  Bohemianrobot Member Username: Bohemianrobot Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2007 |
Pics from my trip this morning... http://flickr.com/photos/bohem ianrobot/sets/7215759456732318 6/ (Message edited by bohemianrobot on March 03, 2007) | ||
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider Post Number: 184 Registered: 08-2006 |
where is that building located? | ||
Bohemianrobot Member Username: Bohemianrobot Post Number: 9 Registered: 02-2007 |
Its the next building east of the MCS @ Marantette/15th. | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 878 Registered: 11-2003 |
Originally a post office facility, it was designed by Albert Kahn. | ||
Opus Member Username: Opus Post Number: 35 Registered: 08-2005 |
My question is "What kind of material is in the piles on the floor?" Is it just rotted text books and other paper materials? Some of the shots look like desk legs sticking up. At least I now know where D Funk took his building hockey photos  . | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 563 Registered: 10-2003 |
That's the DPS Roosevelt warehouse, which held a lot more than books. Dry goods, janitorial supplies, school supplies, teaching materials, chemicals for science classes etc. etc.. everything that was needed to run the school system. They also had photo offset printing facilities there and ROTC headquarters shared the building. That's the warehouse where the great toilet paper scandal took place. | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 879 Registered: 11-2003 |
When did it close? | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 564 Registered: 10-2003 |
It was destroyed by fire in the late 80s by a disgruntled employee. Opus, The "desk legs" that you described are actually metal pipes that attatched to wooden pallets so that a second pallet could be stacked on top for more storage. There was a tunnel that connected the warehouse to the MCS, built to move mail quickly from the MCS to the warehouse back when it was a post office. | ||
Bohemianrobot Member Username: Bohemianrobot Post Number: 11 Registered: 02-2007 |
Thanks for the info, Ed_Golick. I wonder if the tunnel still exists. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 347 Registered: 11-2005 |
Originally a post office facility, it was designed by Albert Kahn. Actually, we paid a visit today. According to the building itself, it was designed by Albert Kahn Inc., but that doesn't mean Kahn himself was the architect. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 566 Registered: 10-2003 |
The tunnel was sealed up years ago. | ||
English Member Username: English Post Number: 522 Registered: 10-2003 |
My grandfather was the head building engineer there until he retired in the early 80s. My mom and dad were clerks there in the late 70s. They met, fell in love, and married within 8 months. Dad left in 1980 for the USPS; Mom in 1983 to be a stay-at-home mom. Yes, there was a lot of corruption associated with the building, as with all of DPS. But there were good people who worked there, too. I looked at the pictures and cried. I can't have been more than four or five the last time I was there... but I certainly remember it well. My father and grandfather have been dead nearly a decade, and my mom's nearing 60... and seeing this made them young again in my mind. Thank you. | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1532 Registered: 05-2005 |
quote: nice! ;) | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 886 Registered: 11-2003 |
Anybody know if Kahn actually designed the DPS warehouse? I wonder if Albert Kahn Associates still has records for that sort of thing? It certainly has the overall look of something he did. I suppose he gave an overall guidance to many projects while leaving many of the details up to his staff. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6191 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: Yes, they have a massive archive. |
