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Richard Stanley Nickel (May 31, 1928 – April 13, 1972) was a Polish American architectural photographer and historical preservationist, who was based in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his efforts to preserve and document the buildings of architect Louis Sullivan, and the work of the architecture firm of Adler & Sullivan.〔Cahan, Richard; "They All Fall Down: Richard Nickel's Struggle to Save America's Architecture"〕 ==Early life== Richard Nickel was born in the Chicago neighborhood of Humboldt Park in a two-flat located at 4327 W. Haddon.〔They All Fall Down: p. 31〕 He was raised by first-generation Polish-Americans with his grandfather John Nikiel, born in Posen, Germany in 1880.〔They All Fall Down: Richard Nickel's Struggle to Save America's Architecture by Richard Cahan p. 30〕 Richard's father, John, a driver for the Polish Daily News, Americanized the surname to Nickel in the face of Anti-Polish sentiment.〔They All Fall Down: p. 29〕 The family soon moved to 4329 W. Crystal where a young Richard attended grammar school at St. Cyril and Methodius.〔 It was here that Richard first became fascinated by light as he stared at the saintly figures drawn in stained glass. Nickel would tell a reporter in 1969 ''"That makes an impression on you that you never completely forget. It might be subconscious and, at some point, something triggers it".〔 The family moved to a second floor apartment at 2457 N. Rockwell in the Logan Square community, while Nickel was in fifth grade and enrolled at St. John Berchman's School.〔They All Fall Down: p. 32〕 At the time the neighborhood was predominately Polish, and years later Nickel described it as the "Polish neighborhood where I became happily abnormal".〔 The family lived near Logan Boulevard, an area lined with historic mansions and wide parkways that would later become recognized as a Chicago Landmark. More important was his father Stanley's acute interest in photography which Richard would take up as well.〔 In 1948 after leaving the Army, Nickel was given a victory medal and subsequently enrolled at the Institute of Design, which became part of IIT- The Illinois Institute of Technology. The school was housed in the former Chicago Historical Society building, located at 632 N. Dearborn Street (Northwest corner of Dearborn and Ontario Streets, now called the Excaliber nightclub).〔They All Fall Down: p. 39〕 Nickel married a young Polish-American girl named Adrienne Dembo at St. Wenceslaus church, noted for its Art Deco design, on June 10, 1950.〔They All Fall Down: p. 44〕 Shortly after Richard was recalled to serve in the Korean War.〔They All Fall Down: p. 45〕 After Richard's return a few years later, he was a changed man, with recurring nightmares he was still in Korea. His mother-in law commented that she saw him as a "casualty of war." The marriage finally ended in divorce.〔They All Fall Down: p. 47〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Nickel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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