Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, February 24, 2016.
The long, strange story of redeveloping the Old Post Office
The abandoned Old Post Office has loomed over the Loop since it closed in 1996. Developers have proposed plans for the prime real estate for years, but nothing has ever come to fruition. Now that Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said he wants to seize the property via eminent domain, Curbed Chicago takes a look back at the many failed ideas floated for the building, from Walgreens headquarters to a casino. [Curbed Chicago]
