“At Quaker, we believe in providing nutritious food options that bring families together, so we’re happy to be a part of this event that the entire family can enjoy.” “As a Chicago based company we value our local community and are excited to help offer a family-fun experience, free of charge,” said Robbert Rietbroek, senior vice president and general manager at Quaker Foods North America. “We are thrilled to partner with The Quaker Oats Company to offer a free day of active play and high-quality snacks.” “At Chicago Children’s Museum, play can be a meaningful connection to healthy lifestyle choices,” said CCM President and CEO Jennifer Farrington. This one-day event provides families the opportunity to experience the museum for free and participate in a number of fun experiences including Ring Around the Parachute, Dance Parties, and all of the incredible exhibits at the museum. Designed as a “city within a city,” with shopping, dining, office buildings, recreational spaces, and entertainment for its residents, the then-novel concept was part of a movement encouraging Chicagoans to return to downtown from the suburbs.CHICAGO – The Quaker Oats Company and Chicago Children’s Museum have teamed up to provide families a full-day experience at the museum. Forty-stories of pie-shaped apartments, designed to emphasize city views, sit atop twenty stories of parking. You can head up to roof decks for 360 degree views of the city skyline, rent boats in the attached marina to explore the Chicago river, dine in restaurants like Smith and Wollensky’s Grill, catch a concert in the House of Blues, and even use the structures’ ice skating rink, swimming pool, and bowling alley.Marina City’s 588-foot towers, designed by great Chicago architect Bertrand Goldberg, were the tallest residential structures and the tallest concrete buildings in the world when they were constructed in the early 1960s. While the historic buildings are largely residential-some 1,400 people call Marina City home today-visitors are welcome to the complex. Its scalloped “corn-on-the-cob” exterior, formed by undulating half-moon balconies, has made it instantly recognizable and a popular setting in movies such as Batman Begins, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and The Blues Brothers. The dueling main columns of Marina City overlook the Chicago River.

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