Randall's Urban Architectural Sculptures

Panels were salvaged from the Nortown Theater demolition, and going for over $750, and $1850 -for those with the face- each…

As a sculptor who specializes in reproducing and replicating 19th century victorian and Art Deco architectural ornaments like these, I created my version of these panels in a smaller more manageable size and price.

So these designs will be available to all to enjoy.
The details are in my site store

Here is the first panel;

I bought this a couple of months ago, a plaster griffin fragment from the interior decor of the Nortown Theater in Chicago.
J.E.O Pridmore/architect, 1931.
Demolished summer 2007

The fragment was cut out of a larger ventilation screen panel, due to it’s fragility I mounted it onto a wood backer with a support cleat. Rather than damage the sculpture with glue or screws, the cleat has two dowels to hold the plaque to the backer at the bottom and to support it’s weight, while the upper part is held with a small copper wire.

Hard to imagine, but this weekend marks 34 years since I salvaged this little fire alarm box Aug 10th, 1973 from a building on Broadway and Waverly place under demolition at the time.

I’ve only see one other example of these Pat’d 1904 ‘Automatic Fire Alarm Co’ boxes.
‘Automatic’ was located at 416 Broadway by Canal st.

The time has come for the need for more storage space for packingand shipping materials. I buy 1″ styrofoam board and acquire large numbers of bags full of excelsior and shreaded newspaper and it get’s cumbersome stored in the basement.

So this little 8×8 shed is the solution to that, and no permits needed here for building this size. While the county doesnt require it for this size, I wanted to have it up off the ground and a bit anchored in, so the concrete blocks are laid out for the perimeter and iron pipes driven down 3 feet in the ground in each corner with a sledge hammer. That will keep it secure from being blown over since what will be stored in it doesn’t weight much, neither will the shed.

Concrete poured in each corner to anchor those blocks to the pipes, and tie-bolts inserted into the cement to bolt down the pressure treated wood plate.
The plank across the center is where the plywood sheets for the floor meet.

Now after lunch the plate goes in and then a 2×4 curb rests on top of that and is anchored to the plate with steel ties.
Then the floor goes on and maybe some framing, but the lumber yard was OUT of plywood so I can’t put the roof on…

A classic egg and dart design in a never used spare mid to late 19th century brick from a Greek revival house. The brick matched existing bricks around the fireplaces.

This one is probably the finest detailed brick of it’s type I have seen

A stack of several client’s D4-R panels drying.

These particular panels have an integrated yellowish/brown tint as a base color for the bright metallic gold finish to be applied when these are dry.