City Within a City: The Biography of Chicago’s Marina City
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1960s
1970s
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1960s

A mixed-use laboratory
Paying for Marina City
Groundbreaking
Laying the foundation
Marina City starts to rise
Spiral parking ramps leased
43-story plunge
The 16-story fence
Topping out
Top of the tower
Clarence Ekstrom, McHugh Project Manager
Mock-ups and models
The world anxiously waits
Seven injured in second accident
Banking on Marina City
National Design Center signs lease
Moving Day
Star map buried
The pioneers
Hilton signs up to run Marina City’s first restaurant
Marina City’s theatrical flourish
Mass media darling
Life In The Round
Postcards from Marina City
From Marina City
The incredible shrinking marina
Battle for control of Marina City
Mike Kobluk: Former Marina City resident and voice of a generation
The executive board decides
‘Downtown at Marina City, it’s 30 degrees at WCFL’
Marina City strikes deal for bowling alley
‘Things to see and do at Marina City’
Richard Hauff, a ‘friend of ours,’ and Murray The Camel
Station of Tomorrow
Skating around Marina City
Flying down with the garbage
Marina City’s first murder
The lobby of tomorrow

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