Old Chicago Main Post Office - Filming

Filming

The post office was used in the filming of Batman Begins in 2004, and for filming The Dark Knight in April 2007. The film crew had plenty of signs up for shooting of "Rory's First Kiss," a.k.a. RFK, but that title is simply a pseudonym for "The Dark Knight." Many websites included pictures of the outside of the Post Office, which was decorated as "Gotham National Bank" on the North side of the building, and "Gotham Police Department" on the East side.

In the summer of 2010, Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay filmed numerous scenes for Transformers: Dark of the Moon in and around Chicago. The old Chicago Post Office's east facade was decorated as the "Department of Health and Human Services" where the Autobots were kept by the federal government in the movies. The same interior that was used for filming of the bank heist in The Dark Knight was used again for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. There were also some scattered shots from within the Post Office interior used throughout the film.