When opened in 1930, the Merchandise Mart or the Merch Mart, located in the Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, was the largest building in the world with 4,000,000 square feet (372,000 m2) of floor space. Previously owned by the Marshall Field family, the Mart centralized Chicago's wholesale goods business by consolidating vendors and trade under a single roof.
@DaveJLin Thank you very much for that information. I'm designing a horror themed video game and I'm looking at interesting locations for insperation.
@TheWeepingCorpse You're welcome ... Yeah, Chicago has a lot of interesting architecture for inspirtation. The inside of the Merchandise Mart is pretty awesome, too - lots and lots of space.
do you know the name of that huge building at 15:22 and again at 15:32 ?
TheWeepingCorpse 2 weeks ago
@TheWeepingCorpse Yes, it is the Chicago Merchandise Mart.
DaveJLin 2 weeks ago
@TheWeepingCorpse
Chicago Merchandise Mart.
From the wiki page:
When opened in 1930, the Merchandise Mart or the Merch Mart, located in the Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, was the largest building in the world with 4,000,000 square feet (372,000 m2) of floor space. Previously owned by the Marshall Field family, the Mart centralized Chicago's wholesale goods business by consolidating vendors and trade under a single roof.
DaveJLin 2 weeks ago
@DaveJLin Thank you very much for that information. I'm designing a horror themed video game and I'm looking at interesting locations for insperation.
TheWeepingCorpse 2 weeks ago
@TheWeepingCorpse You're welcome ... Yeah, Chicago has a lot of interesting architecture for inspirtation. The inside of the Merchandise Mart is pretty awesome, too - lots and lots of space.
DaveJLin 2 weeks ago