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This probably shows a downtown bias, but shouldn’t the Post Office at 12th & Penn AVE NW(Ben Franklin Station) be a showcase Post Office? It is, after all, next door to the Old Post Office and sits on a beautiful stretch of Penn Ave. So why does it appear to be in such a state of disarray?
A visit to the Ben Franklin Post Office this afternoon showed that the only two stamp dispensing machines (circa 1980’s, none of the newer machines like at other DC Post Office locations) were out of order.
As both of these machines were broken, all customers had to wait in line, even for a request as simple as buying stamps. A photo of the line at 3 pm is below, you can imagine what the wait time was like.
The auto parcel machine at the MLK Post Office (14th & L) would seem to be a great fit for the Ben Franklin Station, but if this Post article is correct, all of these machines will be phased out by 2010 anyway.
Don’t forget there is a postage price increase taking effect on May 14th, first class stamps will go up 2 cents, from 39 to 41 cents per stamp.
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I always thought that the post office at the L’enfant Plaza Postal Service headquarters was supposed to be the “showcase” post office. But I haven’t been over there in about 10 years, so I have no idea how up-to-date it is.
But it makes sense that the Postal Service people would consider the PO in their own building to be the showcase, rather than the downtown one that people actually see and use.
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I’ve never been in that location. The one on 7th off K at the Tech hotel, is only open 9-5 Mon-Fri., residents are out of luck… oh and they lock it actually 4:55 and there aren’t any mailboxes outside of the post office complex.