nostalgia

another lunchtime lecture today downtown:
presentation of the above book by its authors.

it is amazing that richard nickel's obsession to photograph sullivan's buildings started with a school assignment!!!
but unfortunately lead to his tragic death where the chicago stock exchange building collapse on him.

*post title borrowed by a new citizen of chicago coming from los angeles.
photo no1 taken from here.
the title of the book might be commercial but the photos are not.
according to the writers the architectural firms wanted his photos of their buildings for the atmosphere he could create [VS glorified buildings].
there are some really nice ones of impotant worksites.
his favorite topic though was people!
photo no2 taken from here.