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Marina City
Marina City
	Marina City from bridge over the Chicago River
General information
Type	Mixed use:; Residential, parking
Location	State Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Coordinates	41°53′17″N 87°37′44″W / 41.887986°N 87.628761°W
Completed	1964–1968
Cost	US$36 million (equivalent to $315 million in 2023)
Height
Roof	587 ft (179 m)
Technical details
Floor count	65
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Bertrand Goldberg
Main contractor	A joint venture between Brighton Construction Co., Owner: Thomas J. Bowler and James McHugh Construction Co.

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Marina City is a mixed-use residential-commercial building complex in Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America, designed by architect Bertrand Goldberg. The multi-building complex on State Street on the north bank of the Chicago River on the Near North Side, directly across from the Loop, opened between 1963 and 1967.^[1] Portions of the complex were designated a Chicago Landmark in 2016.^[2] The towers' symbolic similarity to rural Illinois corncobs has often been noted in media.^[3]

The complex consists of two 587-foot (179 m), 65-story apartment towers, opened in 1963, which include physical plant penthouses. It also includes a 10-story office building (now a hotel) opened in 1964, and a saddle-shaped auditorium building originally used as a cinema. The four buildings, access driveways, and a small plaza that originally included an ice rink are built on a raised platform next to the Chicago River. Beneath the platform, at river level, is a small marina for pleasure craft, giving the structures their name.^[4]

History

The Marina City complex was designed in 1959 by architect Bertrand Goldberg and constructed between 1961 and 1968 at a cost of $36 million, financed to a large extent by Building Service Employees International Union, a union of building janitors and elevator operators, who sought to reverse the pattern of white flight from the city's downtown area. When finished, the two towers were both the tallest residential buildings and the tallest reinforced concrete structures in the world. The complex was built as a "city within a city", featuring numerous on-site facilities including a theater, gym, swimming pool, ice rink, bowling alley, stores, restaurants, and, of course, a marina.^[5]

Marina City was built in a joint venture with Brighton Construction Company (owner: Thomas J. Bowler) and James McHugh Construction Company. James McHugh Construction Co. subsequently built Water Tower Place in 1976 and Trump Tower in 2009, both of which were also the tallest reinforced concrete structures in the world at the times they were built.^{[citation needed]} Marina City was the first building in the United States to be constructed with the Linden climbing tower cranes.^{[citation needed]}

WLS-TV (ABC Channel 7) transmitted from an antenna atop Marina City until the Willis Tower (formerly known as Sears Tower) was completed.^{[citation needed]} Local radio station WCFL operated out of Marina City in the office building of the complex.^{[citation needed]} Local television station WFLD (FOX Channel 32) had its studios and transmitter at Marina City for 18 years until they were bought by Metromedia.

Marina City was one of the first major post-war urban high-rise residential complexes in the United States, and is widely credited with beginning the residential renaissance of American inner cities. Its model of mixed residential and office uses and high-rise towers with a base of parking has become a primary model for urban development in the United States and throughout the world, and has been widely copied throughout many cities internationally.

The foundation of Marina City being laid in 1961
Marina City under construction
Another view of the construction
Marina City in 1969. Note the television transmitter with weather beacon on top of one of the towers.
The towers as photographed by Documerica in October 1973

Architecture

The two towers contain identical floor plans. The bottom 19 floors form an exposed spiral parking ramp operated by valet with approximately 896 parking spaces. The 20th floor of each contains a laundry room and gym with panoramic views of the Loop, while floors 21 through 60 contain apartments (450 per tower). A 360-degree open-air roof deck lies on the 61st and top story. The buildings are accessed from separate lobbies that share a common below-grade mezzanine level as well as ground-level plaza entrances beside the House of Blues. Originally rental apartments, the complex converted to condominiums in 1977, but still contains a number of rental units.^{[citation needed]}

Marina City apartments are unusual in containing almost no interior right angles. On each residential floor, a circular hallway surrounds the elevator core, which is 32 feet (9.8 m) in diameter, with 16 sector-shaped units arrayed around the hallway. Apartments are composed of these units. Bathrooms and kitchens are located towards the inside of the building. Living areas occupy the outermost areas of each unit. Each unit terminates in a 175-square-foot (16.3 m²) semi-circular balcony, separated from living areas by a floor-to-ceiling window wall. Because of this arrangement, every single living room and bedroom in Marina City has a balcony.^{[citation needed]}

