You have to log in to edit pages.
Building name:
Some buildings have a name etched into the edifice or prominently displayed on a sign on the building (not just for recent business occupant) such as that found at the Mall of America or Rockefeller Plaza. Others are commonly called a particular name from their association with a particular individual, who may have been the first or most prominent owner, or a particular business. Sometimes even homes get names like Stonebridge. If you don’t know the name, it’s okay to leave this section blank.
Building Number: (ex: 234 Main Street W.)
Number that is the first part of the street address. For example, if the building address if 834 Broadway Avenue North, the number is 834.
Street Name: (ex:234 Main Street)
Name of the particular street, not including the street type or suffix. For example, for 834 Broadway Avenue North, the street name is Broadway.
Street Suffix: (ex:234 Main Street) Avenue Street Road Alcove Alley Bay Boulevard Circle Close Court Crescent Crossing Curve Drive Estate Estates Farm Farms Freeway Glen Green Harbor Heights Highway Hill Island Key Landing Lane Loop Mall Motorway Park Parkway Pass Path Place Plaza Point Ridge Route Row Rue Run Skyway Spur Square Terrace Throughway Trail Turnpike Viaduct View Way Other
One of a series of street types which follows the street name. In the case of 834 Broadway Avenue North, the street suffix is Avenue.
Street Directional: N NE E SE S SW W NW
Most streets, especially longer ones, have a direction, which indicates a specific area along that street. For 834 Broadway Avenue North, the directional is North. If this information is not available it is okay to leave blank.
Location of Building:
If the building has no address or it is unknown, write a short description of where the building is located. Ex: "Corner of Main Street and Elm Avenue" or "On the Mississippi River, 1/4 mile south of Highway 61 and Interstate 94"
City/locality:
The name of the legally organized and/or incorporated city, village, suburb, or township where the property is located.
Neighborhood/s:
If the building is part of a neighborhood or borough. If the building is part of more than one neighborhood (historic, imagined, etc... please enter them using commas to separate them.
County: County Parish Select if it is a county or a parish (county by default).
Enter name of the county or parish. Do not add "County" or "Parish" to name.
State/province: Minnesota Alberta Alaska Alabama Arkansas American Samoa Arizona British Columbia California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Manitoba Maryland Maine Michigan Missouri Mississippi Montana New Brunswick North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska Newfoundland and Labrador New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Ontario Oregon Pennsylvania Prince Edward Island Puerto Rico Palau Quebec Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Saskatchewan Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming Yukon Territory
Select the state or province.
Province other than U.S. or Canada:
Add province if structure is not located in the U.S. or Canada.
Country: United States Albania Algeria Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Azores (Portugal) Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China - People's Republic of Colombia Congo - Republic of Costa Rica Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands (Denmark) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guinea Guinea_Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Maderia (Portugal) Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands (Holland) Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda St. Vincent and the Grenadines Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Samoa Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Zambia Zimbabwe American Samoa Cambodia Bonaire (Netherlands Antillies) Canary Islands Channel Islands Cook Islands Curacao (Netherlands Antillies) England Guam Kosrae (Federated States of Micronesia) Marshall Islands Monaco Myanmar Norfolk Island Northern Ireland (UK) Northern Mariana Islands Palau Ponape Ireland - Republic Of Rota (Northern Mariana Islands) Saba (Netherlands Antilles) Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands) Scotland (United Kingdom) St. Barthelemy (Guadeloupe) St. Christopher (St. Kitts and Nevis) St. Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands) St. Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles) St. John (U.S. Virgin Islands) St. Lucia St. Maarten (Netherlands Antilles) St. Martin (Guadeloupe) St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) Korea (South Korea) Tahiti (French Polynesia) Truk (Federated States of Micronesia) U.S. Virgin Islands Wake Island Wales (United Kingdom) Yap (Federated States of Micronesia)
Select the country
Year built:
The year or period of years when the building was originally constructed. Sources for this date include building permits and property tax records.
