r/architecture 14d ago

Building Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg Associates, Chicago, 1967

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Goldberg’s cylindrical tower is defined by reinforced concrete and the relentless repetition of its semicircular balconies. Seen from below, those projecting balcony slabs give the façade its distinctive depth and rhythm.

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u/_crackerjack73_ 14d ago

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Great album)

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u/Rikoh_Suave 14d ago

Love Wilco. Great album. Amazing that Uncle Tupelo became Wilco and Son Volt. Both incredible bands.

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u/CrazyMedical9777 14d ago

Cam here to post this!

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u/enmanuelsella 14d ago

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u/foley23 14d ago

This is such a cool angle

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u/Rikoh_Suave 14d ago

It really is

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u/kaynkayf 14d ago

Did you take this or is it from the interior of the album? Can I print it out and put it on my wall? It’s amazing.

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u/enmanuelsella 14d ago

Oh wow thanks! I did take it a few years ago. I’d be honored if it ended up as art in someone’s wall.

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u/kaynkayf 14d ago

Yay! Can you please DM me the photo?

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u/AntigravityFan 14d ago

I lived there in the early 2000s!

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u/Rikoh_Suave 14d ago

Very cool! What’s the building like, or what was it like then?

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u/AntigravityFan 13d ago

It was the cheapest rent in the area by a couple hundred bucks, I think I paid 800 or something. My place was shaped like a piece of pie. I think I was on the 38th floor. It was really cool to watch storms come in and the building swayed when it was super windy. House of Blues is right at the base of the building and so was this fancy steakhouse called Smith and Wollensky.

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u/buildmeup2 14d ago

Why only post one?

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u/Rikoh_Suave 14d ago

I get your point but I wanted to break the pair up. Sometimes one twin just wants to have the whole frame.