three historically important chicago building artifacts join bldg. 51 museum collection
less than 24 hours after securing three historically important 19th...
07
Nov
02
Nov
chicago’s stevens-davis advertising company building faces wrecking ball
the stevens-davis advertising company building (completed, 1921) is set to...
31
Oct
latest architectural artifacts and industrial objects added to urban remains catalog
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...
31
Oct
louis h. sullivan’s owatonna bank: a building bursting with ornament
documenting louis sullivan's national famers' bank of owatonna (1908) was...
30
Oct
newly added digitized john vinci slides from chicago’s past
the latest efforts to digitize notable chicago architect john vinci's...
23
Oct
ornamental cast iron rookery building pilaster panel joins bld. 51 musuem collection
an original and historically important john wellborn root-designed ornamental cast...
22
Oct
additional scaffolding erected along facade of cook county hospital in preparation for extensive restoration work
additional scaffolding erected against facade of chicago's cook county hospital...
17
Oct
newest salvaged chicago architectural artifacts and fixtures added to urban remains online catalog
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...
14
Oct
scaffolding erected around cook county hospital’s recently scrubbed facade for repair and replacement of damaged terra cotta
with cook county hospital's facade - comprised mainly of ornamental...
08
Oct
demolition of 1880’s residence reveals extensive use of sill plate tenons and mortices reinforced with chamfered wood pegs
with some "downtime" (whatever that means) this evening, i decided...
05
Oct
stencil recovery from adler & sullivan’s garrick theater through images and faithfully recreated canvas fragment
this post briefly touches upon a meticulously recreated adler and...
03
Oct
latest salvaged chicago architectural artifacts and fixtures added to urban remains online catalog
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...
02
Oct
sizable collection of photographic prints documenting construction of cook county hospital recently unearthed
while working at the ryerson and burnham archives the other...
28
Sep
a virtual repository of images and artifacts from adler & sullivan’s 1889 auditorium theater and hotel
although sullivan and adler's auditorium building (1889) has been documented...
24
Sep
five days salvaging the garrick theater as recorded in richard nickel notes and photographs
day-to-day garrick theater (adler & sullivan, 1892) salvage activity as...
21
Sep
cook county hospital’s facade cleaned, repair of its terra cotta ornament to follow
i've taken nearly four thousand images of cook county hospital's...
18
Sep
recently acquired salvaged chicago architectural artifacts, objects, and fixtures added to urban remains online catalog
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...
11
Sep
latest images from the 19th and early 20th chicago architectural ornament photographic survey
a selection of photographic images from the chicago architectural ornament...
08
Sep
another late 19th century chicago two-flat and 1902 church building heading towards oblivion
yet another largely intact late 19th century chicago two-flat with...
04
Sep
urban remains acquires collection of late 19th and early 20th east coast commercial building elevator signs and artifacts
several boxes filled with late 19th and early 20th century...