| 词条 | Old Chicago Main Post Office |
| 释义 |
The Old Chicago Main Post Office is a nine-story-tall building in downtown Chicago. The original building was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and built in 1921, but it was expanded greatly in 1932. Its capacity was needed to serve Chicago's great volume of postal business, swollen by the mail-order businesses of Montgomery Ward (the largest retailer in the United States) and of Sears (its competitor). On May 13, 2016 the building was sold by English real estate developer Bill Davies, who died the next day. By late 2019 the structure will include the new Chicago offices for Walgreens, occupying 200,000 square feet and housing 1,800 employees.[1] In addition, the Ferrara Candy Co. announced that it would move its headquarters to the Post Office building during 2019, bringing almost 400 jobs.[2] HistoryThe original 1922 structure was a brick-sided mail terminal building, sited just east of the main building that spans the Eisenhower Expressway as it turns into Ida B. Wells Drive. Major expansion in 1932 added a total of nine floors for more than {{convert|60|acre}}, or 2.5 million square feet (230,000 m²), of floorspace. Its footprint, as initially designed, would have blocked the proposed Congress Parkway extension; as a compromise, a hole for the Parkway was reserved in the base of the Post Office and utilized twenty years later.[3] Competitors Montgomery Ward and Sears combined to make Chicago "the nation's mail-order capital".[4] (Montgomery Ward, which became the largest retailer in the United States in the late 1930s, was eventually passed by Sears, and then was purchased and merged.) In 1966 the Main Chicago Post Office came to a halt when a logjam of 10 million pieces of mail clogged the system for nearly a week.[4] With Chicago rated worst in postal deliveries, a new Main Post Office was proposed for right across Harrison Street. In 1997, the old building was vacated in favor of the new, modernized facility. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[5] A February 2006 report by the General Accounting Office stated that it cost the government $2 million a year to maintain the retired building.[6] On June 9, 2009, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the postal service was placing the post office on the auction block. Held on August 27 and conducted by Rick Levin & Associates Inc., the auction raised $40 million, which was well over the opening bid of $300,000.[7][8] The buyer was reported to be English real estate developer Bill Davies.[9][10] While Davies missed an October 10, 2009 deadline to close the deal, he finally acquired the building on October 21, 2009, paying about $17 million.[11] {{anchor|2011 redevelopment}}Redevelopment plan during 2011-14{{Main|Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers}}{{Infobox building| name = Old Chicago Main Post Office Phase II | native_name = | native_name_lang = | former_names = | alternate_names = | status = Canceled | image = | image_alt = | caption = Rendering of the proposed complex | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | altitude = | building_type = Supertall skyscraper | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = $3.5 billion | ren_cost = | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = Chicago, Illinois | address = West Ida B. Wells Drive and South Canal Street, 433 West Van Buren | location_town = | location_country = United States | coordinates = | groundbreaking_date = | start_date = | completion_date = | completed_date = | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = | demolition_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | antenna_spire = | roof = {{convert|2000|ft|m}} | top_floor = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = 9 | floor_area = {{convert|16000000|ft2|m2}} | elevator_count = | main_contractor = | architect = Booth Hansen | developer = International Property Developers | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = | designations = | url = | embedded = | references = [12] }} The Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment was an approved {{convert|20|acre|m2|adj=on}} 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 would have included the renovation of Chicago's historic Old Main Post Office building as well as residential, retail, entertainment and office space. The plan included several towers, the tallest one being a proposed 120-story mixed use twin tower skyscraper to stand about {{convert|2000|ft|m}} high to the roof, which would have made it the tallest building in the United States,[13] over {{convert|500|ft|m}} taller than the Willis Tower, containing office, residential, and hotel space. It would also have included two 60-story residential towers as well as a 40-story hotel.[15] All the buildings in the development were to be connected via a ground-level complex[14] that would have been built over the Chicago River and the Eisenhower Expressway.[15] More specifically, it was exactly one year and nine months after acquiring the post office property from the Postal Service when, Davies unveiled his plan for the Post Office on July 21, 2011. The proposal, which involved three other properties besides the 14-story Post Office, was broken down into three-phases pending the required $3.5 billion in funding:
The whole $3.5 billion plan was submitted to the Chicago City Council and the Planning Commission for approval the same day it was released to the public. Only funding for Phase 1 had been secured as of July 21, 2011.[16][17] The proposal was sent to the Chicago City Commission in July 2011 for approval, which was expected to be a several-month process. The project had an estimated cost of $3.5 billion and the potential to create 12,000 jobs.[18] Some critics opposed the proposal, calling it old-fashioned and suburban and an unrealistic pipe dream, as it was largely car oriented (12,000 parking spaces and free parking) with shopping mall style retail.[19] The city voted and approved the plan July 18, 2013.[20] In spring of 2013, Antunovich Associates, who purchased the site three years ago, created a new proposal on the site featuring a 1000-foot skyscraper (with a 2,000 foot tower in their 2nd phase). Other potential uses include a casino and/or entertainment complex. [21][22] On June 18, 2014, Bill Davies announced the formation of a $500 million joint venture with Sterling Bay Companies for phase I of the redevelopment.[23][24] On July 18, Sterling announced a new relationship with J.P. Morgan Asset Management, which gave them access to new financial resources.[25] However, Davies never found sufficient financing.[4] In December 2014, Davies canceled the project and put the post office building up for sale.[26]2016 sale and plansIn February 2016, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel pressed for development of the site, threatening to take possession of the building by use of eminent domain. In March, the city's Department of Planning and Development issued an RFP seeking bids due June 10 for redevelopment of the site. Later that week, with announcement of a conditional sale of the building, it turned out that Davies had been in negotiation since May 2015 for sale of the building to 601W, a New York City-based real estate company which owns Chicago's Aon Center (Chicago) and One Prudential Plaza buildings.[27] On May 13, 2016, completion of the sale from Davies to 601W was announced by Emanuel. Davies died the next day. Vicky Flores, who ran the Chicago office of Davies' firm, commented: "'It was really weird, the timing. Everything was signed off, and then I heard he had died. It was like he waited until everything was taken care of.'"[28] In a $500 million renovation,[28] Gensler plans on renovation of the space into office space, with addition of a rooftop park and a riverwalk.[29] In September 2017 the post office was one of 6 sites in Chicago considered for the new Amazon "HQ2" location.[30] FilmingThe post office was used in the filming of Batman Begins in 2004[31] and for filming The Dark Knight in April 2007.[32][33][34][35] It is also seen from above in the opening credits of Candyman. In the summer of 2010, Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay filmed numerous scenes for Dark of the Moon in and around Chicago. The old Chicago Post Office's east facade was decorated as the "Department of Health and Human Services" where the Autobots were kept by the federal government in the movies. The same interior that was used for filming of the bank heist in The Dark Knight was used again for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. There were also some scattered shots from within the Post Office interior used throughout the film.[36] See also
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