MARINA CITY lecture and book signing on 6/21 in Chicago! · Jun 15, 02:27 PM
Marina City: Bertrand Goldberg’s Urban Vision
Book Signing and Talk
Igor Marjanovic & Katerina Rüedi Ray
June 21st at 6PM
Please join authors Igor Marjanovic and Katerina Rüedi Ray on June 21st at 6PM for a discussion and book signing of their new book Marina City: Bertrand Goldberg’s Urban Vision.
Madlener House
4 West Burton Place, Chicago
Admission: Free
Seating is limited
Please RSVP to rsvp@grahamfoundation.org
About the recently published Marina City: Bertrand Goldberg’s Urban Vision:
Authors Igor Marjanovic and Katerina Rüedi Ray present the first history of this architectural landmark. Featuring newly available archival texts, photographs, and drawings, this unique building’s biography explores not only its architectural achievements, but also the ingenious marketing campaign and complex network of political partnerships necessary to realize Goldberg’s urban vision. As the architect’s beautifully designed brochures detailed, Marina City offered residents a self-contained world that included a theater, restaurant, bowling alley, health club, ice-skating rink, grocery store, a bank, and much more. It is no wonder that before it was finished 2,500 applications had been submitted to rent 896 apartments. From financing to the structural engineering, this one-of-a-kind volume fills in missing chapters of modern architecture, urban politics, and labor history.
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