year in review: highlights from the work of eric j. nordstrom, urban remains and the bldg. 51 archive in 2025
note: the following links represent some highlights accomplished in 2024....
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Jan
01
Jan
bld. 51 archive’s photographic collection on constucting 19th and late 20th century chicago commerical structures
the following images represent only a fraction of the bldg....
30
Dec
richard haas artwork for theodore link’s st. louis union station joins bld. 51 museum collection
original signed richard haas painting (1985) of theodore link's gargantuan...
30
Dec
rare graven and mayger theater dedication booklet latest additon to bld. 51 archive and museum
original linen-backed period photographic images of graven and mayger’s mayan...
25
Dec
second time capsule extracted from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1890-96) shortly before being reduced to rubble
a second time capsule buried within the lightly incised lemont...
22
Dec
“relic house” artifacts and ephemera join bld. 51 museum’s largest privately-owned colletion revolving around the great chicago fire of 1871
relic house, a historic chicago saloon and restaurant, was built...
22
Dec
three matching frank lloyd wright-designed roloson house (1894) buff-colored terra cotta balusters join bld. 51 museum collection
three largely intact and original early frank lloyd wright-designed buff-colored...
21
Dec
frank lloyd wright-designed exterior william winslow house painted cast staff leafage fragment added to bld. 51 musuem and archive
an original and largley intact painted cast staff or fibrous...
17
Dec
dave felling salvage images of stephen v. shipman’s italianate style elgin state hospital & the northern illinois hospital and asylum for the insane (1874) taken during demolition in 1993
dave felling salvage images of stephen v. shipman's italianate style...
16
Dec
flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896) in the throes of death
latest demolition images of flizikowski and kaiser's german evangelical lutheran...
12
Dec
bdg. 51 museum secures historically important oversized lincoln memorial building (1909) hand-applied polychromatic glazed terra cotta panel sculpted by kristian schneider
gargantuan salesman sample. bdg. 51 museum secures historically important oversized lincoln...
11
Dec
additional images documenting bronze church bell extraction from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at 2028 north richmond street, chicago, il.
additional images taken during removal of historically important church bell...
08
Dec
historic church bell successfully extracted from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896)
sequential photo-documentation of lightly embossed bronze church bell extraction from...
07
Dec
interior and exterior images of bruce goff’s sam and ruth van sickle ford house (1949)
mostly iphone interior and exterior images of bruce goff's sam...
03
Dec
photographic survey of the churh bell before it’s extraction from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896)
photographic survey of church bell before it's extraction from flizikowski...
02
Dec
flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896) demolition well underway
the destruction of german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at...
30
Nov
john kent russell house ornament salvaged by eric j. nordstrom of urban remains on display at art institute of chicago
it was nice to see architectural ornament salvaged by me...
26
Nov
a rare opportunity to carefully document helmet jahn’s postmodern spacetime gridded conference room on top floor of giaver and dinkelberg’s 40-story jewelers building
spacetime curvature grid. recent photographic survey of helmet jahn's 40th floor...
25
Nov
urban remains joins forces with logan square preservation to salvage architectural elements from german evangelical lutheran church (1896) during its demolition
salvage operation in progress. updates with information on church history...
21
Nov
giaver and dinkelberg-designed jewelers building (1927) lobby ornament detail
detailed photographic survey of giaver and dinkelberg's 1927-28 jewelers building...