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Buy this old post office! The auction selling off the old Main Chicago Post Office (433 W. Van Buren) kicks off August 27 and Rick Levin & Associates Inc., which is running the auction, has suggested opening bid of $300,000. Which is cheaper than a helluva lot of condos and houses on the North Side. Of course, we expect to sell for just a little bit more than that. Sure, it's a fixer-upper, but: three million square feet, on the river, easy access to an interstate that, uh, passes underneath it, West Loopish location...[Sun-Times]
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I heard that the structure is loaded with asbestos. The opening bid is certainly attractive, but many shoes have to drop before that building will be viable.
Wasn't the bank scene in the beginning of the dark knight filmed in the lobby of this?
Indeed it was. Begs for a "Heath Ledger Walked Here!" sign
Oh come on most awesome indoor paintball place on the PLANET!!!!
CASINO.
No, seriously. What the hell can you do with this building? It's far too big, with far too little window access for condo conversion. Probably ditto for offices, even if there was a market for office space. Michigan Ave. is suffering, so the last thing we need is another downtown mall.
So uhh...what else can take up that kind of space?