Marina City
This post covers everything you always wanted to know about Marina City but didn't know whom to ask. Irrespective of the scandals that have plagued Chicago's favorite high0rise corncobs, Marina City still represents a stunning achievement in mid-century architectural design and urban planning. Here
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If you've lived in one Chicago high-rise, you've lived in them all? Not by a longshot. While residents of Marina City allege deeply entrenched condo board mismanagement in the wake of board member Gary S. Kimmel's federal indictment on prostitution-related money-laundering charges, the situation cou
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Much has been said about Gary Kimmel and his federal indictment on money-laundering charges for allegedly helping a national prostitution ring operate out of Marina City. An informed opinion is always a better opinion. So for the sake of fairness, here are links to the U.S. Department of Justice doc
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Resident discontent stemming from last week's high-rise hooker scandal involving former condo board member Gary Kimmel continues to grow here at Marina City. A 'Security Meeting' last night--the first for well over a year--billed in advance as a 'Q & A Session' with Marina City's security contractor
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Such was the description that arose last night at Marina City to describe the prostitution bombshell that earlier this week shocked residents and scandalized the condo board of this twin-towered, 60-story apartment complex. Lobbies, elevators, and hallways were abuzz with residents trying to gossip
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Gary S. Kimmel is a longtime Marina City resident, a prominent condo board member, a respected family dentist, and a (several floors) upstairs neighbor of mine. Yesterday, he was indicted for laundering money for a nationwide prostitution ring that he allegedly allowed to operate out of nine Marina
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You've seen him, dressing in shiny, neon-colored suits and spinning around and waving at tour boats all summer long from Chicago River bridges. He's Vincent P. Falk, but boat crews call him 'Riverace' (rhymes with Liberace,) and he's a summer fixture in downtown Chicago.
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The good news: Marina City has 1960s state-of-the-art architecture. The bad news: Marina City has 1960s state-of-the-art technology.
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I never thought that bad balcony behavior at Marina City could any get worse. Well, tie me up in rope lights, folks, because the corncobs have reached an explosive new low: fireworks dropped from high-rise floors.
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Being a good Marina Citizen, there are things that I just won’t do on my 175-square-foot, petal-shaped, 38th-floor balcony. Trouble is, the younger set has no tolerance for convention. From the ground, nothing would belie our beloved corncobs’ monumental mid-century modern style. But looking from on
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42nd Ward Alderman Burt Natarus loves to cozy to local business interests. But when idling tour buses take over your neighborhood, you have to draw the line somewhere. Today I wrote Natarus to tell him so.
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Ok. Let's get this all out of the way up front so that we can proceed to other topics. You know you want to know. You'll be happier, I'll be happier, Bertrand Goldberg will be happier. Answers to the most-asked questions about my humble abode, Marina City.