a rare glimpse inside rapp and rapp’s central park theater, chicago’s oldest extant movie palace
with more and more projects piling up, including taking over...
09
Nov
09
Nov
docmenting tim samuelson’s wright before the “loyd” exhibit at elmhurst art museum
last weekend i spent the afternoon with tim samuelson, which...
04
Nov
newest architectural artifacts, furniture and objects for the month of november
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest...
02
Nov
revisiting the bldg. 51 museum collection as it appeared in 2017
the following selection of photographs offers a rare glimpse into...
31
Oct
photographing remnants of the past in pilsen
the following images reflect my latest effort to carefully and...
27
Oct
a photographic study of george grant elmslie-designed terra cotta ornament for thornton township high school (1934-35).
a photographic study of george grant elmslie-designed terra cotta ornament...
21
Oct
photo-documenting restoration of chicago’s historic building facades over the last six years
images of tradesmen preserving chicago's historic building facades. i've finally...
20
Oct
eric j. nordstrom’s architectural salvage industry talk for american society of appraisers 2020 international conference
eric j. nordstrom's videotaped talk and/or interview on salvaging american...
20
Oct
burnham’s last architectural commission – the continental bank building – is just a standing shell of its former self
as i continue to stitch together bits and pieces of...
19
Oct
photographic survey of architectural ornament on chicago’s historically important downtown buildings
latest photographic images from the chicago architectural ornament survey (as...
13
Oct
photographic survey of 1880s exterior commercial and residential northwestern terra cotta ornament revisited
latest examples of custom-designed (e.g, louis h. sullivan and john...
12
Oct
richard nickel images of three oaks wrecking salvaging louis sullivan’s chicago stock exchange ornament
latest richard nickel images documenting the removal of louis-sullivan-designed ornamental...
06
Oct
excavating the former site of h.h. holmes late 19th century “glass bending factory” revisited
a recent excavation presented an unusually eerie opportunity -- to...
06
Oct
severed stone head salvaged from the “madhouse on madison”
months after the newly-built united center indoor sports arena (home to...
29
Sep
recent architectural ornament, industrial furniture, objects and ephemera added for the month of september
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest...
25
Sep
george grant elmslie-designed thomas edison school terra cotta joins bldg. 51 museum
several historically important george grant elmslie (1877-1926) designed terra cotta...
23
Sep
documenting the removal of surviving sullivan-designed column capitals from s.a. maxwell building (1881)
exhaustive photographic documentation and/or record of careful removal of the...
22
Sep
well-maintained 19th century brick workers cottage on wood street faces wrecking ball
a chicago two-story 1880s masonry cottage or "boarding house" with...
15
Sep
richard nickel images documenting the death of holabird and roche’s 1899 cable building now digitized
while researching holabird's and roche's architectural commissions (i.e., commercial buildings...
09
Sep
latest historically important bldg. 51 museum and archive building ornament and ephemera added in 2020
the following images represent a well rounded cross section of...