NY Times July 21, 2011
Many Seek to Revamp Post Office By SEAN COLLINS WALSH WASHINGTON — Until the deficit negotiations took center stage this summer, several members of Congress had another issue they wanted to focus on: an overhaul of the Postal Service, which is on the brink of insolvency. “If it wasn’t for the federal debt ceiling and the budget issues, this would be … Read More
New Deal Post Offices for Sale
During the New Deal, the federal government built over 1,100 post offices, and many of them are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the National Register website, during the decade of the New Deal the government built three times the number of post offices it had built in the previous 50 years. Many of these … Read More