25 Jul richard nickel photographs of bertrand goldberg’s iconic marina city under construction

collection of richard nickel 8 x 10 images of bertrand goldberg’s marina city. nickel clearly invested a lot of time and thought into documenting the towers from within and afar.

marina city complex was designed by bertrand golberg in 1959 and built between 1961-1968. 

note: i decided to digitize every image available in the folder to reflect nickel’s extensive effort documenting marina city. there are several images to click through.

images courtesy of the ryerson and burnham archive, art institute of chicago.