Year razed:
Some buildings have been razed (torn down or demolished). If you know when a building was razed, please put that date here. You can sometimes get an approximate date from city directories, old photographs, permits for new buildings on the same site, and newspaper articles. If year is not known, put Unknown
Primary Architectural style: A-Frame American Four-Square Art Deco/Art Moderne Arts and Crafts/Craftsman Beaux Arts Bungalow/Bungaloid Cape Cod Carpenter Gothic Chateauesque Classical Revival Colonial Revival Commercial Dome Dutch Colonial Eastlake/Stick Style Federalist Folk French Renaissance Georgian Gothic Gothic Revival Greek Revival International Italian Renaissance Italianate Mission Modern Neoclassical Neoeclectic Post Modern Prairie School Queen Anne Ranch Renaissance Revival Richardsonian Romanesque Rustic Second Empire Shingle Southwest Spanish Revival Tudor Revival Vernacular Victorian Victorian Gothic Other
Many buildings have a recognizable architectural style, such as a bungalow or Richardsonian Romanesque. If you are not sure of the style, you can leave it blank or do additional research, comparing the building to styles in architectural guides or other building entries.
Secondary Architectural style: A-Frame American Four-Square Art Deco/Art Moderne Arts and Crafts/Craftsman Beaux Arts Bungalow/Bungaloid Cape Cod Carpenter Gothic Chateauesque Classical Revival Colonial Revival Commercial Dome Dutch Colonial Eastlake/Stick Style Federalist Folk French Renaissance Georgian Gothic Gothic Revival Greek Revival International Italian Renaissance Italianate Mission Modern Neoclassical Neoeclectic Post Modern Prairie School Queen Anne Ranch Renaissance Revival Richardsonian Romanesque Rustic Second Empire Shingle Southwest Spanish Revival Tudor Revival Vernacular Victorian Victorian Gothic Other
Some buildings either at the time of their original construction or through additions or renovations have a secondary style.
Additions: Six-story parking garage added in 1978 to Northwest end. Expansion of 400,000 square feet added from 1988 to 1992.
Later construction of small rooms or larger sections connected to the original building, which increases the size of the building.
Major Alterations: Intact Some/mostly intact Altered Significant Alterations Alterations more apparent than original
Removal of significant portions or features of the building or renovations that cause significant changes to the buildings exterior appearance.
Architect or design source:
Some buildings are well known as the work of a specific architect, such as Frank Lloyd Wright. Often people learn about an architect's role in designing a building from his/her name appearing on the building permit or a set of plans. Other design sources include standard plans sold by mail order catalogs, magazines, newspapers, and lumber companies and plans drafted by homeowners, carpenters, and draftsmen.
Moved from location:
If the building was moved to this location, what was the address or location of the old site?
Builder:
If the builder's name (individual or company) is known, please add it.
Select a Historic Function
Historic function: House/single dwelling or duplex Airport terminal Apartments/condominiums Auditorium/music facility Bank/financial institution Barn/agricultural building Business Capitol City hall/town hall/ Civic Clinic/medical office Clubhouse College/university Correctional facility Courthouse Dancehall/reception area Department store Drive-in restaurant or business Energy facility Fire/police station Fortification Gas/filling station Government office Grain elevator Hospital Hotel/motel Institutional housing Library Manufacturing facility Meeting hall Military facility Mortuary/funeral home Multiple dwelling Museum Office Organizational Park building Post office Public works Rail-related, including depots Ranger station Religious/Place of worship Religious facility, other Resort/spa Restaurant Sanitarium School Shopping center/mall/strip mall Secondary building/sheds, privies Sports facility/stadium Theater/concert hall Warehouse/storage Other
What was the historic function of the building? Select the most appropreate.
Other Historic function/s:
Add the most appropriate historic function/s. Use commas to separate functions if more than one.
Select a Current Function
Current function: House/single dwelling or duplex Airport terminal Apartments/condominiums Auditorium/music facility Bank/financial institution Barn/agricultural building Business Capitol City hall/town hall/ Civic Clinic/medical office Clubhouse College/university Correctional facility Courthouse Dancehall/reception area Department store Drive-in restaurant or business Energy facility Fire/police station Fortification Gas/filling station Government office Grain elevator Hospital Hotel/motel Institutional housing Library Manufacturing facility Meeting hall Military facility Mortuary/funeral home Multiple dwelling Museum Office Organizational Park building Post office Public works Rail-related, including depots Ranger station Religious/Place of worship Religious facility, other Resort/spa Restaurant Sanitarium School Shopping center/mall/strip mall Secondary building/sheds, privies Sports facility/stadium Theater/concert hall Warehouse/storage Other
What is the current function of the building? Select the most appropriate.
