Richard Nickel

* Noted architectural photographer & Historian * Spent 20+ years documenting Sullivan’s buildings * Salvaged architectural fragments from demolition sites * Helped preserve history during widespread destruction * Old Town Triangle became one of the first landmarked U.S. neighborhoods 1977 * His death occurred just before Chicago’s landmark laws began * Died in 1972 (age 44) during demolition of Sullivan’s Stock Exchange * He’s buried near Louis Sullivan, whose work he helped save