Posts about Old Post Office
Before the Old Post Office was old: Now the Old Post Office Building is slated to become a hotel, but its future was not always so certain. A post office for 15 years, the building became a target for multiple plans to tear it down. (Streets of Washington) (Comment)
Will Trump Post Office fail?: Why did GSA choose Donald Trump to redevelop the Old Post Office? Steven Pearlstein says Trump's numbers don't add up and the project is headed for a bankruptcy like several prior Trump projects. (Post) (Comment)
Post Office Trumped: The GSA has awarded the Old Post Office to Donald Trump's organization which will turn it into a 250-room luxury hotel. (City Paper) (Comment)
From food court to grand court?: 6 redevelopment proposals for the Old Post Office include a Waldorf Astoria hotel and a Trump hotel. GSA will make a final selection by November 17. (Post) (Comment)
DC's Trump (clock)tower: Donald Trump's hotel company is proposing to redevelop the Old Post Office into a luxury hotel. The proposal would maintain much of the building's architecture and include an exhibit on the building's history. (Post) (Comment)
And...: An engine defect means 351 new hybrid buses need repair. (Examiner) ... Once, the Old Post Office was a new post office. (DC Metrocentric) ... Want to be on the Alexandria Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee? (JTDP) (Comment)
Don't tear it down: 40 years ago, when the Feds wanted to demolish the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue, a citizens group demanded, "Don't tear it down." At that moment, DC's historic preservation movement was born. (Post) (Comment)
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