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River City

This is an archived listing.

Address

800 S. Wells St.

Neighborhood

Downtown

Architect

Bertrand Goldberg, 1986

Description

Building on the concept of the iconic Marina City, Bertrand Goldberg envisioned River City as a tall, dense riverfront “city-within-a-city.” After more than a decade of revisions and battles with city planners and investors, the project was built in a smaller snake-like form. Goldberg said this was an “unfolding” of the original tower plan. Behind rusticated stone arches evoking railroad viaducts is a massive mixed-use complex with commercial space and a 70-slip marina. Higher up, residences flank the meandering River Road, a soaring concourse whose concrete curves and glass-block ceiling remain futuristic to this day.

Archived In

2016