A real place on screen
Old Chicago Main Post Office
An enormous Art Deco postal complex spans transport routes at the edge of central Chicago. Its surviving monumental interior became the setting for a bank robbery rather than a mail-handling scene.
- Architect / attribution
- Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
- Building chronology
- 1921; major expansion 1932
- Place
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
The real building
The Old Main Post Office in Chicago, with the Congress Parkway Bridge in the foreground and the Van Buren Street Bridge at right
Films at Old Chicago Main Post Office
The Dark Knight (2008)
On screen: Gotham bank robbery
The production used the Old Post Office for the opening bank sequence. A contemporary on-set report records the shoot inside the building.
In the film
Movie frames and production stills are shown separately from photographs of the real building. Film and image credits remain with their respective owners.
Movie frame
Warner Brothers Pictures · Scene image source
Movie frame
Warner Brothers Pictures · Scene image source
Movie frame
Warner Brothers Pictures · Scene image source
Filming evidence
Building sources
A screen appearance does not imply public access. Consult the venue for current visiting arrangements.