River City (building)

River City

River City viewed from the north.
General information
Type Mixed use:
Residential, Commercial, Parking, Marina
Location 800 South Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Coordinates 41°52′17″N 87°38′04″W / 41.871399°N 87.634522°W / 41.871399; -87.634522Coordinates: 41°52′17″N 87°38′04″W / 41.871399°N 87.634522°W / 41.871399; -87.634522
Completed 1986
Design and construction
Architect Bertrand Goldberg

River City is a mixed-use building at 800 South Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by Bertrand Goldberg, to whose Marina City it bears clear affinities, and was completed in 1986. The S-shaped structure located in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago alongside the Chicago River houses a 70 slip marina, indoor parking, commercial space, apartments (later converted to condominiums), and even a preschool.[1][2]

River City was originally conceived on a much larger scale. It was to consist of six of 72 story mixed-use skyscrapers capable of housing 20,000 people, the grand culmination of Goldberg's utopian vision of a "city within a city".[1][3][4] Goldberg was unable to secure approval for this ambitious project from Chicago's Plan Commission, however. The project went through various re-designs over the next decade, ultimately resulting in the scaled-down S-shaped structure we see today.

References

  1. 1 2 "Despite Some Troubles With River City, Goldberg Dream Rises Beyond Ordinary - Chicago Tribune". articles.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  2. ↑ "http://thevillagellc.com/". thevillagellc.com. Retrieved 2015-02-13. External link in |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Bertrand Goldberg | River City". bertrandgoldberg.org. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  4. ↑ "The Critical Mass of Urbanism: River City, Chicago, IL | The Art Institute of Chicago". artic.edu. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
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