old and new historically important ornament housed in the bldg. 51 museum archive
the following gallery of artifacts represent only a small fraction...
10
Jun
03
Jun
latest digitized kodachrome slides added to growing john vinci photographic archive
the latest digitized images from notable chicago architect john vinci's...
01
Jun
images documenting ongoing restoration of 1893 world’s fair palace of fine arts building
the following images were taken earlier this month, when i...
27
May
restoration continues on howells and hood’s tribune tower
i've spent nearly a year now documenting exterior restoration work...
27
May
late 19th and early 20th century south side chicago residential bedford limestone architectural ornament
most recent images selected from my ever-growing photographic survey of...
25
May
the eradication of 19th century chicago worker cottages on erie street
a collection of blog posts (links listed below) on the...
21
May
vanishing cityscape: wreckers take down two post-fire 1870s chicago cottages in single week
the first story facade is all that remains of...
21
May
newly added architectural artifacts, industrial furniture, and objects
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...
21
May
tickets now available for john vinci talk on adler and sullivan’s garrick theater held at glessner house
Remembering the Garrick: An Evening with John Vinci Tuesday, September...
20
May
photographic documentation of milwaukee architectural ornament over weekend
over the past decade, i've taken tens of thousands of images...
15
May
two-story 19th century bell street workers cottage in bucktown issued demolition permit
this largely intact 19th century brick cottage - located on...
07
May
urban remains launches newly-designed website complete with upgraded catalog containing over 35,000 artifacts and objects
for over 13 years, urban remains continues to be one...
03
May
two-story 1880’s huron street brick chicago workers cottage with joliet limestone window hoods set to be demolished in coming days
yet another 1880s two-story residential brick cottage located in chicago's...
03
May
out with the old, in with the new: two single-story 19th century chicago workers cottages faced with demolition
one of two 19th century single-story brick workers cottages on...
30
Apr
bldg. 51 museum acquires seldom found 19th century electro-glazed prismatic “sawtooth” tiles with brass caming
prismatic glass appeared on the american market at the 1893...
29
Apr
documenting vernacular architectural ornament, workers cottages, and northwestern “stock pattern” terra cotta in wicker park
hodgepodge of images including a figural sandstone keystone, sullivan-designed fret-sawn...
28
Apr
salvaged cast plaster ornament from bedroom of louis h. sullivan’s house joins bldg. 51 museum collection
an original interior cast plaster cove molding fragment salvaged from...
23
Apr
valdemar mortonsen 1876 two-story cottage with frear “artificial stone” window hoods and keystones demolished
with the surrounding neighborhoods virtually unrecognizable, post-fire chicago two-story cottages...
22
Apr
documenting restoration work on chicago’s wrigley, jewelers, and tribune tower buildings over weekend
images of ongoing exterior restoration work on howells and hood's...
22
Apr
revisting adler and sullivan’s 1881 rothschild store through richard nickel streetscape images
richard nickel images of adler and sullivan rothschild building (1881). studying...