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The Merchandise Mart

Built by Marshall Field & Co. and later owned by the Kennedy family for half a century , opened in 1930 and was the largest building in the world with 4, 000, 000 sq. ft. of space .

The building is so large that the City of Chicago decided to have it's own zip code.

Located at the banks of Chicago River and was the center of wholesale commerce for the city and the country as a whole for years .

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Uploaded on August 9, 2016