Drive-Through Buildings?
 

I drove through New York City for the first time in my life the other day. The most interesting part of the drive (for me at least) was driving through (literally) a building in the middle of Park Avenue. Apparently, its called the Helmsley Building. With that said, are there any other buildings around the world in which you can drive through it?

http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bUOQAy1wAG4/Tx...jpg?imgmax=800
The Gate Tower Building in Osaka

Chicago's Post Office is rather famous.

http://www.trbimg.com/img-548099dc/t...-sale-20141204
http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...204-story.html

There's lot of places with things like rail lines going through buildings.

East Mall Apartments, Pittsburgh:

http://www.emporis.com/images/show/237300-Large.jpg

Kind of through them...

Bridge Apartments, NYC over I-95

http://uptowncollective.com/wp-conte...Jay-Franco.jpg

One of the most famous landmark in the world, the Louvre in Paris

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ouvreroute.jpg

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DSC98983b by Minato ku, sur Flickr

There are a few in downtown Houston near the Houston Center complex.

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the chicago post office was the first building i thought of. i remember going through the tunnel as a kid and being in awe that they build such a massive structure over the highway.

can't think of any drive-through buildings in boise, but we do have plenty of people that attempt it, anyway...

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rbjpgcHrxNU/0.jpg

http://media.idahostatesman.com/smed...u.AuSt.36.jpeg

http://www.boiseweekly.com/binary/bd..._in_bldg_1.jpg

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You also sort of drive through or under the foyer for the North Bridge Mall, which faces Michigan Avenue but spans Grand Avenue in Chicago.

Yes, The Helmsley is one of my personal favorites.

A pic for people who don't know what you're referring to.

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/Helmsley1.jpg
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID033.htm

Chicago - Merchandise Mart
 

San Diego:

Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building:
http://i.imgur.com/Ly7w5oU.jpg

Museum of Man. I'm not sure if it counts, but I like it:
http://i.imgur.com/hMYOdle.jpg

Sources: Google Maps

do the chicago tollway oases still exist? i know at least one was torn down, but wasn't sure about the rest.

http://harvey-house.info/yahoo_site_...4804_large.jpg

O'hare was removed for the widening, Belvidere still running full steam - with Volo antique car exhibits ;-)

Just stopping by ...

Not exactly drive-through, but does monorail-through count?

https://secure.parksandresorts.wdpro...17122012101322
Source: Disney
http://www.everythingmouse.com/wp-co...oraryhotel.jpg
Source: http://www.everythingmouse.com/disne...erything Mouse

Winston-Salem has a bike-through building. It was built over a bike path in 1987-1989. The architects designed a tunnel with the building's main entrance on the bike path and a covered place to secure bicycles, around 1987!

I biked this path on a cool and cloudy day, about 13 years ago, and took this photograph.

http://i.imgur.com/4X7Bomf.jpg

fall river government center in mass.

when i was in high school a couple of ceiling panels fell onto I-195, which runs right beneath the building. traffic was a nightmare for months after that...

Manhattan Municipal Building
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...t_IMG_2039.JPG
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...lding_Arch.jpg
Source: Wikipedia Commons
Formerly open to traffic but has been closed to public vehicles for many years.

All in Hong Kong:

Discovery Park - the route 9 highway passes through the shopping mall

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...pswyalrzvw.jpg
(source: Apple Daily)

roadway entrance barely visible bottom left:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...nal_200808.jpg
(source: WiNG at Wikimedia Commons)


Yaumatei Carpark/library/office building - route 5 passes through

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...psck6zyvhh.jpg
(source: South China Media)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...psshjnz0m7.jpg
(source: Thinsing at Panoramio)

Sceneway Garden - route 2 passes through

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...psjtmhrr51.jpg
(source: Hong Kong Bus Transport Wiki)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...psgzsx1idi.jpg
(source: Apple Daily)

Choi Hung Estate
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...psmvsydpel.jpg
(Source: G374 at Panoramio)

Autobahnüberbauung Schlangenbader Straße (Berlin)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...sg6oxsiei.jpeg
(source:pettydesign)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ps4t74di4y.jpg
(source:pettydesign)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...pseesno71u.jpg
(source:All my work stations)