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    Marina City, Chicago; Bertrand Goldberg, arch.

    © Stephanie Fysh 2006; all rights reserved. Currently held in private collections in Toronto and in North Dakota, USA; published in JPG Magazine

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    1. ★

      Metrix X, nj dodge, krukkic, ken mccown, and 201 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Roberto Delduque [deleted] (86 months ago | reply)

      ****
      Wow!!!
      Linda!!!!
      Belo pb!!!!!

    3. jot.de (86 months ago | reply)

      very surreal, great tone and contrast!

    4. Metrix X (86 months ago | reply)

      Love this B&W the intersection of 2 cylinders.

    5. Thomas Boblett [deleted] (86 months ago | reply)

      nice work in this. good framing and a wonderful b&w image

    6. Steph Cloutier (86 months ago | reply)

      These apartment buildings are just beautiful. I love the architectural detail of the balconies, and the fact that the parking garage is open and just below them, not underground.

      It's a shame that some new condo buildings lack creative graphic details like that.

    7. nj dodge (86 months ago | reply)

      Hey, wait a minute. These look familiar for some reason. ;~)) Very nice in b&w and square.

    8. boristheblade (86 months ago | reply)

      For some reason I want to see this upside down. I think it is because the motion in this image pushes upward, and it makes me feel uncomfortable, so I want it to be pushing downward.

    9. photojunkie (86 months ago | reply)

      I adore this building

    10. Shield (86 months ago | reply)

      hey, this is great.

    11. flyzipper (86 months ago | reply)

      I see two cobs of corn, but mainly because I'm hungry right now I think.

    12. Lú_ (86 months ago | reply)

      Thanks, everybody! And here I posted this mainly because I felt a dearth of black and white in my stream lately. :) (I still have to do something about yesterday's identifies Guinness dearth, though.)

      @Steffie, I heard from a local the first time I was in Chicago that the building could be in much better shape than it is, unfortunately. But, much as I admire height in buildings, this is still the only apartment tower I've ever seen that I've actually wanted to live in.

      @Roger, this is actually a different shot from the others. :)

      @Joseph, I'll just have to leave you off the housewarming invite list when I finally get my Marina City apartment. ;)

      @Steve, in the right light, they're yellow.

    13. ectomorfo (86 months ago | reply)

      I really like the way you've framed this... for me, it jars and creates tension. I also like it this way up! These remind me a little of Centre Point in London.

    14. hyfen (86 months ago | reply)

      Love it

    15. lemon hound (86 months ago | reply)

      fabulous!

    16. Atelier Teee (86 months ago | reply)

      Lu--nice shot; how did you find it without no cars in the parking bays? Whenever I've tried to shoot Marina City there are always cars parked all the way up the ramp.

      flyzipper--the architect, Bertrand Goldberg, took his inspiration from corncobs, so your impression was not just the result of hunger pangs.

    17. Metrix X (86 months ago | reply)

      Almost this exact photo at a contact opening this evening.

    18. Lú_ (86 months ago | reply)

      Luck, Teee? Or maybe they all took cabs home after St. Patrick's Day.

      And ha, Ryan! I hardly thought it was unique. :)

    19. EMIJEZ (86 months ago | reply)

      my uncle used to live there and when we were kids he used to take us to the roof and let us rollerskate up there, (he knew the security guard to let us up there).

      the wind was so strong and we were so little that it literally blew us around the roof in circles. we got such a kick out of it.

      thanks for posting this, not only is it an excellent photo, but it brought back some wonderful childhood memories.

    20. Slippery Tiger (86 months ago | reply)

      Sweet grab. Go Chi-town!

    21. S.C. Asher (86 months ago | reply)

      Oh man. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

    22. Carrie Musgrave | Livebabylive.com (86 months ago | reply)

      I love these buildings...and love the cover of YHF because of it.

    23. razorbern (86 months ago | reply)

      great shot lú... great pencil drawing b/w tones, too.

    24. aj_bend (86 months ago | reply)

      Great shot! I moved to L.A. three weeks ago, but before then I worked at a business in Marina City for over a year. Brings back warm (and chilly) memories of Chicago...

    25. jon madison (86 months ago | reply)

      oooh i miss chicago.

      loved passing these driving on lakeshore.

      (well, at least i think these are those, right ;)

    26. -Antoine- (86 months ago | reply)

      Very nicely framed. This is quite enjoyable to look at!

