Marina City Towers
Chicago, USA

HEIGHT: 179m
FLOORS: 61 floors
COMPLETION: 1962
ARCHITECT: ?
USE: Residental


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8.5, amazing design. Plus, it is on the river and it has a boat dock.

nice towers... color isn't all that great though. 7/10

6/10...Look kind of like the Petronas only a skinnier version, with an awful color and minus the height.

I like it's cylindrical design is pretty cool, but the color scheme needs a lifting. 7.0/10

6/10 not my liking.. but IT IS built in the 60's

6.5/10

Those balconies give it a nice flowery shape..but its kinda bare.

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I dig those parking lots in those towers :)
6.5/10

10/10


A classic Chitown scraper. This is the best residential tower I have seen in person.

one of the first new residentials in Chicago back then and still good looking , 9

not nice, but interesting ;)

7

10!
We are talking about masterpieces!

10/10 agree with fresón

9/10


They are really nice

corn building.. ugly.. 4/10

i think is is special
7/10

Very interesting design towers, but it's not my type

8/10

10/10 Beautiful towers in my oppinion. Also a good combination between carpark and dwellings

cool and unique architecture, but the color's sorta dull. they should spice it up a bit.

6.5

very interesting, 9/10

classic, 9/10

I love the corncobs. 9.

Looks like a pair of corn knobs. 8/10.

It's a classic... You have to see them in person to appreciate them for real..

10/10

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classic ! 8/10

Maravillosa edificación...si pudiera le daría 20...!!!!

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amazing
8/10

10/10 Perfect. Mmmm, corn on the cobb! :)

9/10

10/10

Any twin towers of this height with a boat dock deservers a perfect score. Plus, Its just perfect.

Dont like it at all. I think the shape stink and the parking lot makes the building uglier. 4/10

I give them a 9

If I did not drive often I would want to live in it. It's cool!
Getting the car in and out of there has got to be hell. That last layer of the parking deck is a long way around.

10/10

And not just 'cause I'm moving there on Wednesday :)

The balconies are huge. You can easily fit a table with four chairs and a full-size grill on them, with room to spare. They're simply continuations of the concrete floor plate from within the building.

Don't worry about the parking, it's valet. It's always been that way because the railings on the parking decks are only about three feet high.

Coolest thing: laundry rooms are on the 20th floors with panoramic views of the Loop across the river.

I love Marina City Towers, a Chitown icon...



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I gave it a 9 :D

Very nice building, but the parking lot let it down a little, and it dosen't say Chicago as clearly to me, the big balconies remind me of buildings on the Gold Coast (Australia).

I love them. 10.

10... looks like hair braids too. The people in chinatown call this tower the corn building lol.

cool towers. :) 7/10 :)

9/10

8/10

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7/10

I really like them. They aren't nice, but very original and unique. 8,5/10

10/10... classic Chicago.
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9.5/10

8/10
The best attempt to build George Jetson's apartment building here on Earth. Unique. I wouldn't mind living there at all.

They are a classic.... Period. 10/10


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10/10

It was considered innovative in 1960s.

Today, it is a classic Chicago icon.

10/10

Its hard to beleive this was built in the early 60's. It looks a lot younger than that. It has aged well. It is such a unique building and the car park's certainly add to its character. It also proves that not all of 60's modernist buildings were 'boring' boxes. Fabulous design.

It is such a unique building and the car park's certainly add to its character.

How in hell do cars not occasionally drive off the side?! I see the wires and a few stanchions...but still.

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Pure Chicago. 10/10

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The corn-cob towers as the cruise guide referred to it...I like them and aren't they adjacent to the future Trump tower?

Yeah they are just down the river a bit from Trump (not far). Across the road from IBM.

The corn-cob towers as the cruise guide referred to it...I like them and aren't they adjacent to the future Trump tower?

Not adjacent, but very close. The IBM Building separates MC from Trump.

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6/10

8.5/10

i love them, 9/10

6/10

7.5

8/10

it's an unusual design, but I like it! 9/10

7/10

2/10

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Unique. Look's like hair curlers. Also reminds me of the Jetsons. 9

2/10
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Chicago's classic. 9.0

7/10

8/10

7/10

These would be dated eyesores just about anywhere else. But they work just fine in downtown Chicago's museum of skyscraper design.

7/10

corn towers? 5/10 :)

10/10

10/10 interesingly :okay:

7/10

6/10 - interesting design.

This towers don't look finished... Like they still wait for the cladding. :ohno:

Not my cup of tea: 6,5/10

09

10/10

These towers are incredibly unique, and although I don't think towers like this should be built more often, they are still a landmark of Chicago.

9/10
A landmark indeed.
If they were refurbished with some glass balconies and modernized interiors I think it would be one of the city's most desirable places to live. Even despite the awful parkade.

8/10 I am no fan of an open car park. The balconies look very good from close, but become a dull grey mass from further.

10/10

8,5/10. When you come close, it looks pretty modern for a building built in 1962

8.5/10

8,5/10

10/10

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8,5/10

9. Very good building. Regards.

7/10

The facades are the balconies. Unique, but not very nice though 6.5/10

10/10 wow excellent

9.5/10

4/10

9/10

Icons. Helped revolutionize high rise residential design. 10

9.5 cool!

9/10

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8/10

Wow! nice towers:okay: 8,5/10