richard nickel images of adler and sullivan's chicago stock exchange entrance prior to alteration in 1964

richard nickel contact sheet images of adler and sullivan's chicago stock exchange building (1894) terra cotta arched entrance and surrounding facade. 

the undated images were taken prior to 1964 when brenner-danforth-rockwell (bdr) removed sullivan's original ornamented iron and plate glass transom with a bronze tympanum screen echoing sullivan's "golden door" on the 1893 world's fair transportation building. 

nickel nearly blew his stack when he got wind of this alteration and fought like hell to stop it.

courtesy of ryerson and burnham, art institute of chicago.

further reading:

BEGINNING, END AND REBIRTH OF ADLER & SULLIVAN'S CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING TRADING ROOM