The apartments are also unusual in that they function solely on electricity; neither natural gas nor propane serves any function. The apartments are not provided with hot water, air conditioning, or heat from a central source, as was the common practice at the time the towers were built. Instead, each unit contains individual water heaters, heating and cooling units, and electric stoves; residents pay individually for the electricity needed to run these appliances. This might have been a financial decision on the part of the building owners; at the time these towers were constructed, local electric utility Commonwealth Edison provided expensive building transformers at little or no charge, provided the buildings were made all-electric.^{[citation needed]}

In addition, the residential towers are noted for the high speed of their elevators. It takes approximately 33 seconds to travel from the lower-level lobby to the 61st floor roof decks.^[6]

The towers were awarded a prize by the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1965 for their innovation.^{[citation needed]}

The appearance of the towers is said to have inspired a similar design for the Corinthian Tower in New York.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, the condominium board controversially claimed to own the common law copyright and trademark rights to the name and image of the buildings, although they do not own the parking garage portion of the buildings located below the 20th floor. They have claimed that any commercial use (such as in film or other media, such as on web sites) of pictures of the buildings or of the name "Marina City" without permission is a violation of their intellectual property rights.^[7]^[8]

In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, Marina City was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places^[9] by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component (AIA Illinois).

Current use

The complex houses the House of Blues concert hall, restaurant and bar, the Hotel Chicago, 10Pin Bowling Lounge, and four restaurants (Yolk, Smith and Wollensky, Katana, and Legal Sea Foods).^{[citation needed]}

The House of Blues concert hall was built in the shell of the complex's long-disused movie theater. Similarly, the hotel was built in what was once the Marina City office building. In order to accommodate Smith and Wollensky, the former skating rink was demolished. Pedestrian and vehicular access to the residential towers and the raised common plaza were redesigned. In 2006, decorative lighting was installed around the circular roofs of the mechanical sheds that top each tower; the towers had not contained any such lighting since the 1960s.^{[citation needed]}

Marina City balconies
Close-up of Marina City parking
The Marina City marina
In December 2012. Note the lights on individual apartment balconies
As viewed from a boat in the Chicago River
Marina City on the Chicago River. View from River Hotel

In popular culture

The towers are on the front cover of the 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Chicago band Wilco, which has led to Marina City occasionally being called the "Wilco Towers".^[10]
The towers are in a collage on the rear cover of the 1971 Sly and the Family Stone album There's a Riot Goin' On.
The towers are the basis for the cover art of the band Chicago's 1979 album, Chicago 13.
One tower is on the cover of The Revolting Cocks' debut album Big Sexy Land, released in 1986 by Chicago label Wax Trax! Records.
The label design used by Mercury Records in the 1970s and early 1980s featured a painting of the towers along with IBM Plaza and John Hancock Center.

The towers' appearances include:

Goldstein (1964). Includes a sequence driving up the 14th floor parking levels.^[11]
The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978). The opening sequence included a shot of Marina City, leading many to assume that the character lived there. Marina City is situated near the building that was used for exterior shots of Bob's office, 430 North Michigan Avenue. The building used for exterior shots of Bob's apartment sits 7 miles (11 km) to the north, on Sheridan Road in the Edgewater neighborhood.
Three The Hard Way (1974), Jagger Daniels (Fred Williamson) is a resident in one of the towers.
The Hunter (1980), "Papa" Thorson (Steve McQueen) pursues a suspect in a car chase through the parking garage. His quarry eventually loses control and drives off a high floor of the garage into the Chicago River.^[12] This scene was later recreated for an Allstate commercial in 2006/2007.^[13]^[14]
Nothing In Common (1986), the parking ramp was used as a location in the Tom Hanks film.^[15]
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), the towers are seen during a helicopter flyby of the city.
While You Were Sleeping (film) (1995), the towers are visible in the background when Lucy and her boss eat a hotdog on a bridge across the Chicago river.
Chicago P.D. (2014–present), the second spin-off in the Chicago franchise trilogy. Marina City was used to film a scene in the season 3 episode "Debts of the Past", in which the Chicago Police Department detectives are staking out for and attempt to arrest a suspect.^[16]
Emergency Call Ambulance (Sega 1999), Arcade racing videogame - the player drives between the towers in the third case, and the towers are visible from a longer distance in the final case as well.
The Good Wife (2009-2016), in the episode “The Wheels of Justice”, Marina City is shown as the residence of attorney Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski).
Gunsmith Cats (ガンスミスキャッツ, Gansumisu Kyattsu) (Japanese manga, 1991-1997), Marina city's distinctive parking is featured in a car chase early in the series, which features remarkably accurate portrayals of Chicago's architecture and its surroundings.
Candyman (2021), the character Finley Stephens, an art critic, lives in Marina City. The main character, Anthony McCoy (played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), also has one of his Candyman-based visions in her apartment.
The Bear (2023), Sydney (played by Ayo Edebiri) goes on a food tour of Chicago in the second season episode "Sundae", and Marina City appears several times during a montage sequence where Sydney is inspired by the city's architecture, amongst other memories, to create a ravioli dish.

