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Old Chicago Main Post Office Phase II
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General information
Status Never built
Type Supertall skyscraper
Location Chicago, Illinois
Address West Congress Parkway and South Canal Street, 433 West Van Buren
Country United States
Cost $3.5 billion
Height
Roof 2,000 feet (610 m)
Technical details
Floor count 120
Floor area 16,000,000 square feet (1,500,000 m2)
Design and construction
Architect Booth Hansen
Developer International Property Developers

The Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment was a proposed 20-acre (81,000 m2) project on a lot located along the Chicago River on the southwest side of Downtown Chicago, Illinois to be constructed in phases over a period of one decade that will include the renovation of Chicago's historic Old Main Post Office building as well as residential, retail, entertainment and office space.

The plan includes several towers, the tallest one being a proposed 120-story mixed use twin tower skyscraper that will stand about 2,000 feet (610 m) high to the roof, which would make it the tallest building in the United States, over 500 feet (150 m) taller than the Willis Tower, and will contain office, residential, and hotel space. It will also include two 60-story residential towers as well as a 40-story hotel.

All the buildings in the development will be connected via a ground level complex that would be built over the Chicago River and the Eisenhower Expressway.

The proposal was sent to Chicago City Commission in July 2011 for approval, which was expected to be a several month process. The project is said to have an estimated cost of $3.5 billion and the potential to create 12,000 jobs.

Some critics oppose the proposal in its current state, calling it old-fashioned and suburban and an unrealistic pipe dream, as it is largely car oriented (12,000 parking spaces and free parking) with shopping mall style retail.

The city voted and approved the plan July 18, 2013. But the area was sold in 2016 thus the building was never built.


Skyscrapers over 450m
Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment (proposed and approved) • Chicago Spire (on hold) • The Illinois (never built)
Skyscrapers over 400m
Skyscrapers over 300m
Skyscrapers over 250m
Skyscrapers over 200m
Skyscrapers over 150m
Chicago Board of Trade Building • Chicago Title & Trust Building • Olympia Centre • Crain Communications Building • Richard J. Daley Center • Waterview Tower • Marina City • CNA Center • 155 North Wacker • 35 East Wacker • Tribune Tower • Pittsfield Building • Carbide & Carbon Building • Boeing International Headquarters • 55 East Erie Street • Civic Opera House • The Parkshore • Palmolive Building • Chicago Temple Building • One South Dearborn • 190 South LaSalle Street • The Fordham • One Museum Park West • Madison Plaza • Millennium Centre • Chicago Place • 353 North Clark • NBC Tower • One North Wacker • The Heritage at Millennium Park • River East Center • Lake Point Tower • Inland Steel Building • Metropolitan Tower • Mather Tower • Kluczynski Federal Building • Citigroup Center • Hyatt Center • Leo Burnett Building • 191 North Wacker
Skyscrapers over 100m


Images for kids

  • Old Post Office

    Old Main Post Office over Ida B. Wells Drive.

  • 161, The New Chicago Post Office, dedicated February 15, 1933 (NBY 417398)

    A postcard commemorating the New Chicago Post Office dedication, February 15, 1933

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