Web Extra: Rich Samuels Reports on Old Main Post Office
Clip: 8/1/2016 | 2m 36s
A 2006 report from "Chicago Tonight" correspondent Rich Samuels.
"Chicago Tonight" correspondent Rich Samuels reports in February 2006 on efforts by the United States Postal Service to sell Chicago's old main post office. At the time it had been 10 years since the structure had been a working post office. A group of U.S. senators, including Barack Obama, toured the building and held a hearing about how to get rid of the massive structure.
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Web Extra: Rich Samuels Reports on Old Main Post Office
Clip: 8/1/2016 | 2m 36s
"Chicago Tonight" correspondent Rich Samuels reports in February 2006 on efforts by the United States Postal Service to sell Chicago's old main post office. At the time it had been 10 years since the structure had been a working post office. A group of U.S. senators, including Barack Obama, toured the building and held a hearing about how to get rid of the massive structure.
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