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By: 1810 W. Cortland St. — Demolition Hold List, Chicago, IL

1810 W. Cortland St. — Demolition Hold List, Chicago, IL — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:11:23 +0000

[...] Lots of relevant links here and a photo with links here. Another good post here. [...]

By: Noah

Noah — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:11:40 +0000

Thanks for all of the comments and interest, but Carey did ruin my fantasy about the building a little bit. Oh well…

Laurie: your comment got hung up in my spam filter for some reason, that’s why it didn’t appear for a few days. My mistake. Thanks for the link, I added it to the post.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:18:24 +0000

Most recently, the Richard Nickel house was placed on Preservation Chicago’s list of 7 most endangered buildings for 2009:
http://preservationchicago.org/chicago7/2009/3_richard_nickel_house.html

By: Carey Primeau

Carey Primeau — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:58:26 +0000

This is old news and dont know why I didn’t mention it earlier, but… Mildly funny story:

I deliver for Bari Foods, (on my bike) and we occasionally had orders from Mark. When I realized his studio was in Nickel’s old house I brought it up and asked him if that was the reason he decided to have his studio there. For Nostalgic or inspirational sake I thought. I don’t know. I just couldn’t imagine that two of Chicago’s great photographers ended up in the same building by mere coincidence.

Well, a little to my disappointment, it had nothing to do with nickel and everything to do with cheap real estate in the late 70s when he bought the building. HA, fantasies really are just imagination induced.

By: Laurie (bluebike)

Laurie (bluebike) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:46:00 +0000

OH MY GOD. I think my heart just broke. This is so upsetting. It should be preserved in his memory and as a landmark for all of the effort that Nickel put into the movement to preserve Chicago’s cultural heritage. “Do we dare squander Chicago’s great architectural heritage?” Yes, yet again, it seems.

By: Claire Nowak-Boyd

Claire Nowak-Boyd — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:53:00 +0000

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for sharing this info. I can't believe it! I love that house. It's a 3-4 mile walk from my family's apartment, and I often walk up and pay it a visit when I am in Chicago.

:( God, the irony of this is just sickening. I will spread the word, and nudge locals I know to participate.

By: BWChicago

BWChicago — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:06:00 +0000

I went there on a Great Chicago Places and Spaces tour about Nickel a couple years ago. Hauser had remodeled the interior heavily but it was a nice studio.

By: noah

noah — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:59:00 +0000

Apparently...a quick Google search shows his current address as being elsewhere. HERE is a photo I found on flickr from when the building was still a photo studio.

By: BWChicago

BWChicago — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:50:00 +0000

Marc Hauser moved?