Have you seen the refurbished Cooper Station Post Office?

The scaffolding and sidewalk bridge have (finally) been removed from outside the Cooper Station Post Office on Fourth Avenue at 11th Street... marking the end of a years-long exterior renovation... looking good (click on the images for more detail) ...

How are people feeling about the inside of the PO and its service? (There were some feelings a few years back.) 

And here's some history of the building via the Village Preservation blog:

[T]he building was designed by William Dewey Foster and constructed in 1936-37 as part of the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) to combat the Great Depression. Foster was responsible for designing structures in both New York City and Washington D.C., including ten post offices in New York City and its immediate suburbs. 

Cooper Station was designed in the Classical Revival style and its most dramatic feature is the curve of the facade at the irregular corner of the site. Further highlighting the curve of this building is the two-story colonnade comprised of six receded Doric columns which delineate the corner bays. 

The Cooper Station Post Office was listed on the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places in 1982.

Unfortunately, the building is not landmarked. 

And other factoid: Newman on "Seinfeld" was said to work at this P.O., and the exterior made a super-quick cameo in "The Package," which originally aired on Oct. 17, 1996...

 

Noted

Sign high jinx outside the Cooper Station Post Office on 11th Street at Fourth Avenue.

Eden spotted the addition to the sign.

We reached out to the Postmaster General's office to see if they approved the "only weed" message.

Sinkhole alert outside the Cooper Station Post Office

An EVG reader shared this photo from the Cooper Station Post Office on Fourth Avenue at 11th Street... Not sure how long this has been this way... regardless, something to keep an eye on if the line happens to go out the door...