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...
04
Sep
31
Aug
latest images of chicago’s historic cook county hospital facade restoration
8:23-2018: photographing the restoration of cook county hospital's terra cotta and...
30
Aug
giaver and dinkelberg’s jewelers building terra cotta restoration nearing completion
exterior terra cotta restoration work is drawing to a close...
29
Aug
newly added artifacts: elmslie terra cotta, medical cabinets, richardsonian andirons, and howard van doren shaw windows
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...
25
Aug
a rare glimpse at the upper floors of adler & sullivan’s s.a. maxwell loft building as photographed by richard nickel
i finally made time to digitize these richard nickel images...
24
Aug
restoration work on cook county hospital’s facade finally underway
day one: restoration of the beaux-arts style cook county hospital facade,...
19
Aug
restoration work on howells and hood’s neogothic limestone tribune tower gets underway
exterior restoration work has begun on howells and hood's 1925...
18
Aug
chicago’s 19th century housing stock continues to diminish year after year
another year of new residential development has once again left...
18
Aug
the “american west in bronze” – a richly detailed edward kemeys-designed plaque executed by winslow brothers
a rare artifact deserving highlight in the urban remains warehouse...
14
Aug
latest salvaged architectural artifacts and industrial objects added to urban remains website
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...
13
Aug
a look back at previous posts chronicling richard nickel’s documentation of building demolition
i've devoted several hours each and every week at the...
10
Aug
troves of data pertaining to materials and methods collected from five 19th century chicago cottage in nearly a week’s time
as of late nearly every cottage slated for demolition contains...
09
Aug
images of architectural ornament on permanent display at city musuem in st. louis
the following images were taken while chicago architect john vinci...
06
Aug
chicago commercial building with largely intact “sullivanesque” white glazed terra cotta storefront handed death sentence
yet another early 20th century single-story commercial building accentuated with...
03
Aug
historically important john burnham root-designed ornamental iron header panel latest addition to bldg. 51 museum architectural artifact collection
after weeks of negotiating, i managed to purchase an original...
03
Aug
schmidt and garden’s 1907 montgomery ward’s mail complex undergoing facade restoration
montgomery ward's mail order house and administration building (1907) undergoing...
01
Aug
a photographic survey of late 19th and early 20th century st. louis commercial building ornament
john vinci and i made the trek to st. louis...
27
Jul
visiting richard nickel’s architectural ornament collection at lovejoy library with john vinci
images of richard nickel’s adler & sullivan building ornament collection...
25
Jul
adler & sullivan’s solomon blumenfeld building documented during its demolition in 1963
richard nickel images of adler & sullivan's solomon blumenfeld building...
25
Jul
recent acquisitions now available on urban remain website
the following image gallery offers a glimpse at the most...