dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Chicago, Illinois, United States | en_US |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1959-1964 (creation) | en_US |
dc.creator | Goldberg, Bertrand | en_US |
dc.date | 1959-1964 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-29T17:13:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-29T17:13:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1959-1964 | en_US |
dc.identifier | 212557 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 75 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119986 | |
dc.description | Upper portion of the west tower of Marina City; When finished, the two towers were both the tallest residential buildings and the tallest reinforced concrete structures in the world. The complex was billed as a "city within a city", featuring numerous on-site facilities including a theatre, gym, swimming pool, ice rink, bowling alley, several stores and restaurants, and of course, a marina. Marina City was the first urban post-war 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 has been widely copied throughout downtown Chicago. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 11/12/2007) | en_US |
dc.format.medium | concrete; steel; glass | en_US |
dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
dc.subject | City planning | en_US |
dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
dc.title | Marina City | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Marina Towers | en_US |
dc.type | image | en_US |
dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-GB-MC-A5 | en_US |
vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
vra.worktype | mixed-use development | en_US |
vra.worktype | auditorium | en_US |
vra.worktype | apartment house | en_US |
vra.worktype | hotel (public accommodation) | en_US |
dc.contributor.display | Bertrand Goldberg (American architect, 1913-1997) | en_US |