    27. 8ran (86 months ago | reply)

      Ahhh... love these buildings ;)

    28. Irina Souiki (86 months ago | reply)

      I was sooo going to suggest this one! It is one of the reasons I fear to close the submissions on Picture the Cure. Because folks may come up with gems afterwards and then what? :-)

    29. DanielN (86 months ago | reply)

      the future is now! Love all the lines, and frames in this shot. The tones look amazing. Great capture.

    30. arndalarm (85 months ago | reply)

      Awesome detail shot!

    31. bettyfrascati (85 months ago | reply)

      The stuff of sci-fi nightmares, I imagine these suddenly cranking up and spinning through the city like a giant crusher, obliterating everything in it's path! Overactive imagination?!!

    32. richardcclark (85 months ago | reply)

      How funny, I marked this as a fav about a month ago, and this week I was in Chicago for the first time. I saw these buildings and kept wondering why they seemed familiar to me. Now I know.

    33. Lú_ (85 months ago | reply)

      :D

      I wonder how often that could happen to people in general? Now I wish I could search my favorites by tags, to find the places I should visit!

    34. Eris23 [forever oldskool] (84 months ago | reply)

      Amazing, first i thought they built a second tower in Augsburg/ Germany.

      wave of... mutilation

    35. Hugo Provoste (84 months ago | reply)

      Really fantastic!!!!!

    36. Florentina Hansen (84 months ago | reply)

      I am speachless...what a great picture!

    37. Lú_ (84 months ago | reply)

      Thank you once again to all of you -- your support for my work has meant a lot to me.

      A matted and framed print of this image, and others, will be auctioned off alongside those of several other photographers on August 21 to benefit the Canadian Cancer Society at a Toronto event -- Picture the Cure -- organized by Irina Souiki. Details are available on my website. Please do consider setting aside the date for this worthwhile (and exciting) event.

      picturethecure.ca/index.php

    38. Lú_ (82 months ago | reply)

      hope to see some of you tonight!

      picture the cure

      If you can't be there, please consider making a donation, at www.picturethecure.ca -- there are postcards available for donations of $10 and up.

    39. hellophotokitty (76 months ago | reply)

      Hey! That's on the Wilco CD!

    40. Lú_ (76 months ago | reply)

      yeah - I finally figured out why people kept saying "yankee hotel foxtrot" around here! I haven't got any Wilco :)

    41. drayde (76 months ago | reply)

      Superb!

    42. Life in Still (74 months ago | reply)

      Excellent ! I took the same buildings in Chicago just last summer but from the river. I've captioned them " Silent Cannons " as they look like cannons from a war ship. 2 copies exclusively produced for a private collector in Toronto. Chicago has some amazing architecture.

    43. Adam FLiK (70 months ago | reply)

      yay chicago!!

    44. szeretlek_ma (70 months ago | reply)

      great shot!!

    45. Nick_in_Atlanta (69 months ago | reply)

      I grew up just north of Chicago and have seen numerous photos of these two buildings and seen them on movies and TV shows (eg The Bob Newhart Show), but you have definitely made them your own with this photo. Wonderful lighting, great point of view and the B&W work to create a whole new view of these two buildings.

      A fave of mine.

    46. Lú_ (69 months ago | reply)

      Round lives framed square is published in the latest issue of JPG Magazine, one of fifteen photographs in the Adobe-sponsored feature "Creative License," focusing on photography as design. Many thanks to JPG for the support of my work and that of so many other terrific photographers, including Kampanat Kaewngam, whose Spider Web, on the right, I love.

      jpg_magazine_issue_12 15_sm

    47. harleyp89 [deleted] (68 months ago | reply)

      I love love love the marina buildings.

    48. Nick_in_Atlanta (68 months ago | reply)

      I did see your photo in JPEG magazine last weekend, but I couldn't remember whose it was when I saw it. Congrats on the great acknowledgment of your talent.

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      Seen in my recent comments. (?)

    49. Yanks4Life23519 (67 months ago | reply)

      This picture is great! I'd appreciate it if you came and posted this photo and any others you have in Black and White Photography =) Thank you!

    50. R°sie (67 months ago | reply)

      Love the geometry. Such a strange building...

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      Found in your popular shots. (?)

    51. Joel Illidge (65 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called B&W City, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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