A Tribute to Richard Nickel
On the first day of summer, more than 50 years ago - June 21, 1972 - nearly 200 friends and colleagues of Richard Nickel gathered in the courtyard of Glessner House to pay tribute to the dedicated preservationist and talented architectural photographer who lost his life while salvaging ornament in Adler & Sullivan’s Chicago Stock Exchange building.
This is a recording of a live event on the 50th anniversary of that gathering as we celebrated the life and enduring legacy of Richard Nickel, which included saving Glessner House in the mid-1960s. The program includes a conversation with Nickel’s lifelong friend John Vinci, who worked beside him in salvaging ornament in numerous Sullivan buildings, and preserved Nickel’s irreplaceable archive of photographs and other materials through the Richard Nickel Committee.
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A Tribute to Richard Nickel
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1 videoA Tribute to Richard Nickel
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On the first day of summer, more than 50 years ago - June 21, 1972 - nearly 200 friends and colleagues of Richard Nickel gathered in the courtyard of Glessner House to pay tribute to the dedicated preservationist and talented architectural photographer who lost his life while salvaging ornament i...
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1 videoFrederick Stock at 150
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At the invitation of first music director Theodore Thomas, Frederick Stock joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s viola section in 1895. He was promoted to assistant conductor in 1899, and in 1905, he succeeded the ensemble’s founder to become second music director. During his 37-year tenure (th...
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Native Truths: Our Voices Our Stories
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As part of the recent adoption of our Land Acknowledgement, and in celebration of the start of Native American Heritage Month, Glessner House hosted this meaningful discussion about the creation of the new permanent exhibition, Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories, at the Field Museum.
This on...
