See the Inside of the Iconic Marina City Towers in Downtown Chicago

I stand and stare at these buildings every time I see a show at the House of Blues. I've always wondered what they looked like inside. Just wow.

Nicknamed the 'corncob towers', The Marina City towers are quite an architectural sight to behold. The balconies are meant to resemble pedals on a flower. As I've stood in the House of Blues parking lot, I've wondered how scary it is to park in this building. The fear of pulling in too far would freak me out. The 587-foot, 65-story towers were completed in 1964, and at that time, they were both the tallest residential buildings and the tallest reinforced concrete structures in the world. (wikipedia)

Here are some great Fun Facts about Marina City:

• Marina City’s many film credits include Steve McQueen’s last film, The Hunter. Marina City has also appeared in Batman Begins, Captain Ron, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Contagion, Divergent, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, I, Robot, Source Code, Stranger Than Fiction, The Blues Brothers, The Break-Up,The Dark Knight, and Wanted. In Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon, Marina City is depicted with extensive damage inflicted by alien robots. It appears in the opening credits of the 1970s TV show The Bob Newhart Show and in the closing credits of Good Times.
• The first owner of the land on which Marina City is now located was Dr. Alexander Wolcott, Jr. He bought the lot at an auction in 1830 for $685.
• Every day at 5:30 p.m., circa 1964, the ship’s bell in the Ship’s Bar & Lounge at Marina City, built in the shape of a ship, would be rung and anyone sitting at the bar could buy for five cents (36 cents in today’s money) another of what they were currently drinking.

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