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tammywammy

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13. Consolidation

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 1, 2013, 11:53 AM

Jun 2013

Berkeley’s main post office, a distinguished Renaissance Revival work completed in 1914, is to be sold by the financially troubled US Postal Service. A spokeperson for USPS told Berkeleyside today that all carrier operations and bulk mail operations will move to the Berkeley Destination Delivery Unit at 1150 8th Street. The USPS is looking for an alternate retail location for downtown customers.

http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/06/25/postal-service-plans-sale-of-berkeleys-main-post-office/

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Consolidation tammywammy Jun 2013 #13

Ok. Well, that makes sense. They've moved operations and MineralMan Jun 2013 #14