windy city!
April 21, 2008 at 9:01 pmNikon D50, Textures, chicago, travel
Long weekend trip took us out to the Windy City! (hence the posting delay/gap)
Above are the iconic Marina City towers, at their time these towers were both the tallest residential buildings and tallest reinforced concrete structures in the world. Topping out at 60 stories, these towers have since been relieved of these distinctions. Designed by Bertrand Goldberg in 1959, Marina City was the first high-rise mixed-use urban structure built in the United States after WWII. It has been credited as being a major player in the rebirth of the American inner city… which is pretty awesome.
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April 21st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
For a moment, I thought my memory was making trick with me. Those corn ears cannot possibly be from DC, I thought when I saw them on the portal. Hope you enjopyed your w.e. in Chicago. Great picture!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:00 am
Chicago is a lovely place, spent a lot of time out there while I was stuck in good old Des Moines,IA for 4 years. I’v heard Oprah owns an apartment in one of those buildings.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
how nice to live in a gigantic honey comb of concrete. but then again if oprah lives there- sign me up!!!