Good question that I can't answer.  Our file is long archived and no one in
the office remembers the details of the history of the building.
Sorry.  Michael-former postal truck driver

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From: Met History <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 8:52 AM
Subject: Rain, sleet, volcanoes, listserv resignations ...


>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