12/17/2025
When hundreds of people have shared so many wonderful memories of this man, across multiple platforms and posts, you know we truly lost a local legend. Eddie Slipek was an icon and steward of Richmond history, and is the reason that I fell in love with my home city. I took his Richmond Architecture class twice -- once before architecture school, and once again after. He was always so enjoyable to listen to, and to have conversations with. This portrait of him is in photographer John Henley's recent "Artists" book.
Listing some social media accounts that I've seen him mentioned in case you want to dig around and read what people are sharing:
@ Old Images of Richmond (FB group).. and many personal accounts