Tag: Marina City
The views from Marina City’s rooftop
The weather was ideal late Friday morning as I headed for the roof of the 61-story west tower at Marina City.
I was alone on the roof excep [...]
Mies on Marina City: Don’t do that again
In the video, the Museum of Contemporary Art's Michael Darling talks briefly about the "organic" and "sculptural" quality of Bertrand Goldberg's a [...]
Chicago’s architectural candy store turns 50
Bertrand Goldberg's son Geoffrey, in a presentation he made two years ago on the 50th anniversary of its groundbreaking, deemed Marina City "an ar [...]
When Bob’s cat catapulted from Marina City
In Steve McQueen's The Hunter there's a famous scene where a car hurtles off Marina City's parking ramp into the Chicago River. Dennis Rodkin's v [...]
Legal fees impact Marina City’s assessments
One of the wild card expenses associated with living in a condo development is legal fees, and foreclosure activity in recent years has often resu [...]
Watch a studio makeover at Marina City
Marina City Online just added a 2004 episode of HGTV's New Spaces show to its YouTube channel. The two-part video showcases the makeover of a stud [...]
Fifty years of Marina City
This is the 50th anniversary of the official, shiny-shovel groundbreaking ceremony for Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg's iconic city-within-a-city [...]
Living in a Chicago icon: the highs and lows of one-bedroom condos at Marina City
Marina City at 300 N State St is one of downtown Chicago's most distinctive high-rise developments, and now that we're covering more than just new con [...]
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