Interview with John Vinci regarding the Garrick Theater, Richard Nickel, and Architectural Salvage

Interview with John Vinci with Spirt of Space, from Wrightwood 659 as part of the Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright from Wrightwood 659.

Watch a rare one-on-one interview with architect, John Vinci produced and pre-recorded with Spirt of Space. This feature reflects on legendary adventures in salvaging with architectural photographer Richard Nickel, and how their efforts to preserve the Garrick Theater and Chicago Stock Exchange redefined the preservation movement and set the course for Vinci’s life’s work.

Link to streaming video at Wrightwood 659

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