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Merchandise Mart. / 41.8884; -87.6355. The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it was opened in 1930, it was the largest building in the world, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space. [1] [2] The Art Deco structure is located at the junction of ...
What an imposing building! Completed in 1931, the Merchandise Mart was the world's largest commercial building for a period of 10 years. Located on the north bank of the Chicago River between Wells Street and Orleans Street, it is 25 floors high and two city blocks long with 13.6 miles of corridors.
Located at 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza in downtown Chicago, with Orleans Street to the west, Wells Street to the east, Kinzie Street to the North and the Chicago River to the south, it was the largest building in the world with 4.2 million square feet of floor space when it was built by department store magnate Marshall Field in 1930.
Merchandise Mart. Chicago River. Brown and Purple Express. to the Loop. Location. Merchandise Mart[ 2 ][ 3 ] is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority 's 'L' system, located in the Near North Side neighborhood at 350 North Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 320 north, 200 west). The station is elevated above street ...
Located at 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza in downtown Chicago, with Orleans Street to the west, Wells Street to the east, Kinzie Street to the North and the Chicago River to the south, it was the largest building in the world with 4.2 million square feet of floor space when it was built by department store magnate Marshall Field in 1930.
Re: Walk from Union Station to Merchandise Mart? 16 years ago. All you need to do is cross the river outside the station, and turn left on wacker (head North). Walk about 5 blocks and cross the river again where Wacker turns East.
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