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Explore the Historic Old Post Office in Chicago
About This Tour
Explore the new Old Post Office Building, whose early 20th-century design has been adaptively reused into a beautiful, modern Class A Office building.
It once seemed as though the stunning architectural details of Chicago's Old Post Office would be lost to time while the building sat vacant for almost two decades. But the 2.8 million square foot building, completed in 1934, recently went through a monumental renovation and now serves as a modern multi-use event and office space that meets today's need for large, light-filled workspaces.
See how historic artifacts and building details have been creatively incorporated into the Old Post Office's design including the conversion of the roof to a 3.5-acre urban rooftop park. Old places can become new spaces when a developer with vision collaborates with an award-winning architectural team.
It once seemed as though the stunning architectural details of Chicago's Old Post Office would be lost to time while the building sat vacant for almost two decades. But the 2.8 million square foot building, completed in 1934, recently went through a monumental renovation and now serves as a modern multi-use event and office space that meets today's need for large, light-filled workspaces.
See how historic artifacts and building details have been creatively incorporated into the Old Post Office's design including the conversion of the roof to a 3.5-acre urban rooftop park. Old places can become new spaces when a developer with vision collaborates with an award-winning architectural team.
What's Included
✓ Included
- Tour of the Old Post Office by a certified Chicago Architecture Center docent.
✗ Not Included
- Food or drink
- Coat check
- Storage for luggage or strollers
Itinerary
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Guests will tour the interior of the Old Post Office building on W Van Buren Street, discuss the building's history, and its renovation into a modern office space and learn what adaptive-reuse is and why it is important. Guests will see the Main Lobby, the "Zig-zag wall", the "postcard wall", and the rooftop meadow.
Good to Know
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This is an active commercial space. The itinerary of this tour may be altered without notice at the discretion of building management.
- Pets are not allowed.
- Photography is not allowed.