richard nickel kodachrome images of louis h. sullivan's 1899 bayard building as it appeared in 1958-59

i knew richard nickel photographed buildings using kodachrome film, but had no idea he did louis sullivan's bayard-condict building (1899) in new york. 
i believe the images were taken in the 1950s or early 1960s since the heavily altered storefront still retains the original terra cotta column capitals. they were later removed when the storefront was remodeled again in 1964. thankfully they were rescued by the anonymous arts recovery society and donated to the brooklyn museum where they reside today. 

courtesy of the ryerson and burnham archive, art institute of chicago.

richard nickel images of louis h. sullivan's bayard-condict building (1899) taken between 1955-58. nicke's images of the building's roofline terra cotta ornament are really powerful. 
the bayard building terra cotta ornament was executed by perth-amboy, perth amboy, nj. 

courtesy of the ryerson and burnham archive, art institute of chicago.

louis sullivan-designed cast bronze entrance door push plate salvaged from sullivan's bayard building (1899) when the original entrance was replaced with insensitive commercial aluminum storefronts. 
interestingly, the same door handle and push plate combination was used three years earlier on adler and sullivan's guaranty building in buffalo, ny. like bayard, the exterior and lobby were trashed and guaranty was headed towards demolition if it weren't for jack randall.
if you look closely at the james w. taylor albumen print of the guaranty entrance doors, the same backplate (minus handle) is shown in detail. it's a little harder to make out on the photo taken of bayard's entrance doors.
the sullivan-designed hardware for guaranty and bayard building was executed by the yale & towne mfg. company, stamford, ct.

images courtesy of ryerson and burnham, art instiie of chicago. hardware courtesy of bldg. 51 museum archive.

further reading:

PHOTO-DOCUMENTING LOUIS H. SULLIVAN'S BAYARD-CONDICT BUILDING TERRA COTTA FACADE