References

^ "Marina City". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. July 16, 2018.
^ "Chicago Names Marina City an Official Landmark | Architect Magazine".
^ Article by J. Linn Allen in Chicago Tribune 1992-06-27
^ marjanovic & ruedi ray (2010). Marina City -- Bertrand Goldberg's Urban Vision. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-56898-863-4.
^ J., O'Gorman, Thomas (2003). Chicago (1st ed.). London: PRC. ISBN 9781856486682. OCLC 52429347.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Building Facts (see Top Elevator Speed)marinacity.org. Retrieved from http://www.marinacity.org/bldgfact.htm.
^ Condo ass. claims copyright on Chicago's Marina City Towers boingboing.net
^ Condo board claims ownership of Marina City ‘name and image’ marinacity.org
^ Waldinger, Mike (January 30, 2018). "The proud history of architecture in Illinois". Springfield Business Journal. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ Dahlman, Steven. "'Pop Pilgrims' land at 'Wilco Towers'". Loop North News.
^ Bey, Lee (16 June 2011). "Goldberg & 'Goldstein': Marina City and Chicago architecture play supporting role in two forgotten '60s films". wbez.org. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021.
^ Welcome to Marina City. Don’t forget where you parked. marinacity.org
^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
^ Flying car sequel marinacity.org
^ Nothing In Common marinacity.org
^ "Got a perp who won't talk…?". loopnorth.com. September 1, 2015.

Bibliography

Jay Pridmore; George A. Larson (2005). Chicago Architecture and Design : Revised and expanded. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-5892-9.
Antonino Terranova (2003). Skyscrapers. White Star Publishers. ISBN 88-8095-230-7.

External links

[1] "Marina City". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. July 16, 2018.

[2] "Chicago Names Marina City an Official Landmark | Architect Magazine".

[3] Article by J. Linn Allen in Chicago Tribune 1992-06-27

[Brighton_Construction_Company,_Owner:_Thomas_J._Bowler-4] rjanovic & ruedi ray (2010). Marina City -- Bertrand Goldberg's Urban Vision. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-56898-863-4.

[5] J., O'Gorman, Thomas (2003). Chicago (1st ed.). London: PRC. ISBN 9781856486682. OCLC 52429347.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[6] Building Facts (see Top Elevator Speed)marinacity.org. Retrieved from http://www.marinacity.org/bldgfact.htm.

[7] Condo ass. claims copyright on Chicago's Marina City Towers boingboing.net

[8] Condo board claims ownership of Marina City ‘name and image’ marinacity.org

[9] Waldinger, Mike (January 30, 2018). "The proud history of architecture in Illinois". Springfield Business Journal. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[10] Dahlman, Steven. "'Pop Pilgrims' land at 'Wilco Towers'". Loop North News.

[11] Bey, Lee (16 June 2011). "Goldberg & 'Goldstein': Marina City and Chicago architecture play supporting role in two forgotten '60s films". wbez.org. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021.

[12] Welcome to Marina City. Don’t forget where you parked. marinacity.org

[13] "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.

[14] Flying car sequel marinacity.org

[15] Nothing In Common marinacity.org

[16] "Got a perp who won't talk…?". loopnorth.com. September 1, 2015.

