Photo: Photo via Wikimedia Commons (Old_Post_Office_Chicago_2022.jpg). The file page is the source of record for creator and license. Source. License: Usually CC, public domain, or another license listed on the file page.

Old Chicago Main Post Office

Chicago, Illinois, United States

433 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60607

This enormous Art Deco postal building along the Chicago River was dressed as a Gotham bank. Its scale and empty floors made it ideal for a long, unbroken opening action sequence.

Visiting

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Filmed here

The Dark Knight

2008

Scene: Used for the opening bank robbery sequence.

Sources & photo credits

Place notes are curated for Spotlywood from the title, the scene, and publicly documented filming locations.
Photo: Photo via Wikimedia Commons (Old_Post_Office_Chicago_2022.jpg). The file page is the source of record for creator and license. File page. Usually CC, public domain, or another license listed on the file page.