PROJECT PROFILE WJE www.wje.com Old Chicago Main Post Office Building Rehabilitation and Adaptive Reuse | Chicago, IL CLIENT JLL (Owner: 601W Companies; Lead Architect for rehabilitation: Gensler) BACKGROUND The Old Chicago Main Post Office was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. The original portion of the building was completed in 1921. In 1932, the building was expanded to its current footprint, for a total of over 55 acres, or 2.5 million square feet of floor space. The building spans over the Metra and Amtrak train tracks and extends over Interstate 290 (Congress Parkway). The facades are clad with limestone, brick, terra cotta, and cast alumin

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