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after years of neglect and eventual abandonment, the interior salvage rights of the david c. cook mansion were made available to urban remains in october of 2012. after thoroughly photodocumenting the existing condition of both the exterior and interior, along with gathering any and all information pertaining to the history of the house over the [...]

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urban remains has recently acquired a sizeable amount of meticulously documented original building elements removed from the historic reliance building after nearly 16 years in off-site storage. the majority of the artifacts found in storage were either replaced with faithful reproductions or were rendered obsolete under current day building codes during a lengthy restoration occurring [...]

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sadly, the massive, intricately designed "sullivanesque" unglazed and speckled terra cotta frieze, adorning the facade of the c. 1905 michael reese hospital (designed by the architectural firm of garden, martin and schmidt), was destroyed in early may of 2011. in addition, nearly 300 terra cotta figural lion heads flanking the ends of the window sills [...]

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the ywca hotel was designed by architect john m. van osdel ii, nephew of prominent chicago architect john mills van osdel. the italian renaissance style seven-story building was completed in 1895. the late 19th century hotel was one of the oldest ywca buildings in the country, originally housing working women newly arriving in the city [...]

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the michael reese hospital "salvage" was no doubt a formidable experience on a multitude of levels. the logistics surrounding the acquisition and removal component seemed rather straight forward and largely uneventful in the beginning, despite the fact that we were faced with a partially abandoned 28 building complex with very little, if any, operable utilities [...]

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grant hospital of chicago was incorporated in 1883 as the german hospital of chicago to serve the primarily german immigrant population of the area around its lincoln park location, the corner of lincoln avenue and webster on the north side of chicago. around the time of world war i the name was changed to grant [...]

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constructed in 1914, the brewer & sons factory was a prairie school style building, adorned with midland terra ornament. located on the south side of chicago, brewer & sons was owned and operated by chas a. brewer, who retained several patents on early gambling devices. the factory manufactured wood patterns or molds for casting the [...]

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in 1956, cbs studios completely transformed a c. 1924 skating rink building in downtown chicago to accommodate their drastic need for additional studio space and offices. since the beginning there, the facility continued to be a news broadcasting powerhouse including the hosting of the first presidential debate between nixon and kennedy. as of recent however [...]

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