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liberal N proud

(61,199 posts) Fri Mar 8, 2013, 07:58 AM Mar 2013

Iconic - Beautiful Post Offices going on the auction block [View all]

Many buildings currently owned by the Postal Service are for sale, or are being considered for sale. Preservation groups say some of the buildings are architecturally significant and that their design elements and historic features should be protected.

BERKELEY, CALIF.

BRONX

PRINCETON, N.J.

WEST CHESTER, PA.

More here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/07/arts/design/postal-service-looks-to-sell-historic-buildings.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130308&_r=0

This is what the right wing attempt to privatize our postal system is doing. These are historic structures and have been a significant fixture in these communities.

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Iconic - Beautiful Post Offices going on the auction block [View all] liberal N proud Mar 2013 OP

Some richie rich will make mcmansions. lonestarnot Mar 2013 #1

Probably will become office space. bluestate10 Mar 2013 #2

Damn that's sad. I've actually been in the last one. They SHOULD be historic buildings. talkingmime Mar 2013 #3

Most are registered historic buildings Brother Buzz Mar 2013 #9

Wow. talkingmime Mar 2013 #10

"Most are registered historic buildings" = no. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #17

I stand corrected, but..... Brother Buzz Mar 2013 #19

so? historic property paid for by the people should be privatized for a pittance so long as the HiPointDem Mar 2013 #20

Here's one that pipi_k Mar 2013 #4

The Frist Center in Nashville shows what can be done in these cases. SQUEE Mar 2013 #5

They are looting the states and the federal government malaise Mar 2013 #6

A rich, libertarian family lives in the old one in our town. Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #7

This real estate is being sold at bargain-basement prices brentspeak Mar 2013 #8

Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, is the dude doing the profiting Brother Buzz Mar 2013 #11

Outright fabrication on your part. Those buildings are sometimes sold at a premium to market. Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #12

Asking price of just $555,000 for a classic 23,163 sq. ft property in downtown Norwich, CT brentspeak Mar 2013 #15

Wealthy developers at bargain basement prices liberal N proud Mar 2013 #13

It's the end of an empire and everything must go!!! Initech Mar 2013 #14

+100. a crime and a theft from the people who paid for the buildings. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #16

Those beautiful buildings and the New Deal murals should be National Treasures Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #18

Donald Trump is turning the Old Post Office Pavilion in DC into a luxury hotel. kwassa Mar 2013 #21

that show "extreme homes" features folks living in purchased schools, post offices, churches, etc. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2013 #22