visiting merchants national bank, foshay tower, masonic temple, grain exchange, and purcell-cutts house during single day road trip
the following images were taken during a recent road trip...
17
Aug
17
Aug
nearly year later, west side chicago italianate style lemont limestone flats succumb to wrecking ball
last week, a group of post-fire three-story italianate style flats...
16
Aug
documenting chicago movie palaces remains a top priority for 2017
for several years now, i've wanted to document chicago's congress...
16
Aug
highlights from the soon-to-be published “unearthing chicago” bldg. 51 museum book
the following photographs (and collages) were taken from more than...
11
Aug
rare albumen print captures adler & sullivan’s auditorium building with iconic tower under construction
[caption id="attachment_32052" align="alignleft" width="1500"] dated (february 2, 1889) albumen photographic...
10
Aug
daniel h. burnham’s fisher building interior lobby original elevator doors executed by winslow brothers
"to appreciate the fisher building one has to see it...
09
Aug
art deco slip shade fixtures, vintage examination room furniture, palmolive building elevator indicators, majolica tiles, and figural brownstone rondels
the following gallery offers a glimpse at the most recent...
05
Aug
ornamental terra cotta panel from rapp & rapp’s southtown non-extant theater joins bldg. 51 museum american building artifact collection
the building 51 museum and archive recently acquired an all...
04
Aug
bldg. 51 museum acquires “lost” records of architectural firm graven and mayger
the bldg. 51 museum recently secured another important archive, containing...
03
Aug
putting louis h. sullivan’s gage building (1898) terra cotta facade back together again
i made a point to stop by the gage building...
02
Aug
what tradesmen left behind in the attic of john eberson’s 1927 persian atmospheric regal theater
i began documenting john eberson's atmospheric avalon theater (1927) early...
31
Jul
ephemera, photographs, drawings, and books from the architectural offices of jenney & mundie acquired by bldg. 51 museum
the following images offer a glimpse at a sizable jenney...
26
Jul
forgotten ornament from adler & sullivan’s s.a. commercial loft building joins bldg. 51 museum collection
the bldg. 51 museum recently acquired a group of diminutive...
26
Jul
wide array of old signage, salesman samples, 19th century east coast soda bottles, faries lighting, and builders’ hardware
the following gallery offers a glimpse at the most recent...
25
Jul
photographic study of post-fire italianate row house interior element extraction
in a previous post, i devoted a considerable amount of...
17
Jul
a photographic study of historic commercial building ornament in la crosse, wisc.
a photographic study of selected 19th and early 20th century...
17
Jul
documenting cicero’s historic olympic theater (1927) cut short by heat exhaustion.
i moved quickly to document any and all ornament adorning...
14
Jul
bill book 1 and 2: images of original ledgers from the architectural firm of jenney, mundie, & jensen
the discovery of several books, photographic prints, drawings, and papers...
12
Jul
sullivan-designed auditorium theater proscenium vault domes now available through bldg. 51 museum
the bldg. 51 museum is offering a first-ever, limited edition...
12
Jul
marble fireplace mantels, industrial seating, building maps and booklets, and signage
the following gallery offers a glimpse at the most recent...