Marina City - Chicago
The world's first and most comprehensive record of Chicago landmark Marina City. News, history, images, video, floor plans, building facts, fun facts, directory of commercial tenants, listings of units for sale and rent, recent unit sales, building permits, recent police incidents, and more.
Marina City - History - Stories
155 stories: 181,500 words: 831 images: Click on a decade... ...
Marina City - Building Facts
Marina City. Other names: Marina Towers. Status: Completed. Country: United States. City: Chicago. Street address: 300-350 North State Street, 315-339 North Dearborn Street. Building function: Mixed use, residential and commercial. Structural material: Concrete. Year proposed: 1959. Year construction started: 1960. Year construction ended: 1968 ...
About Marina City & marinacity.org
marinacity.org is the world’s first and most comprehensive record of Chicago landmark Marina City. It is a service of Loop North (formerly Marina City Online), a news and information website serving the Loop and Near North neighborhoods of downtown Chicago.
Marina City - History - Introduction
Built on unused railroad property in the early 1960s at a cost of what today would be $288 million, Marina City is a Chicago icon and an international celebrity. It was the first “mixed-use” complex in the United States to include housing and businesses.
Marina City - History - Dates
Guests at a “launch party” at Marina City’s marina are treated to rides on the Chicago River aboard two electric-powered boats owned by Chicago Electric Boat Company, a new venture by two Jefferson Beach Yacht Sales executives.
Marina City - Fun Facts
According to 2010 Census data, the population of Marina City is greater than 636 municipalities in Illinois, or about half. Marina City, with 929 residents, is the size of Elkville, a village about one mile square in southern Illinois.
Marina City - History - Video
Architects and Marina City residents Iker Gil and Julie Michiels share their thoughts on the architecture of Marina City and the types of people who live there today. The 4:29 video includes both old and new footage of Marina City, and historical images supplied by marinacity.org.
Marina City - History - “Things to see and do at Marina City”
2014年12月7日 · The observation deck on the 61st floor of the East Tower at Marina City offers a 360 [degree] panorama view of Chicago in the open-air. It is a perfect place for photographing the city. Weather permitting, the observation deck is open …
Marina City - History - Marina City: The Brochure
2014年12月20日 · “A unique architectural setting for 24-hour-a-day living, working and recreation in a ‘city within a city’ in downtown Chicago.” In January 1966, Marina Management Corporation, property manager of the entire complex, printed a brochure about Marina City that it sold to the public for 25 cents.