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Public Hearing Set for Marina City Landmark Status
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks will hold a public hearing Oct. 16 to discuss landmark status for Marina City. The hearing will be held 9:30am in Room 1103 at City Hall. The Commission approved preliminary landmark status for Bertrand Goldberg's iconic corncob-shaped twin towers in July.
The 65-story buildings were an early example of affordable housing in Chicago, conceived as housing for the Building Service Employees International Union by its president, William McFetridge. McFetridge enlisted Goldberg to design the project. Goldberg came up with a design that differed dramatically from the boxy, Miesian architecture of the time.
