tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post116469435576446462..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: PhantomsLynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-48762886732166070692009-11-14T15:00:43.920-06:002009-11-14T15:00:43.920-06:00Years ago, I read an article on Nickel's. When...Years ago, I read an article on Nickel's. When I saw his photographs, it was like still frames in the mind. Images that transcend time, define time and unlike their objects, defy time. My mind races through memory at facades that have been stored only later to be destroyed. When I was young so many of these monumental building that housed Americans and made Americans that were made by Americans (born or imported) gave rise to dreams that were planted by earlier giants;gone. ChaplickAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12032480600653227753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-55800664870503095922009-10-09T11:54:16.700-05:002009-10-09T11:54:16.700-05:00Nicely done Lynn...
Richard was an amazing artis...Nicely done Lynn... <br /><br />Richard was an amazing artist and advocate in a time when the forces of growth and development moved across the Chicago landscape with Godzilla-esque finesse and total disregard for Chicago's architectural soul.<br /><br />I missed meeting him...I regret that, but I was able to study under Jachna and Thall at UIC/Columbia college in 77/78/79 and fall in love with large format B/W photography and engaging in the entire process of capturing and rendering imagery.<br /><br />My son in Minneapolis..a U of M student, great amatuer photog and punk rock musician extraordinaire asked me about Nickel out of the blue last time I was up there and texted me again for his name last night right before going on stage.<br /><br />I texted back Richard's name and brief accounting of the time it took to discover his remains at the old stock exchange site. Though tragic, I think if Richard Nickel could somehow reach across and give us a read on his demise he would probably say it happened while visiting an old and very dear friend.<br /><br />I told my son to dedicate one of their songs to Richard...knowing him he probably did.<br /><br />Great, great essay............Richard Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11989555674028034464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-80030049565798836602009-06-14T17:34:12.907-05:002009-06-14T17:34:12.907-05:00Kudos on a wonderful essay...and for introducing m...Kudos on a wonderful essay...and for introducing me to Nickels. Embarassed to say I was unacquainted with him.Steve Gubinhttp://photo.net/photos/cyanaticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1166451692311303292006-12-18T08:21:00.000-06:002006-12-18T08:21:00.000-06:00thanks for posting this article. An architect invo...thanks for posting this article. An architect involved in building the Duncan House back in the late sixties alerted me of the new book in the article. This will hopefully allow better identification of the individual architectural fragments placed in the castle-like structure/cave of house that Hugh Duncan acquired from Nickles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1164772507155376272006-11-28T21:55:00.000-06:002006-11-28T21:55:00.000-06:00Though my skills will never approach a true vision...Though my skills will never approach a true visionary such as Nickel, his work certainly drives me to document Chicago so that the next generation can glimse backwards into the past of Chicago.GUY FROM CHICAGO REDUXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490223054261145461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1164734747802746472006-11-28T11:25:00.000-06:002006-11-28T11:25:00.000-06:00Great essay, lynn! Nickel's photos are enchanting...Great essay, lynn! Nickel's photos are enchanting and sad at the same time.<BR/><BR/>His photos document the exact moment in history when the urban, thriving city was disappearing.<BR/><BR/>How I envy my father. He grewup in the urban eastside of Buffalo in the 1950s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1164729728322090052006-11-28T10:02:00.000-06:002006-11-28T10:02:00.000-06:00I browsed through the Nickel book at the store las...I browsed through the Nickel book at the store last weekend -- beautiful but relentlessly sad, like Nickel's story itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com