Title:
Creating Community From Concrete
Author(s):
Marilyn W. Shapiro
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
7
Issue:
11
Appears on pages(s):
21-27
Keywords:
architectu ral concrete; architecture; commercial
buildings; residential buildings; reinforced concrete; urban
development.
DOI:
Date:
11/1/1985
Abstract:
The serpentine towers of River City are an attempt to show that the physical shape of a building and the materials of which it is made can draw its inhabitants together. The first phase of this nearly-completed mixed-use complex in downtown Chicago is discussed.*