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-'''Marina City''' is a [[Mixed-use development|mixed-use]] residential-commercial building complex in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States, [[North America]], designed by architect [[Bertrand Goldberg]]. The multi-building complex opened between 1963 and 1967<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IL-01-031-0056|title=Marina City|date=July 16, 2018|website=SAH ARCHIPEDIA}}</ref> and occupies almost an entire [[city block]] on [[State Street (Chicago)|State Street]] on the north bank of the [[Chicago River]] on the [[Near North Side (Chicago)|Near North Side]], directly across from the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]].{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} Portions of the complex were designated a Chicago Landmark in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/chicago-names-marina-city-an-official-landmark_o|title=Chicago Names Marina City an Official Landmark &#124; Architect Magazine}}</ref>
+'''Marina City''' is a [[Mixed-use development|mixed-use]] residential-commercial building complex in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States, [[North America]], designed by architect [[Bertrand Goldberg]]. The multi-building complex on [[State Street (Chicago)|State Street]] on the north bank of the [[Chicago River]] on the [[Near North Side (Chicago)|Near North Side]], directly across from the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]], opened between 1963 and 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IL-01-031-0056|title=Marina City|date=July 16, 2018|website=SAH ARCHIPEDIA}}</ref> Portions of the complex were designated a Chicago Landmark in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/chicago-names-marina-city-an-official-landmark_o|title=Chicago Names Marina City an Official Landmark &#124; Architect Magazine}}</ref> The towers' symbolic similarity to rural Illinois [[corncob]]s has often been noted in media.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-09-27-9203280012-story.html Article] by J. Linn Allen in ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' 1992-06-27</ref>
 The complex consists of two {{convert|587|ft|m|adj=on}}, 65-story apartment towers, opened in 1963, which include [[physical plant]] penthouses. It also includes a 10-story office building (now a hotel) opened in 1964, and a saddle-shaped auditorium building originally used as a cinema. The four buildings, access driveways, and a small plaza that originally included an ice rink are built on a raised platform next to the Chicago River. Beneath the platform, at river level, is a small [[marina]] for [[pleasure craft]], giving the structures their name.<ref name="Brighton Construction Company, Owner: Thomas J. Bowler">{{cite book|last=marjanovic & ruedi ray|title=Marina City -- Bertrand Goldberg's Urban Vision|year=2010|publisher=Princeton Architectural Press|isbn=978-1-56898-863-4|pages=73}}</ref>
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 [[WLS-TV]] (ABC Channel 7) transmitted from an antenna atop Marina City until the [[Willis Tower]] (formerly known as Sears Tower) was completed.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} Local radio station [[WCFL (AM)|WCFL]] operated out of Marina City in the office building of the complex.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} Local television station [[WFLD]] (FOX Channel 32) had its studios and transmitter at Marina City for 18 years until they were bought by [[Metromedia]].
-Marina City was the first post-war urban [[high-rise]] residential complex in the United States and is widely credited with beginning the residential renaissance of American inner cities. Its model of mixed residential and office uses and high-rise towers with a base of parking has become a primary model for urban development in the United States and throughout the world, and has been widely copied throughout many cities internationally.
+Marina City was one of the first major post-war urban [[high-rise]] residential complexes in the United States, and is widely credited with beginning the residential renaissance of American inner cities. Its model of mixed residential and office uses and high-rise towers with a base of parking has become a primary model for urban development in the United States and throughout the world, and has been widely copied throughout many cities internationally.
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 == Current use ==
-The complex houses the [[House of Blues]] concert hall, restaurant and bar, the Hotel Chicago, 10Pin Bowling Lounge, and four restaurants (Yolk, [[Smith and Wollensky]], Katana, and [[Dick's Last Resort]]).{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
+The complex houses the [[House of Blues]] concert hall, restaurant and bar, the Hotel Chicago, 10Pin Bowling Lounge, and four restaurants (Yolk, [[Smith and Wollensky]], Katana, and [[Legal Sea Foods]]).{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
 The House of Blues concert hall was built in the shell of the complex's long-disused movie theater. Similarly, the hotel was built in what was once the Marina City office building. In order to accommodate Smith and Wollensky, the former skating rink was demolished. Pedestrian and vehicular access to the residential towers and the raised common plaza were redesigned. In 2006, decorative lighting was installed around the circular roofs of the mechanical sheds that top each tower; the towers had not contained any such lighting since the 1960s.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
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 * The towers are on the front cover of the 2002 album ''[[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]]'' by Chicago band [[Wilco]], which has led to Marina City occasionally being called the "Wilco Towers".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loopnorth.com/news/wilco0728.htm|title='Pop Pilgrims' land at 'Wilco Towers'|first=Steven|last=Dahlman|website=Loop North News}}</ref>
 * The towers are in a collage on the rear cover of the 1971 [[Sly and the Family Stone]] album ''[[There's a Riot Goin' On]]''.
