Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Marina City in Chicago

Marina_City (MC) "The complex consists of two 587-foot (179 m), 65-story apartment towers, opened in 1963" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_City#Architecture 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Marinacity466.JPG 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/The_Butterfly_and_First_Baptist_Church_in_Vancouver_04.jpg

https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=107021 The 57 story Butterfly tower in Vancouver is 586 feet, so its only 1 foot shorter than Marina_City. MC was able to fit in 65 floors into the same height.

https://reveryarchitecture.com/projects/butterfly/

https://westbankcorp.com/body-of-work/the-butterfly

https://www.canadianarchitect.com/revery-unveils-design-of-the-butterfly

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Marina_City%2C_Chicago%2C_Illinois%2C_Estados_Unidos%2C_2012-10-20%2C_DD_01.jpg While these towers would be around the 3 or 4th tallest in Vancouver, they have almost become like stumps in Chicago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Chicago

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Chicago-00.jpg Marina City is in the top, middle part of this picture and is hardly noticeable on the Chicago skyline.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Chicago#Tallest_buildings

Being from smallminded Vancouver, its always amazing to see how so many cities are allowed to be on a big scale.