A view of the Chicago skyline, including Marina City from the cupola on top of the Jewelers Building at 35 E. Wacker Drive on July 26, 2011. John Lee, Chicago Tribune ...

As longtime residents themselves, the leaders of MAS Studio have become the de facto renovators of these unique apartments, ...

Chicago suddenly faces another sensitive architectural landmark problem, but cannot solve it by employing its world-famous technique of tearing down the building. The visual integrity of Marina ...

Marina City under construction, January 29, 1962 Photo: Chicago Tribune Archive After the buildings were finished the next year, the Sun-Times reported that they "caught the city by surprise." ...

Though Marina City doesn’t dominate the Chicago skyline like it did in 1964, it paved the way for the transition of the north riverfront from an industrial no man’s land to a high-density ...

Just like the 2002 Wilco album they grace, Chicago's Marina City was experimental and ground-breaking. Locals know the buildings as the "Corn Cobbs" for their distinctive cylindrical shape, wit h ...

Few buildings represent their city in the way Marina City represents Chicago: the twin concrete corncobs rising over the river are one of its most recognizable sights. But it's more than just a ...

Marina City stands high above the Chicago River, on a full city block between Dearborn and State streets. Groundbreaking for the building was held on Nov. 22, 1960.

A humane building . In addition to designing Marina City, the Chicago-born, Bauhaus-educated Goldberg is responsible for a wealth of other modernist and iconic local buildings, such as River City ...

From UIC to Marina City, architecture photographer Orlando Cabanban brings Chicago into focus If you run across midcentury images of signature Chicago buildings, it’s likely Cabanban was behind ...

MARINA — The Marina City Council has voted to approve a $4.2 million contract to remove old Fort Ord buildings near Marina High School. The council voted 5-0 on Aug. 3 to approve a bid of ...

McHugh Construction marked its 125-year anniversary on December 8, 2022, by installing commemorative window displays of some of its most iconic projects – Marina City, the St. Regis Chicago, and the ...