latest architectural artifacts, industrial furniture and objects added in february 2020
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest...
19
Feb
17
Feb
historically-important ornament from guaranty and larkin building joins bldg. 51 museum
a collection of historically-important architectural ornament, comprised of sullivan-designed ornament...
17
Feb
1950’s west side chicago ok’d car dealership with iconic signage undergoing demolition
images documenting removal of iconic 1950s-era signage from the used...
12
Feb
latest john vinci kodachrome slides capturing 1960s american architecture digitized
latest digitized images from chicago architect john vinci's collection of...
10
Feb
adler and sullivan’s morris selz residence (1883) taken before its demolition in 1967
richard nickel images of adler and sullivan’s morris selz residence...
04
Feb
chronicling transformation of adler and sullivan’s s.a. maxwell or jewelers’ building (1881) upper floors over past year
for over a year, perhaps longer, i've made several visits...
04
Feb
weekend trip to milwaukee: worker cottages, solomon beman, terra cotta ornament and incised building name plaques
images documenting 19th and early 20th century architectural buildings and...
03
Feb
chicago’s jefferson park hospital slated for demolition
a demolition permit was issued for jefferson park hospital (1922)...
28
Jan
1870s chicago workers cottage bedecked with distinctive frear “artificial stone” window hoods faced with demolition
1870s two-story red brick chicago workers cottage with distinctive frear's...
26
Jan
continued photo-documentation of 19th century architecture in and around wicker park
unlike last year, where i focused heavily on digitizing and...
21
Jan
2019 bldg. 51 museum architectural ornament acquisition highlights
another year has drawn to a close and looking back,...
16
Jan
massive digital repository of images and ephemera on adler and sullivan’s schiller building (garrick theater)
for richard nickel, ruth moore, joe benson, john vinci, and...
14
Jan
latest architectural artifacts, industrial furniture and oddities added to urban remains’s website catalog
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the latest...
13
Jan
tribune tower sheds scaffolding well after year of restoration work
beginning in the summer of 2019, i began documenting the...
10
Jan
latest progress photo-documenting adler and sullivan’s 1881 s.a. maxwell company loft building facade
images of sullivan-designed exterior s.a. maxwell building (1881) cast iron...
08
Jan
documenting destruction of von holt’s historically important south side chicago 40th street substation
unfortunately, i didn't have the bandwidth to continually document von...
08
Jan
a look back at lost chicago workers cottages in 2019
whether being plagued with perpetual burnout or battling time constraints...
06
Jan
two 19th century west side chicago masonry houses faced with demolition
images of two troubled late 19th century chicago two-story brick...
04
Jan
excavation of adler and sullivan’s schiller building wood pile foundation as documented by richard nickel in 1961
a brief description on the use of wood piles for...
01
Jan
2019 year in review: demolitions, cwca formation, exhibits, museum acquisitions and publications
the following blog post links arranged in chronological order below...