several historically important artifacts, books and ephemera join bldg. 51 museum and archive in 2018
2018 looks to be a very promising year in terms...
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Mar
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Feb
another post-fire chicago residence on orchard faces wrecking machine
i finally had a chance to leave my shop and...
24
Feb
herman v. von holst’s southside chicago prairie style gaitan building (1924) threatened with demolition
a green fence was wrapped around a southside chicago comed...
22
Feb
john vinci slides of chicago’s past: the first of several posts covering the digitizing of his extensive archive
[caption id="attachment_35297" align="alignleft" width="1200"] chicago stock exchange trading room blueprint,...
21
Feb
with demolition complete, documentation of south side masonic temple draws to a close
by eric j. nordstrom and ornament chicago [caption id="attachment_35763" align="alignleft" width="1200"]...
20
Feb
devoting time to document chicago’s architecture has proved challenging in 2018
spending countless hours over the past several months digitizing and...
16
Feb
bldg. 51 museum hosts iit’s college of architecture phd program student field trip
i was honored that students and faculty from the illinois...
16
Feb
newly discovered photographs capture the tragic loss of adler & sullivan’s pilgrim baptist church
[caption id="attachment_35691" align="alignleft" width="917"] photo courtesy of the richard nickel...
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Feb
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Feb
demolition nearing its end on clarence hatzfeld’s south masonic temple building
by eric j. nordstrom & ornament chicago very little remains of...
08
Feb
artifacts dating from the 1860s recently unearthed from downtown chicago excavation site
i finally had time to shoot these two artifacts unearthed...
06
Feb
a relentless focus on digitizing images of chicago’s past a welcome change from documenting building ornament
i've devoted a few hours nearly every evening (beginning in...
02
Feb
unusual time capsule extracted from bethel church (1905) during building’s demolition
by eric j. nordstrom and ornament chicago built as the bethel...
01
Feb
newly discovered images offer a closer look at richard nickel salvaging garrick theater
the following images are part of my ongoing efforts to...
31
Jan
DOCUMENTATION OF SOUTH MASONIC TEMPLE BUILDING (1921) DEMOLITION CONTINUED, PART 6
by eric j. nordstrom and ornament chicago images of the south...
29
Jan
contents from humboldt garage & auto service building walk-in vault saved shortly before its demolition
the former humboldt garage & auto service company building (1911)...
25
Jan
DOCUMENTATION OF SOUTH MASONIC TEMPLE BUILDING (1921) DEMOLITION CONTINUED, PART 5
by eric j. nordstrom & ornament chicago with all the wrecking...
25
Jan
DOCUMENTATION OF SOUTH MASONIC TEMPLE BUILDING (1921) DEMOLITION CONTINUED, PART 4
by eric j. nordstrom & ornament chicago ongoing destruction of the...
25
Jan
d.h. burnham’s chicago machinery exchange warehouse handed death sentence
the 3-story 1910 chicago machinery exchange warehouse - designed by d.h....
24
Jan
latest salvaged objects and artifacts recently added to our virtual online catalog and store
the following gallery offers a glimpse at the most recent...