Marina City
The Marina City was designed in 1959 by architect Bertrand Goldberg and was finished in 1964 at a cost of $36 million to a large extent by the union of building janitors and elevator operators, who wanted to reverse the pattern of white flight from the city's downtown area.
When it was finished, the two towers were both the tallest residential buildings and the tallest reinforced concrete structures in the world. The complex was built as a city within a city, featuring numerous on-site facilities including a theatre, gym, swimming pool, ice rink, bowling alley, several stores, restaurants, and a marina.[1]
Marina City Media
- Chicago 20141102 06 Nik Wallenda on Marina City (24601126919).jpg
Nik Wallenda, tightrope walking on Marina City in 2014
- Lego Marina City, Lego Store, Chicago, IL, USA (2024).jpg
A Lego model of the Marina City towers in the display window at the Chicago Lego Store
- Chicago Marina City foundation 1961.JPG
The foundation of Marina City being laid in 1961
- Marina City , Chicago , Kodachrome by Chalmers Butterfield.jpg
Marina City under construction
- Marina City - Sun Times - Daily News - by Chalmers Butterfield.jpg
Another view of the construction
- Photography by Victor Albert Grigas (1919-2017) 00383 Chicago Loop Christmas time - developed March 1970 (37045992723).jpg
Marina City in 1969. Note the television transmitter with weather beacon on top of one of the towers.
- WABASH STREET BRIDGE OVER THE CHICAGO RIVER IN THE CITY, ONE OF MORE THAN EIGHT DRAWBRIDGES CROSSING THE RIVER IN THE... - NARA - 556200.tif
The towers as photographed by Documerica in October 1973
Public Domain stock photo - Downtown Chicago Marina City CornCob Sky Scrapers*Released by Matt Hobbs via publicdomainarchive.com
Close-up of Marina City parking
Marina City marina in Chicago, IL.
References
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Other websites
Media related to Marina City at Wikimedia Commons- A compendium for the most photographed building in Chicago, Marina City - Photos, Floorplans, History, etc.
- Great Buildings - Marina City
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