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A portrait of one post office soon to be closed, and another soon to be packed.
The United States Postal Service is closing three post offices in Philadelphia this spring, according to the Inquirer, in an effort to consolidate and streamline operations to allow USPS to become more efficient and effective. USPS said that the three stations were chosen based on a study they conducted last year. Adams Avenue, Girard Avenue and Wissinoming will be closing their doors on April 22. Residents using these post offices are being referred to the next-cloests facility. CP wondered: if lines at post offices are (sometimes, anyway) notoriously long already, what would these closures do to lines at other nearby post offices? And so CP set out to find answers. This photo was taken at the Girard Avenue station (scheduled to be closed in April) today after waiting over a half hour for them to re-open from being out of the office. CP counted 10 people waiting in line (three aren't visible). photo by Tanya Hull The next-closest post office, according to the USPS, is Fairmount Station at 1939 Fairmount Ave. So we ambled over there and took this photo, revealing seven people in line. photo by Tanya Hull Add both lines together (assuming many of the Girard Ave. customers will be taking their business to the next closest post office) and you get, well, a longer line. So (dare we ask) â" how's your post office? bleudogman Posted 2011-02-05 12:09:38
A portrait of one post office soon to be closed, and another soon to be packed.
The United States Postal Service is closing three post offices in Philadelphia this spring, according to the Inquirer, in an effort to consolidate and streamline operations to allow USPS to become more efficient and effective. USPS said that the three stations were chosen based on a study they conducted last year. Adams Avenue, Girard Avenue and Wissinoming will be closing their doors on April 22. Residents using these post offices are being referred to the next-cloests facility. CP wondered: if lines at post offices are (sometimes, anyway) notoriously long already, what would these closures do to lines at other nearby post offices? And so CP set out to find answers. This photo was taken at the Girard Avenue station (scheduled to be closed in April) today after waiting over a half hour for them to re-open from being out of the office. CP counted 10 people waiting in line (three aren't visible).
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Though I know it may not help all that much, I've found that the "satellite" or retail post offices (they're not technically POs, I'm told) scattered around are typically a little less busy. Presumably, this is partly because the people who received a "sorry we missed you" doorhanger must go to the official post office. The second (very little) bit of help is that my ATM (Wachovia/Wells Fargo) now sells stamps. When I saw that menu option at the bank, it made my day.
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I go to the post office on Chestnut Street, between 21st and 22nd at least once a week and it is nearly always jammed. There's a magic moment around 3 pm when the wait will be under 20-25 minutes, but it's elusive.
What is utterly stupid is removing the stamp selling machines at all post offices. Why take away something that can be done without waiting in line?
The TD bank ATM at the corner of 18th and Walnut also sells stamps.
Considering that the post office is used by a lot of people to buy money orders I doubt those people can use ATMs to buy stamps.
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