Marina City is a mixed-use residential-commercial building complex in Chicago, Illinois, designed by architect Bertrand Goldberg. The multi-building complex opened between 1963 and 1967 and occupies almost an entire city block on the north bank of the Chicago River.

Marina Towers by Paul Sager, on Flickr


Images captured in this post use the Sony a7II 24MP mirrorless digital camera with a manual focus Canon FD 24mm f/1.4L lens, mounted with a Metabones adapter. The images were captured in Sony's RAW format and processed in Lightroom v6. An HDR effect was applied to most of the images using Topaz Adjust.

Built by Marshall Field & Co. and later owned by the Kennedy family, the Merchandise Mart is a commercial building located in downtown Chicago. When it was opened in 1930, 'the Mart' was the largest building in the world, with 4,000,000 square feet of floor space. The Mart centralized Chicago's wholesale goods business by consolidating architectural and interior design vendors and trades under a single roof.

Merchandise Mart


A 24mm lens provides about twice the angle of view of a 35mm lens and about three times that of the 50mm lens.

The Civic Opera House, also called Lyric Opera House, is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Built for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1929, today it is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Civic Opera House


When ground was broken for the Wrigley Building in 1920, there were no major office buildings north of the Chicago River. The Michigan Avenue Bridge, which spans the river just south of the building, was still under construction. The land was selected by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. for the headquarters of his company.

Wrigley Building


The 24mm focal length is wide enough to show a wide angle perspective - emphasizing the foreground subject, de-emphasizing but retaining the background (making background details appear smaller but sharper) and creating a sense of presence.

Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier station built in 1881. The station serves as Amtrak's flagship station in the Midwest, and is also the downtown terminus for six Metra commuter lines. Chicago Union Station is the fourth-busiest rail terminal in the United States.

Union Station


The Canon FD lens mount was introduced in March 1971 with the Canon F-1 camera. It served as the Canon SLR interchangeable lens mounting system until the 1987 introduction of the Canon EOS series cameras, which use the newer EF lens mount. Over the 21-plus years of production, Canon introduced 134 different FD lenses ranging from 7.5mm through 1,200mm. FD lenses can be used on many mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (MILC) with a suitable adapter. They are a popular alternative to modern lenses, though they lack autofocus.

Union Station is one of several Beaux-Arts railroad stations built in the 1920s & '30s in the era called the "American Renaissance", combining traditional architecture with engineering technology, circulation patterning and urban planning.

Union Station


The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles that runs through the city of Chicago, including the very center of downtown. The river is represented on the Municipal Flag of Chicago by two horizontal blue stripes.

Chicago Skyline


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Marina City is a mixed-use residential-commercial building complex in Chicago, Illinois, designed by architect Bertrand Goldberg. The multi-building complex opened between 1963 and 1967 and occupies almost an entire city block on the north bank of the Chicago River.

Images captured in this post use the Sony a7II 24MP mirrorless digital camera with a manual focus Canon FD 24mm f/1.4L lens, mounted with a Metabones adapter. The images were captured in Sony's RAW format and processed in Lightroom v6. An HDR effect was applied to most of the images using Topaz Adjust.

Built by Marshall Field & Co. and later owned by the Kennedy family, the Merchandise Mart is a commercial building located in downtown Chicago. When it was opened in 1930, 'the Mart' was the largest building in the world, with 4,000,000 square feet of floor space. The Mart centralized Chicago's wholesale goods business by consolidating architectural and interior design vendors and trades under a single roof.

A 24mm lens provides about twice the angle of view of a 35mm lens and about three times that of the 50mm lens.

The Civic Opera House, also called Lyric Opera House, is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Built for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1929, today it is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

When ground was broken for the Wrigley Building in 1920, there were no major office buildings north of the Chicago River. The Michigan Avenue Bridge, which spans the river just south of the building, was still under construction. The land was selected by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. for the headquarters of his company.

The 24mm focal length is wide enough to show a wide angle perspective - emphasizing the foreground subject, de-emphasizing but retaining the background (making background details appear smaller but sharper) and creating a sense of presence.

Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier station built in 1881. The station serves as Amtrak's flagship station in the Midwest, and is also the downtown terminus for six Metra commuter lines. Chicago Union Station is the fourth-busiest rail terminal in the United States.

The Canon FD lens mount was introduced in March 1971 with the Canon F-1 camera. It served as the Canon SLR interchangeable lens mounting system until the 1987 introduction of the Canon EOS series cameras, which use the newer EF lens mount. Over the 21-plus years of production, Canon introduced 134 different FD lenses ranging from 7.5mm through 1,200mm. FD lenses can be used on many mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (MILC) with a suitable adapter. They are a popular alternative to modern lenses, though they lack autofocus.

Union Station is one of several Beaux-Arts railroad stations built in the 1920s & '30s in the era called the "American Renaissance", combining traditional architecture with engineering technology, circulation patterning and urban planning.

The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles that runs through the city of Chicago, including the very center of downtown. The river is represented on the Municipal Flag of Chicago by two horizontal blue stripes.


These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.

Marina City is a mixed-use residential-commercial building complex in Chicago, Illinois, designed by architect Bertrand Goldberg. The multi-building complex opened between 1963 and 1967 and occupies almost an entire city block on the north bank of the Chicago River.

Marina Towers by Paul Sager, on Flickr


Images captured in this post use the Sony a7II 24MP mirrorless digital camera with a manual focus Canon FD 24mm f/1.4L lens, mounted with a Metabones adapter. The images were captured in Sony's RAW format and processed in Lightroom v6. An HDR effect was applied to most of the images using Topaz Adjust.

Built by Marshall Field & Co. and later owned by the Kennedy family, the Merchandise Mart is a commercial building located in downtown Chicago. When it was opened in 1930, 'the Mart' was the largest building in the world, with 4,000,000 square feet of floor space. The Mart centralized Chicago's wholesale goods business by consolidating architectural and interior design vendors and trades under a single roof.

Merchandise Mart


A 24mm lens provides about twice the angle of view of a 35mm lens and about three times that of the 50mm lens.

The Civic Opera House, also called Lyric Opera House, is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. Built for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1929, today it is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Civic Opera House


When ground was broken for the Wrigley Building in 1920, there were no major office buildings north of the Chicago River. The Michigan Avenue Bridge, which spans the river just south of the building, was still under construction. The land was selected by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. for the headquarters of his company.

Wrigley Building


The 24mm focal length is wide enough to show a wide angle perspective - emphasizing the foreground subject, de-emphasizing but retaining the background (making background details appear smaller but sharper) and creating a sense of presence.

Chicago Union Station opened in 1925, replacing an earlier station built in 1881. The station serves as Amtrak's flagship station in the Midwest, and is also the downtown terminus for six Metra commuter lines. Chicago Union Station is the fourth-busiest rail terminal in the United States.

Union Station


The Canon FD lens mount was introduced in March 1971 with the Canon F-1 camera. It served as the Canon SLR interchangeable lens mounting system until the 1987 introduction of the Canon EOS series cameras, which use the newer EF lens mount. Over the 21-plus years of production, Canon introduced 134 different FD lenses ranging from 7.5mm through 1,200mm. FD lenses can be used on many mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (MILC) with a suitable adapter. They are a popular alternative to modern lenses, though they lack autofocus.

Union Station is one of several Beaux-Arts railroad stations built in the 1920s & '30s in the era called the "American Renaissance", combining traditional architecture with engineering technology, circulation patterning and urban planning.

Union Station


The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles that runs through the city of Chicago, including the very center of downtown. The river is represented on the Municipal Flag of Chicago by two horizontal blue stripes.

Chicago Skyline


These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.