URBAN REMAINS

1948 street view image (pulled from original glass plate negative) of burnham, root, and atwood's reliance building (1895), located at 32 n. state street, chicago, ills. william w. boyington's columbus memorial building (1893-1957) in foreground at left. courtesy of bldg. 51 archive.

rare jeheil h. wakeman albumen print (taken weeks after the 1871 great chicago fire) of workers "moving a ready made house on the burnt district." courtesy of bldg. 51 archive.

unveiling picasso, august 15th, 1967. images courtesy of bldg. 51 archive.

original kaufmann and fabry photographic print of herbert hugh riddle's 38-story mather tower (1928) nearing completion. courtesy of bldg. 51 archive.

demolition of the oscar heineman silk company's administration building and adjoining warehouse is well underway. other buildings within the factory complex were converted into lofts years ago. the admin bld. contains multiple carved limestone ornament along the parapet wall. while documenting the elevator machine room, i ran across cast concrete company monograms that were built into the chimney stack. thankfully, the signage and limestone ornament are being saved. the wooden water tank was plucked off it perch years ago. based on what's left, it was likely fabricated by challenge (batavia, ills). the complex was built in stages during the early 20th century. heineman's company known for being the largest supplier of thrown silks in the country. lockwood, greene & company, architects. courtesy of bldg. 51 archive.

dumb button.

photos from yesterday. courtesy of bldg. 51 archive.

chicago architectural photographing company's studio. courtesy of bldg. 51 archive.

seldom seen early exterior views of adler and sullivan's union trust building (1893) located at 705 olive street, st. louis, mo. the images were taken shortly after the building was completed by photographer email boehl. courtesy of bldg. 51 archive.