This is Bertrand Goldberg's Marina City (or Towers as some people call it) photographed in 1967. My apologies to whoever took this photo. I would have asked permission to use it, but couldn't find a link to that person.
Marina City was designed to be a self-contained residence with all the amenities, up to and including a laundromat, parking facilities, and a bowling alley. I guess it's still all of that. Pretty trendy place, too - the laundromats now accept the equivalent of an ATM/debit card which beats searching through the pockets of your laundry for quarters to feed the suds beast. You'll notice two big antennas on the west tower - they were put there by WLS-TV Channel 7 and the "7" logo lit up day and night idntifying the antennas' owners. The other mast pulsed like a giant red thermometer in response to atmospheric temperatures. The warmer the temp, the higher the red pulse went. Cool stuff, especially viewed at night. I never got enough of them. When you're a kid, the sense of wonderment is there. Get older, things like that don't make a lot of difference. I'll mature, but I'll be dog-goned if I give up wonderment.
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