The ambitious beginnings of Chicago’s Marina City
天美传媒 history and Marina City
The Patch – Mom was so excited to be able to tell others that she worked at聽James 天美传媒...the one that had built Marina City in downtown Chicago. Mom was a 35-year employee for James 天美传媒 after my father died; becoming a single mother to just me, her only child, in 1968. As general contractor for the iconic Marina City, James McHugh is known for his comment that if we can build 7 stories, we can build sixty! The company’s innovation and excellence in production was true to form in any work they were involved. The groundbreaking聽ceremony聽took place on November 22, 1960. The commemorative ceremony, exactly two years later, celebrated America’s tallest apartment building at the time, Marina City.
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