Talk:Marina City

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Can someone please help me? I understand that this bulding was commissioned to be built and paid for by the Union Janitors funds. Can anyone tell me who commisioned it to be built? 07:28pm, 25 February 2008 (UTC)DStiffin

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I edited this page to include some information on the current state of marina, and add what I think is a more attractive picture - I hope everyone agrees.

Sometime after it was converted to condos, I heard that the parking garage was in need of repair, and the owner was bankrupt, leaving the apartment owners above without a solid foundation (I don't know if the garage was owned by the condo association, or an outside company). Obviously they didn't let it fall over, does anyone know how they resolved it? -Rbean 18:40, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I live at Marina City, and also edited the article with information regarding the pending loss of much of our northern and (remaining) western views. I can add the history of the building's bankruptcy as well, but that information can be found in detail (if anyone else wants to work on this) in the transcript of the 1990s interview with Bertrand Goldberg available from the website of the Art Institute of Chicago. Also, it's the main branch of the Chicago River we overlook, there isn't an "east" branch. (MDoyle, 24 May 2006)

changed the text regarding the AIA award. It won the award because of its expressed structural design... not in spite of it. 10 Oct. 2006

Is this building featured in the movie 'I, Robot', next to the US Robotics building? If so perhaps it should be in the cultural references section.

[edit] Inspiration

These towers inspired the construction of The Sentinels in Birmingham, England, however, I don't know where to put this sentence in the article. There is a reference in The Sentinels article to support this. So can someone give me a little help?- Erebus555 17:46, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another wiki image available

ChicagoBuildings1004.jpg is another image of MC available for this page. Speciate 23:32, 30 June 2007 (UTC)