Minneapolis Art Deco Post Office (Postcard Series)

From Placeography.     The Minneapolis Post Office has served as the main post office for the city of Minneapolis and its surrounding area since its opening in 1935. The Art Deco style facility is situated along 2 blocks of 1st Street between Hennepin Ave. and 3rd Avenue in Downtown Minneapolis. It was designed by French-born architect Leon Eugene Arnal and constructed using local materials. It has undergone two expansions in its lifetime. In 1978, a free-standing 6-story parking ramp was built along the building’s North West side. The post office also expanded to a much larger degree in the late 1980s to accommodate the rising metro population and the need for greater efficiency. The Post Office remains in use today. However, the U.S. Postal Service has been flirting with the possibility of moving to the suburbs, thus presenting developers with a potential opportunity to reuse the building in an entirely different fashion.

Post Office in East Greenwich, Rhode Island (Postcard Series)

Post Office Cafe to close immediately. (WPRI, 1/10/2011)

As described by Rhode Island Monthly.  Housed in a former post office, this Italian restaurant has an authentic Italian menu and impressive wine list. Offerings include chicken, veal, seafood and pasta dishes. The ambience and excellent service sing in perfect harmony. Open Tues-Thurs. 4:30- 9:30 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 4:30-10:30 p.m., Sun. 3-8 p.m.

Atlantic City Post Office (Postcard Series)

Demolition.

Atlantic City post office: Sturdy outside, barren inside. (The Press of Atlantic City, 12/12/2009)

Excerpt: The post office’s cornerstone from 1935 is a snapshot of early 20th century history. It bears the names of Henry Morgenthau Jr., the secretary of the U.S. Treasury in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration, and James A. Farley, the nation’s postmaster general at that time. 

The cornerstone may reveal even more history. Tucked inside, supposedly, is a time capsule from when the post office was built. The CRDA hopes to salvage the rumored artifacts when the two-story building is razed, said Rachelle Knight, a project development officer for the agency. 

Everything else of value has already been removed, including four brass light poles that stood outside the building and two cement eagles once perched above a doorway. The CRDA wants to a find a public venue where those items can be displayed. 

Also saved was a colorful mural that dominated the post office’s Pacific Avenue entryway. Painted on canvas, the artwork whimsically depicts Atlantic City’s resort life and history. CRDA officials said the U.S. Postal Service took the mural.

Albany New York Post Office (Postcard Series)

Built in 1931-1932. Art Deco style. Five-story building with 8’ high sculptured marble frieze continuously wraps around the primary elevations.

In 1980, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1988, the building was renamed the James Thomas Foley building.