Great location within walking distance to groceries, train stops, nightlife, restaurants, and shopping. The river walk is your front yard and is perfect for daily exercise needs. The apartments all have balconies for summertime enjoyment. Building has security guard 24/7 and package room with attendant. The bottom floor also has a convenience store to buy a quick meal/cleaning supplies/drinks etc.

Cons: outdated units, parking not included and expensive in the area, have to pay for laundry on 20th floor of the building.

Great experience and building! Beautiful architecture! The building staff are very nice and friendly and very helpful! Night life is great with many bars and restaurants around!

It's been a great experience so far. Very friendly staff, great location and near public transportation, great night life. Management is very accommodating and very responsive.

Convenient location, walking distance from shops and train station. Great building with efficient maintenance and management. There are also plenty of modern amenities included in the Unit which is great.

I have had a solid experience. No complaints. Every time I have an issue, management is very quick to respond and get it solved. Other than that, I don't have much to say. They always say hi when I walk by. Very friendly, and very responsive when I need it.

Large balcony spaces great for gatherings. One of the few buildings in the area allowing grills on balconies. Building is older for the area and provides a great value for residents. Across the street from downtown and close to all train and bus lines. Pet restrictions are strictly enforced

Magnificent view, super nice people and fast maintenance people! There's also a great rooftop on each tower - it's also one of the highest open rooftops in the City of Chicago. It is very close to the State/lake Station, which has access to the most "L" lines.

Marina Towers is a HUGE community - two, 60 floor towers, encompassing almost 900 units. It's a Chicago landmark and almost feels like a neighborhood in it of itself. With something that big, there are of course pros and cons, but my experience has been generally possible.

As a recent graduate, my most important consideration was living somewhere reasonably priced in a relatively safe location. I was able to get a nice 1 bedroom for under $1400 at Marina City. The location is incredibly convenient and management is outstanding. What sets Marina City apart is the balcony - by far the biggest balcony you can get in downtown Chicago at my price point. The view is flat out amazing.

The building amenities are limited, but there is a functional gym and a roof deck. Also the elevators are incredibly fast - might seem like a minor point, but its really helpful given how many floors the building has.

Would highly recommend!

The apartment is small overall but very open and spacious - perfect for a couple with no kids. The location is incredible. Right on the Chicago River overlooking the water (so the view is amazing), lots of places to go nearby. My husband works a 15minute walk away from the building so he never has to deal with commuting which is also great. I hope to get a job in a similar location. Being so close to the loop, there are a lot of options.
Additionally, we have access to a room with gym equipment in the building, a laundry room and the towers often hold little events for residents like movie nights or art meetings etc. I've never been, but it's sweet that it exists. My floor is pretty empty, maybe 4 other residents that I ever see. The building seems full of young people in their 20s - 30s, and older people around 65 + but not a lot of people in between that (at least in my experience)

the rooftop on 61th floor is amazing. you can see fire works over the summer and they do movie night on the roof during summer. people are nice and the location is really nice. having all different grocery store and train stations in walking distance and bus stop right next to entrance.