-* The towers are the basis for the cover art of the band [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]'s 1979 album, "[[Chicago 13]]."
+* The towers are the basis for the cover art of the band [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]'s 1979 album, ''[[Chicago 13]]''.
 * One tower is on the cover of The [[Revolting Cocks]]' debut album ''[[Big Sexy Land]]'', released in 1986 by Chicago label [[Wax Trax! Records]].
 * The label design used by [[Mercury Records]] in the 1970s and early 1980s featured a painting of the towers along with [[IBM Plaza]] and [[John Hancock Center]].
 The towers' appearances include:
-* ''[[Goldstein (film)|Goldstein]]'' (1964). Includes a sequence driving up the 14th floor parking levels.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bey |first1=Lee |title=Goldberg & ‘Goldstein’: Marina City and Chicago architecture play supporting role in two forgotten ’60s films |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/goldberg-and-goldstein-marina-city-and-chicago-architecture-play-supporting-role-in-two-forgotten-60s-films/4d27bb21-c489-4714-b1d2-ea97ff1e5844|website=wbez.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024164511/https://www.wbez.org/stories/goldberg-and-goldstein-marina-city-and-chicago-architecture-play-supporting-role-in-two-forgotten-60s-films/4d27bb21-c489-4714-b1d2-ea97ff1e5844 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |date=16 June  2011}}</ref>
+* ''[[Goldstein (film)|Goldstein]]'' (1964). Includes a sequence driving up the 14th floor parking levels.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bey |first1=Lee |title=Goldberg & 'Goldstein': Marina City and Chicago architecture play supporting role in two forgotten '60s films |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/goldberg-and-goldstein-marina-city-and-chicago-architecture-play-supporting-role-in-two-forgotten-60s-films/4d27bb21-c489-4714-b1d2-ea97ff1e5844|website=wbez.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024164511/https://www.wbez.org/stories/goldberg-and-goldstein-marina-city-and-chicago-architecture-play-supporting-role-in-two-forgotten-60s-films/4d27bb21-c489-4714-b1d2-ea97ff1e5844 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |date=16 June 2011}}</ref>
-* ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'' (1972–1978). The opening sequence included a shot of Marina City, leading many to assume that the character lived there. Marina City is situated near the building that was used for exterior shots of Bob's office, 430 North Michigan Avenue. The building used for exterior shots of Bob's apartment sits {{convert|7|mi}} to the north, on Sheridan Road in the Edgewater neighborhood.
+* ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'' (1972–1978). The opening sequence included a shot of Marina City, leading many to assume that the character lived there. Marina City is situated near the building that was used for exterior shots of Bob's office, 430 North Michigan Avenue. The building used for exterior shots of Bob's apartment sits {{convert|7|mi}} to the north, on [[Sheridan Road]] in the [[Edgewater, Chicago|Edgewater]] neighborhood.
 * ''[[Three the Hard Way (film)|Three The Hard Way]]'' (1974), Jagger Daniels (Fred Williamson) is a resident in one of the towers.
 * ''[[The Hunter (1980 film)|The Hunter]]'' (1980), "Papa" Thorson ([[Steve McQueen]]) pursues a suspect in a car chase through the parking garage. His quarry eventually loses control and drives off a high floor of the garage into the [[Chicago River]].<ref>[http://www.marinacity.org/history/story/you_parked.htm Welcome to Marina City. Don’t forget where you parked.] ''marinacity.org''</ref> This scene was later recreated for an [[Allstate]] commercial in 2006/2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeiTESMfT6Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/AeiTESMfT6Q |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>[http://www.marinacity.org/history/story/flying_car.htm Flying car sequel] ''marinacity.org''</ref>
 * ''[[Nothing In Common]]'' (1986), the parking ramp was used as a location in the [[Tom Hanks]] film.<ref>[http://www.marinacity.org/history/story/nothing_in_common.htm Nothing In Common] ''marinacity.org''</ref>
+* ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'' (1986), the towers are seen during a helicopter flyby of the city.
 * ''[[While You Were Sleeping (film)]]'' (1995), the towers are visible in the background when Lucy and her boss eat a hotdog on a bridge across the Chicago river.
 * ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'' (2014–present), the second spin-off in the ''[[Chicago (franchise)|Chicago]]'' franchise trilogy. Marina City was used to film a scene in the [[Chicago P.D. (season 3)|season 3]] episode "Debts of the Past", in which the [[Chicago Police Department]] detectives are staking out for and attempt to arrest a suspect.<ref>{{cite news|title=Got a perp who won't talk…?|url=https://www.loopnorth.com/news/suspect0901.htm|publisher=loopnorth.com|date=September 1, 2015}}</ref>
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 *''[[Gunsmith Cats|Gunsmith Cats (ガンスミス キャッツ, Gansumisu Kyattsu)]]'' (Japanese manga, 1991-1997), Marina city's distinctive parking is featured in a car chase early in the series, which features remarkably accurate portrayals of Chicago's architecture and its surroundings.
 * ''[[Candyman (2021 film)|Candyman]]'' (2021), the character Finley Stephens, an art critic, lives in Marina City. The main character, Anthony McCoy (played by [[Yahya Abdul-Mateen II]]), also has one of his Candyman-based visions in her apartment.
+* [[The Bear (TV series)|''The Bear'']] (2023), Sydney (played by [[Ayo Edebiri]]) goes on a food tour of Chicago in the second season episode "Sundae", and Marina City appears several times during a montage sequence where Sydney is inspired by the city's architecture, amongst other memories, to create a ravioli dish.
+[[File:Lego Marina City, Lego Store, Chicago, IL, USA (2024).jpg|thumb|
+A Lego model of the Marina City towers in the display window at the Chicago Lego Store]]
 == See also ==

