Curbed New York: Back in 2014, the United States Postal Service sold its landmarked Bronx General Post Office building to developer Young Woo and Associates for $19 million. Developers planned to transform the four-story, block-long building into Bronx Post Place—a retail, commercial, and community hub that would features offices, restaurants, and indoor/outdoor spaces. In 2016, construction was underway, which involved … Read More
Inside the Transformation of the Bronx General Post Office
New York YIMBY: Sometime next spring, the landmarked Bronx General Post Office, located in the borough’s Concourse Village neighborhood, will start a new life as retail, office space, and a restaurant. Interior demolition work is underway and we got a peak inside last week, with Brendan Murray, vice president at Hollister Construction Services, and he pointed out an incredibly creepy … Read More
Erasing History at the USPS: When U.S. Post Office Tries to Sell Off Historic New Deal Sites, Scholars and Communities Protest
The scholarly news magazine JSTOR Daily has a great article about the selling off of historic post offices, by R. H. Lossin. It covers the sale of the Bronx GPO, the fight over the Berkeley post office, and the whole legacy of New Deal post offices and murals. "For defenders of historic post office sites," writes Lossin, "the disappearance of … Read More
Landmarks Approves Bronx Post Office’s Tranformation
The Bronx General Post Office has been given the green light for redevelopment as retail, office, and restaurant space, with a portion carved out for the post office to remain. The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a revised proposal on Tuesday—not a surprise, as the project was well on its way to approval when it was presented last month. Young Woo & Associates paid $19 million for … Read More
Bronx Post Office Nears Its Future As a Dining and Retail Mecca
The Bronx General Post Office is close to getting the go-ahead for rebirth. In 2014, Young Woo & Associates paid $19 million to the U.S. Postal Service for the site, and yesterday the developer brought his plan—which includes a total revamp of use including office space, shops, restaurants, and a rooftop terrace—before the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Read more.
Youngwoo reveals plans for Bronx Post Office space
Youngwoo & Associates has filed permits to convert the recently purchased Bronx General Post Office to a mixed-use building, including space for retail, dining and offices. The renovated building, located at 558 Grand Concourse by East 149th Street would add 7,500 square feet to its existing 143,000, according to New York YIMBY. The refurbished space would host retail on the … Read More
South Bronx Residents Are Not Sold on Plans for Historic Post Office
Max Burman, New York City Lens: The sale of the Bronx General Post Office has split local opinion as gentrification looms. South Bronx residents have, it seems, been left feeling like mere bystanders in the process and it is this lack of involvement, and the sense of powerlessness that goes along with it, which seem to have driven local apprehension. But … Read More
CBRE arranges sale of Bronx GPO to one of its clients
The New York Daily News is reporting that the Postal Service has sold the Bronx General Post Office to Youngwoo & Associates. Back in February, The Real Deal had reported that Youngwoo was proposing to use the site to build a marketplace in the vein of the company’s unsuccessful plan for the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx. The founder and … Read More
Bronx GPO sold, no details yet
The Bronx General Post Office has been sold. There’s no word yet on who the buyer is or what the plans for the building are, but the post office was definitely sold two weeks ago. On the USPS-CBRE website, the listing says simply, "Sold." The Postal Service has not made an official announcement about the sale, and it is apparently … Read More
Union, Activists and Officials Fight Sale of Landmark Bronx Post Office
DNAInfo: "Bronx officials, activists and union representatives are calling on the United States Postal Service to immediately halt its sale of the Bronx General Post Office – a plan they have contested in the past. "The 170,000-square-foot building on East 149th Street and the Grand Concourse, filled with murals from the 1930s, was listed on the “USPS Properties for Sales” website, run … Read More
New York Metro Area Postal Union calls for an immediate moratorium on the sale of the historic Bronx GPO
New York Metro Area Postal Union Press Release: New York, NY – January 14, 2014 – When President Jonathan Smith of the New York Metro Area Postal Union learned that the United States Postal Service was going ahead with its plans to sell the historic Bronx GPO, he wanted to know what was the rationale for selling Bronx GPO, while, at … Read More
Sale of historic Bronx Post Office moves forward; bids due Jan. 15
The Postal Service is moving forward on the sale of the historic Bronx General Post Office at 558 Grand Concourse in New York City. The property is listed on the USPS-CBRE Properties for Sale website, where a new Call-for-Offers announcement says interested parties should submit their bids by 5:00 p.m. on January 15. (The listing is here.) The announcement doesn’t … Read More
Bronx post office interior gets landmark status
The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday granted landmark status to the interior of the main post office in the Bronx. The exterior was designated a landmark by the commission in 1976. But the interior remained unprotected, and preservationists worried about the fate of famous 1930s murals by Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn as the United States Postal Service intends to … Read More
Day of Action in the Bronx to Save the Post Office
On Saturday, September 21, there was a "Day of Action to Save the Post Office" in the Bronx, New York. The event began with an "Emergency Meeting to Save the Post Office" at the Lincoln Hospital Auditorium, 234 East 149th Street. Among the speakers were Jacquelyn McCormick of the National Post Office Collaborate; Congressman Jose E. Serrano; Jonathan Smith, … Read More
Opponents of Bronx Post Office Closure to Rally and Possibly Sue
From DNAInfo New York: "The campaign to stop the sale of the historic Bronx General Post Office is moving to the streets and the courts, advocates say, after federal regulators rejected an appeal of the proposed sale of the building. "On Saturday, local residents, postal workers and allies from as far away as California will meet at Lincoln Hospital and then march … Read More
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