latest architectural ornament, industrial and medical furniture, and museum-quality artifacts added to urban remains website
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...
17
Apr
16
Apr
a well-maintained post-fire chicago cottage on mohawk will soon be reduced to rubble and carried off to landfill
an 1870's single-story brick workers cottage on mohawk was issued...
10
Apr
south side chicago’s washington park bank building awaiting death by demolition
awaiting death by demolition. newspaper clippings courtesy of paul woodfin. i've been...
09
Apr
photographic survey of 19th and early 20th century architecture in salt lake city
april 7th, 2019: a small selection of images from my photographic...
08
Apr
an afternoon documenting the pontiac – holarbird & roche’s earliest extant skyscraper
the pontiac building is the oldest skyscraper designed by holabird...
01
Apr
documenting destruction on dearborn street
the last pocket of 19th century residential buildings spanning three...
29
Mar
photographic study of adler and sullivan’s 1891 james charnley house revisited
photographic images from continued documentation of the james charnely house...
29
Mar
a photographic survey of 19th and early 20th century residential and commercial buildings in la crosse, wisc.
the following images were taken during a brief visit to...
26
Mar
frederick b. townsend-designed chicago residence bedecked with red slip northwestern terra cotta ornament faces demolition
demolition? seriously? a friend of mine shared a facebook post...
25
Mar
salvaging plaster ornament during demolition of adler and sullivan’s schiller building
richard nickel images documenting the many patterns of plaster ornament...
25
Mar
two-story 19th century brick chicago boarding house with wood bracketed cornice and keystone undergoing demolition
i recently got wind that this 19th century chicago brick...
20
Mar
latest salvaged chicago architectural artifacts, industrial furniture, ephermera, and objects
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...
18
Mar
bldg. 51 museum acquires sizable cache of louis h. sullivan-designed chicago stock exchange building (1894) hardware
louis h. sullivan-designed chicago stock exchange building (18930 door hardware,...
17
Mar
a photographic survey of adler and sullivan’s 1891 wainwright building’s ornament
i've waited a very long time - too long -...
17
Mar
bldg. 51 and glessner house join forces to present “remembering the garrick” talk by john vinci in fall of 2019
Remembering the Garrick: An Evening with John Vinci Tuesday September 24,...
12
Mar
two-story post-fire workers cottage built for valdemar mortonsen in 1876 faces demolition
in november of 2017 i wrote a blog post about...
07
Mar
latest additions to the ever-growing bldg. 51 museum and sister organization chicago architectural ornament archive
7 the following acquisitions (see images below), in the form of...
05
Mar
bldg. 51 forming nonprofit organization for preserving chicago workers cottages
building 51 is a privately funded organization dedicated to researching,...
28
Feb
post-fire chicago brick workers cottage with rare “artificial stone” exterior ornament faces demolition
an amazingly intact and well-maintained post-fire brick workers cottage with...
22
Feb
milwaukee over the weekend: 19th century building ornament, cottages, sullivanesque terra cotta, and a graveyard
one of two figural red slip-glazed terra cotta panels adorning...