past and present facadectomies in chicago's rapidly changing fulton market

fulton market has been transforming at a dizzying pace, accelerated by the arrival of google in late 2015. since then, several early 20th century structures have either been wiped off the block or remain standing in the form of restored facades with newly-built buildings.

HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT FULTON STREET MARKET DIRECTORY SHED'S LIGHT ON DISTRICT'S STORIED PAST

i've documented and/or salvaged a few of these buildings over the past three years, including  the recent demolition of araron's machine shop on halsted, and a shuttered sausage factory on fulton (the latter was reduced to rubble within the past week). 

THREE-STORY BRICK COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT 170-172 . HALSTED LATEST BUILDING TO FALL IN FULTON MARKET DISTRICT

UTILITARIAN OBJECTS SALVAGED FROM THE FULTON MARKET COLD STORAGE BUILDING

i was surprised to see scaffolding erected around adler and sullivan's 1893 wolf, sayer & heller company factory and "lover's playground," which sits against a surviving section of adler and sullivan's loeb apartments retaining an arched bedford limestone entrance designed by then-draftsman, frank lloyd wright in 1892.

BEHIND THE "LOVER'S PLAYGROUND" - A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT-DESIGNED ARCHITECTURAL REMNANT THAT SURVIVED THE WRECKING BALL

facadectmies in fulton market: