Marina City by vladlitvinov
I stayed at the 'Executive Plaza' hotel at 71 East Wacker Drive. Perhaps, it wasn't the best quality hotel in Chicago, but it was ok for my overnight staying. My room overlooked the Chicago River and a famous Marina City. Marina City, aka the 'Corn Cobs', has been known to me from my childhood (although I never been to Chicago as a child). You ask me why - ok, here is a secret. In 1977-1978 when I was 7-8 years old (I don't remember exact year), there was an exhibition 'The Architecture of the USA' brought to Chisinau. That was one of those rarest US exhibitions ever taken place in the former Soviet Union. Anyway, the two buildings of Marina City were pictured in an exhibition's booklet and that's how Chicago became associated with Marina City's corn cobs in my mind. Imagine my excitement when I stepped into a hotel's room, looked at the window and, wow, saw those corn cobs from the 'Architecture of the USA' booklet (I even forgot to turn off the flashlight in my excitement).
