In a message dated 12/8/98, [log in to unmask] writes (about the 1910 NYC
General Post Office, probably to be converted into a new/old Penn Station):

> What will probably be lost (converted to the new waiting area for the train
station) is the > workroom, which the public never got to see.

Michael:  Tell us about why you think such a giant "back office" building was
built in that place to begin with.  Were the Feds in on the deal with the
Pennsylvania RR (which probably wanted the mail contracts)?  Was the original
Post Office designed for/intended for a much taller building on top, or other
uses?   Is the "workroom" anything special?

Signed,  Christopher Gray, former Letter Carrier