mind as i comb through the...
19
May
a photographic study of adler and sullivan’s james charnley house interior ornament
the charnley persky house museum is both a historic house...
19
May
most recent images from bldg. 51 archive’s chicago architectural ornament survey (CAOS)
latest photographic images from bldg. 51 archive's chicago architectural ornament...
18
May
latest historically important architectural artifacts and ephemera added to bldg. 51 museum archive in 2021
the following images highlight important architectural ornament, artifacts, objects and...
18
May
documenting cass gilbert’s woolworth building revisited
my initial motive for traveling to new york was to...
17
May
looking back at the catastrophic loss of adler & sullivan’s dexter building
located at 630 south wabash ave. in chicago's south loop,...
11
May
photographic documentation of purcell and elmslie’s grand meadow’s exchange state bank (1910)
the exchange state bank (1910) was the first of three...