INCLUDING MORE ON THAT POTENTIAL
BEARS DEAL.
FIRST, TWO LOST WORKS BY
ARCHITECTS LOU GRANT AND FRANK
LLOYD WRIGHT
>> WHO ARE PART OF A TEAM
EXPLORING A LONG LOST THEATRE
AND MORE.
MARC VITALI HAS THE STORY.
>> SALVAGED ORNAMENTS,
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOS AND
IMMERSESIVE ANIMATIONS BRING TO
LIFE THE GARRICK THEATRE.
THE GARRICK OPENED AS THE
SCHILLER THEATER BUILDING IN
1892 ONE YEAR BEFORE THE CHICAGO
WORLD'S FAIR.
THE EARLY SKYSCRAPER AT 64 WEST
RANDOLPH STREET WAS DESIGNED BY
LEWIS SULLIVAN AND ADLER.
>> IN CREATING THE SHOW
CERTAINLY THERE'S GOING TO BE
INTEREST FROM THE PEOPLE INTO
ARCHITECT TUR AND HISTORY BUT WE
WANTED TO TELL MORE OF A BROAD
STORY.
ALMOST LIKE THE BUILDING IS A
LIVING THING.
>> THIS ENTIRE SHOW IS AN
ATTEMPT TO RECREATE A FEELING OF
A BUILDING IN THE SAME WAY YOU
GET A FEELING FROM A PERSON AND
TO REALIZE WHAT IS LOST WHEN
THAT PERSON OR THAT BUILDING IS
GONE.
>> TO SAY A BUILDING IS A LIVING
THING IS NOT REALLY OFF BASE.
BECAUSE PART OF WHAT SULLIVAN
TRIED TO CREATE WERE BUILDINGS
THAT WERE A LIVING THING AND
SOMETHING LIKE AN EXTENSION OF
NATURE OF BEAUTY THAT WILL HIT
YOU HERE AND WILL HIT YOU HERE.
>> BEFORE THE GARRICK CLOSED IN
1960, TIM SAMUELSON VISITED THE
THEATRE WHEN HE WAS EIGHT YEARS
OLD.
>> I WAS INTERESTED IN THESE
BUILDINGS WHEN I WAS JUST A
LITTLE KID.
AND I REMEMBER TO THIS DAY
WALKING INTO THAT AUDITORIUM
INTO THIS WONDERFUL NARROW SPACE
AND IT ROSE UP AND ARCHED TO THE
CENTER OF IT.
AND I WAS MESMERIZED.
BUT WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT DOWN
YOU COULD LOOK AROUND AND SEE
THE SPACES UNFOLDING EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT STUCK WITH ME TO THIS
DAY.
>> RECENT NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH
SHOWS THAT WE HAVE MAPPING
NEURONS THAT CREATE ELECTRICAL
IMPULSES AND SHAPES OF BUILDINGS
WITHIN OUR MINDS.
AS WE GET TO KNOW A BUILDING WE
HAVE LITTLE TINY MODELS OF
REALITY IN A BUILDINGS AND
SPACES THAT WE FREQUENT IN OUR
BRAINS.
AND THEY AFFECT OUR MEMORIES AND
OUR EXPERIENCES OF THE WORLD.
SO I'VE TRIED TO PUT A LITTLE
BIT OF THAT INTO THE SHOW IF
THAT DOESN'T SOUND COMPLETELY
INSANE.
>> THE BUILDING FRAGMENTS COME
FROM SALVAGE EFFORTS BY THE LATE
PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD NICKEL.
HE DIED WHEN A PORTION OF THE
OLD CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE
COLLAPSED ON HIM.
>> OF THE ORIGINAL OBJECTS
EVERYONE CAME FROM RICHARD
NICKEL OR WAS PART OF THE
SALVAGE EFFORT WHICH HE LED.
THESE WERE THE TEAM THAT WERE
CHIPPING THESE THINGS OUT OF THE
BUILDING.
MOST OF THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE
IN HERE THAT ARE ORIGINAL CAME
FROM SOMETHING THAT RICHARD
NICKEL HAD.
RICHARD NICKEL WHEN HE WAS ALIVE
REREALIZED MY INTEREST IN
ARCHITECTURE AND HE GAVE ME MANY
OF THEM.
>> IN THIS TWO-PART EXHIBITION,
A SEPARATE GALLERY LOOKS AT THE
LIFE AND DEATH FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT'S LARKIN ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
THE OPEN SPACES AT THE LARKIN
BUILDING BROUGHT DESIGN TO A
SMALL ARMY OF WORKERS AT THE
MAIL ORDER SOAP COMPANY.
>> WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS THE
STORY OF TWO BUILDINGS AND THEY
BOTH SHARE BEING CREATED BY
ARCHITECTS WHO ARE PASSIONATE
ABOUT CREATING GHTSES THAT ARE
BEAUTY, UTILITY AND IMPACT YOU
IN THE HEART AND YOUR EXPERIENCE
LIKE YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE
SOMETHING IN NATURE.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS
MARC VITALI.
>> THE GARRICK THEATRE WAS
DEMOLISHED FOR A PARKING GARAGE
THE LARKIN BUILDING WAS RAISED
FOR A TRUCK STOP THAT WAS NEVER
BUILT.