v t e Chicago skyscrapers
Tallest buildings	875 North Michigan Avenue (formerly John Hancock Center) Aon Center Franklin Center St. Regis Chicago Trump International Hotel and Tower Two Prudential Plaza Willis Tower
Selected buildings with 20 or more floors	35 East Wacker 55 East Erie 71 South Wacker 77 West Wacker 110 North Wacker 111 South Wacker 151 North Franklin 155 North Wacker 181 West Madison 311 South Wacker 330 North Wabash 333 North Michigan 333 South Wabash (formerly CNA Center) 333 Wacker Drive 340 on the Park 400 East Randolph 401 East Ontario 425 South Financial Place 541 North Fairbanks Court (formerly Time-Life Building) 540 West Madison 860-880 Lake Shore Drive 900 North Michigan 900 West Randolph 1700 East 56th Street Accenture Tower Aqua Bilandic Building The Blackstone Hotel BCBS Tower Boeing Building Builders Building Carbide & Carbon Building Chase Tower Chicago Board of Trade Building Chicago Place Chicago Temple Building City Hall Square Building Civic Opera House Coast at Lakeshore East Consumers Building Crain Communications Building Dirksen Federal Building Essex on the Park Field Building Fisher Building Grant Thornton Tower Harbor Point Hilton Chicago Home Insurance Building James R. Thompson Center Joffrey Tower Kluczynski Federal Building Lake Point Tower LaSalle–Wacker Building Legacy Tower Leo Burnett Building London Guarantee Building Lurie Children's Hospital Marina City Masonic Temple Mather Tower Metropolitan Tower Montauk Building NBC Tower NEMA Northwestern Memorial Hospital Olympia Centre One Bennett Park One Magnificent Mile One Museum Park One North LaSalle One North Wacker One Prudential Plaza Optima Signature Palmer House Hotel Palmolive Building Park Tower The Parkshore Peoples Gas Building Pittsfield Building Plaza 440 Powhatan Apartments Presidential Towers Regents Park Richard J. Daley Center River East Center Roanoke Building The Shoreham Skybridge Shirley Ryan AbilityLab The Buckingham The Fordham The Heritage The Grant The Pinnacle Three First National Plaza Tribune Tower Virgin Hotels Chicago Waldorf Astoria Chicago Warwick Allerton Water Tower Place Wolf Point East Tower Wrigley Building
Chicago Landmark skyscrapers with 12 or more floors	300 West Adams Building The Arc at Old Colony Auditorium Building Brooks Building Bryn Mawr Apartment Hotel Chicago Building Gage Group Buildings Heyworth Building Hilliard Towers Apartments Inland Steel Building Manhattan Building Marquette Building Marshall Field and Company Building Monadnock Building Mundelein College Skyscraper Building New York Life Insurance Building Reliance Building Rookery Building Sullivan Center
See also	Architecture Art Deco Chicago City Hall Chicago School Washington Block
Buildings in italics have been demolished.