Chris Nichols

Chris Nichols is an American columnist, editor, preservationist, and author. He has written the "Ask Chris" column as an Associate Editor of LA Magazine since 2000.[1]

Chris Nichols
Occupationjournalist, author

Career

Nichols, a former Chairman of the Los Angeles Modern Committee of the Los Angeles Conservancy, works to preserve the mid century modern architecture of Los Angeles.[2][1] He began writing the "Ask Chris" column for Los Angeles Magazine in 2000.[1] In "Ask Chris", Nichols answers readers' questions about Los Angeles area history and people.[1]

Nichols is the author of The Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister, a book largely about historic neon signage and mid-century structures in Las Vegas and other cities.[3] This book received positive reviews, including from Publishers Weekly,[4] and it won a 2008 Independent Publisher Bronze Medal award.[5] In 2018, Taschen published Walt Disney's Disneyland[6] a definitive book on the creation of Disneyland written by Chris Nichols and co-authored by his wife, Charlene Nichols.[7]

References
  1. Kozlowski, Carl (November 16, 2017). "There's no place like home for Los Angeles magazine Associate Editor Chris Nichols, LA's real-life Wizard of Oz". Pasadena Weekly. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. "Chris Nichols". lamag.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. Cohen, Alex (August 10, 2007). "Architect McAllister Worked Hard to Create Leisure". npr.org. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. staff. "The Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. "Announcing 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. Nichols, Chris, 1971- (2018). Walt Disney's Disneyland. Nichols, Charlene (Archivist) (English ed.). [Köln, Germany]. ISBN 978-3836563482. OCLC 1018083433.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Planet, Lonely. "Own a visual history of Disneyland with this stunning new book". Lonely Planet News. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
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