falling to pieces: continued neglect and abandonment takes its toll on south side von holst-designed substation
for over three years now, i've been documenting the slow...
06
Apr
06
Apr
behind “lover’s playground” – a frank lloyd wright-designed architectural remnant that survived the wrecking ball
in an irony-laden location-- between a parking lot and an...
05
Apr
suburban lawn once served as an architecture graveyard for adler and sullivan’s demolished buildings
a suburban lawn becomes an architecture graveyard. richard nickel's collection of...
05
Apr
salvaging spread-winged limestone eagles from the 1920 bunte candy factory shortly before building demolished
the bunte candy factory salvage was a massive undertaking on...
05
Apr
richly colored ornamental terra cotta rescued from peacock and frank’s atmospheric venetian theater during its demolition
milwaukee's venetian theater - an italian renaissance atmospheric movie palace...
02
Apr
photographic study of 19th and early 20th century exterior residential architectural ornament in wicker park
the following images reflect my latest effort to carefully and...
02
Apr
two louis h. sullivan-designed ornamental cast plaster garrick theater auditorium procenium vault “star-pods” join bldg. 51 museum
the bldg. 51 museum recently acquired two original and largely...
30
Mar
architectural builders’ hardware, majolica fireplace tile and historically important building artifacts added in march
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest...
30
Mar
jenney’s isabella building elevator fragment and doorknob shed light on early use of cast aluminum as ornament
towards the end of the 19th century the building industry...
29
Mar
an early descriptive narrative of the historically important downtown chicago montgomery ward building
below is a descriptive account of the montgomery ward building, paraphrased from...
28
Mar
photo-documenting 19th and early 20th century south side chicago exterior architecture
latest images from my ever-growing photographic survey of extant late...
23
Mar
19th century red brick three-flat apartment building wood-framed cottage sharing same lot, demolished in wicker park
a well maintained three-flat red brick apartment building punctuated with...
22
Mar
architectural photographer richard nickel’s “polish palazzo” as it appeared before and after its alterations
architectural photographer richard nickel’s “polish palazzo” was built as a...
21
Mar
2021 architectural survey of 19th and early 20th century residential and commercial architecture in la crosse, wisc.
the following images were taken during a brief visit to...
16
Mar
1984 demolition of frost and granger’s chicago and northwestern railroad terminal
images of the chicago and northwestern railroad terminal (1911) before...
15
Mar
bldg. 51 archive acquires several important james w. talyor albumen cabinet cards depicting scenes of downtown chicago
several original and well-maintained mounted albumen prints of 19th century...
14
Mar
the “church built without a nail”: photographic study of henry schlack’s st. paul catholic church
photographic study documenting henry schlack's st. paul church (1897-1899) located...
14
Mar
images and ornament of holabird and root’s chicago board of trade building from the bldg. 51 archive
chicago board of trade (1930, holabird and root, architects) through...
09
Mar
chicago’s second german evangelical zion church reduced to rubble
third and final installment, documenting the death of chicago's second...
09
Mar
historically important fulton street market directory shed’s light on district’s storied past
before its rapid transformation, the “fulton street market” of tech...