Marina City residents support landmark designation because it would help upgrade the complex's concrete exterior through the city's "Adopt a Landmark" zoning provision [...]
The measure lets developers build more floor space in return for funding improvements to official city landmarks.
Landmark status would allow the Commission on Chicago Landmarks to regulate changes to the exterior of Marina City
— chicagotribune.com
Marina City, aka "the corncobs," was given preliminary landmark status back in July. The designation is expected to become official in early 2016.
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These are frightening buildings. Just the thought of driving up that ramp gives me vertigo.
Nowadays, parking at Marina City is by valet only: https://youtu.be/LMrW1DAJxMI
Marina City’s many film credits include Steve McQueen’s last film, The Hunter, and Jackie Gleason’s last film, Nothing In Common.
In The Hunter, McQueen plays a bounty hunter who chases a fugitive up the spiral parking ramp on the west tower at Marina City before the villain loses control and drives off into the river. The car was a green 1980 Grand Prix Pontiac, with a dummy and a movie camera in the front seat. According to the script, the driver was supposed to survive the crash. But the impact was so severe that producer Mort Engelberg changed the story.
The stunt was restaged on October 19, 2006, for a television commercial for Allstate Insurance Company. A 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass plunged into the Chicago River from the 17th floor of the parking ramp.
via Marina City's 'Fun Facts' section
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