Occasionally, I think it is bats to have maps associated with stories, some of which have nearly no geographic significance (those show up at 307 N. Michigan, the host of the Chicago Daily Observer, by the way). However, there are many stories where the location is a key to the story, such as this one from the Washington Post announcing that the Democratic National Committee Headquarters is moving to Chicago. Chicago is a big place, so drilling down a bit we find that the DNC Headquarters will be somewhere in the Loop.

Politico thinks the headquarters will be somewhere ”near Barack Obama’s Headquarters”. I just called the DNC in Washington DC, where a bored (and boring) phone answerer told me that they only had a P.O. Box, no street address for the DNC Headquarters. Our pals over at Everyblock have 50 Restaurant inspections near DNC Chicago Headquarters, (where surprisingly Sbarro passed), a case of credit card fraud, and a couple of reports of Block 37 being a mess, but no signs of the DNC Headquarters moving to Chicago.

So, to set it straight, I called the DNC Headquarters in Chicago, where I was 1/2 informed that the DNC will be co-located at Sen. Obama’s campaign headquarters. She wouldn’t tell me where that is at, but I have edited news from at least 100 releases from Sen. Obama, all coming from….233 N. Michigan (look at the map on the left for a flag of the location of 233 N. Michigan)

Yes, 233 N. Michigan, site of 2 Illinois Center the 1972 Dirk Lohan Skyscraper with amenities such as Banking, Conferencing Facility, Fitness Center, Food Service, Hotel, Property Manager on Site is the home of the DNC Headquarters in Chicago. It is a very pleasant building and I am sure the DNC employees will appreciate the short trip to Sbarro’s in the foodcourt.

Searching for DNC Headquarters (and variants) on the Tribune Website draws a blank, as does the Sun-Times so this probably is not a event worth covering for our tireless local media, as the R Kelley trial still has some life in it and there are a lot of photos of Cub’s/Sox fans to look at.

I am formatting this stunning bit of detective work for syndication, (and may make one of those fascinating YouTube videos for wider circulation), and it is entirely possible that all of this information is wrong after all the official press with its vast resources has never reported this. But here it goes:

The Democratic National Committee Headquarters is relocating to 233 N. Michigan, Chicago IL 60601. Try a Google search for that after 11AM today, and see what makes the news.