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222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
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Merchandise Mart (brown, purple)
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Merchandise Mart
Merchandise
Mart, an imposing building at the north bank of the
Chicago river between Wells and Orleans street, was
built in 1931.
Merchandise Mart
At that time, when it was constructed
by Marshall Field and Company to replace H.H. Ricardson's
Marshall Field Wholesale store, it was the building
with the largest floor area in the world.
That title was taken in 1941 by the Pentagon in Washington, DC, but the Merchandise Mart is still an immense office building with 13.6 km of corridors; it is still the largest commercial building in the world with 25 floors high and two city blocks long.
That title was taken in 1941 by the Pentagon in Washington, DC, but the Merchandise Mart is still an immense office building with 13.6 km of corridors; it is still the largest commercial building in the world with 25 floors high and two city blocks long.
Renovation
Guided tours of the Merchandise Mart are available; for info see their website.
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