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Marina City, Chicago, Illinois

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Original – Marina City is a mixed-use residential/commercial building complex in Chicago, Illinois. It sits on the north bank of the Chicago River across from the Chicago Loop. The complex, that was designed in 1959 and completed in 1964, consists of two corncob-shaped 179 m, 65-story towers.

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Marina City

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Poco a poco

• Support as nominator – TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 23:20, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support For some reason I thought the right-hand tower was fanning out, but I checked with a straight edge (browser window) and it's correct. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:07, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

^{Crisco, how does the Lindau lighthouse (below) measure up on your straight edge? Sca (talk)}

• Looks fine. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:30, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

• Support - rather good pic, actually. Hafspajen (talk) 08:32, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support Lots of detail. Charming design. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:03, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
• Comment There seems to be wide angle distortion that could be corrected - the towers appear oval, and, from this perspective, as though facing away from each other. I believe they are in fact round. This issue is separate from what Crisco said about the verticals. In fact, if you address only the verticals without a more comprehensive lens correction, you risk exacerbating other distortions, as may have happened here. I did a quick check, and adding a bit of pincushion correction does improve the situation at the top of the image. Cf. this image which shows slight distortion in the opposite direction. Samsara 17:17, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Feel free to post your pincushion corrected version for consideration.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:02, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
• Support- Welcome back Tony..Ṫ Ḧ ^{the fury of the nature}_{given flesh} 13:32, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Marina City, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-20, DD 01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:21, 21 February 2015 (UTC)