Other Current function/s:
Add the most appropriate current function/s. Use commas to separate functions if more than one.
Exterior wall covering: Aluminum Asbestos Asphalt Brick Ceramic Tile Concrete Earth Glass Granite Inapplicable Iron Limestone Log Marble Metal None Listed Other Sandstone Shingle Steel Stone Stucco Terra Cotta Tile Tin Vinyl Weatherboard Wood
If known, select the major material the exterior wall is composed of.
Roof material: Aluminum Asbestos Asphalt Asphalt Shingles Brick Ceramic Tile Composition Concrete Copper Earth Glass Inapplicable Iron Limestone Metal Metal/Steel None Listed Other Rubber Shingle Slate Steel Synthetics Terra Cotta Tin Weatherboard Wood Wood Shingle
If known, select the major material the roof is composed of.
Foundation material: Brick Ceramic Tile Concrete Granite Inapplicable Limestone Log Metal None Listed Sandstone Slate Steel Stone Stucco Terra Cotta Wood
If known, select the major material the foundation is composed of.
Building permit:
What is the number of the building permit if known?
First owner:
List the name of the first owner
Building Image 1: Upload file
Add a picture of the building, historic or current. The image must be uploaded to placeography.org and you must have permission to use it.
Caption for Image 1:
Describe the photo for caption 1.
Building Image 2: Upload file
Add a picture of the building, historic, current or of a detail or interior. The image must be uploaded to placeography.org and you must have permission to use it.
Caption for Image 2:
Describe the photo for caption 2
This building is a part of a larger site:
If this building is part of a larger site add the Placeography page title here.
Site Name:
Add the name of the site here.
Additional Notes:
If you have other notes you wish to add to the info box like significant persons associated with the building add them here.
Coordinates:
Look up coordinates
NRHP ID Number:
NRHP URL:
NRHP Criteria:
NRHP Certification Date: January February March April May June July August September October November December
NRHP Significance: Local State National International
If applicable, name of Historic district:
Primary Architectural style: 10 Span Concrete Slab American Four-Square Art Deco Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Baroque Baroque Revival Beaux Arts Bulk Freight Steamer Bulk Freighter Bungaloid Bungalow Bungalow/Craftsman Byzantine Byzantine Revival Camelback Through Truss Cantilever Deck Truss Carpenter Gothic Chateauesque Classical Revival Classical Revivial Colonial Revival Commercial Commercial Queen Anne Concrete Arch Concrete Girder Concrete Slab Craftsman Craftsman/Art Nouveau Deck Girder Deck Pratt Truss Diversified farm Eastlake Egyptian Revival English Cottage English Gothic English Tudor Exotic Revival Federal Filled-spandrel concrete arch French Renaissance French Renaissance Revival French Second Empire Georgian Georgian Revival Gothic Gothic Revival Gothic Villa Greek Revival International Style Italian Renaissance Italian Villa Italianate Jacobean Jacobean Revival Jacobethan Revival King-post Pony Truss Late 19th and 20th Century American Movements Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals Late Gothic Revival Late Victorian Log Masonry Arch Mission Revival Modern Movement Moderne Multi-plate arch No Style NPS Rustic NPS Rustic Architecture NPS Rustic Style Octagon Octagon Mode Parker through truss Pennsylvania through truss Period Revival Pony Truss Prairie School Pratt through truss Queen Anne Reinforced Concrete Arch Reinforced Concrete Barrel-arch Reinforced Concrete Barrel-vault Renaissance Renaissance Revival Richardsonian Richardsonian Romanesque Romanesque Romanesque Revival Rustic Rustic-style log Schooner Schooner Barge Shingle Shingle Style Single pan, Multi-Plate Arch with Stone Facing Sloop Spainish Colonial Revival Spanish Colonial Revival Spanish Mission Steel H Truss Stick Stick Style Stick/Eastlake Sullivanesque Swiss Chalet Thacher Truss Town Lattice Truss Tudor Revival Vernacular Victorian Victorian Gothic Victorian Romanesque Warren Pony Truss Whaleback Freighter Wooden Cribbed Elevator Wrightian
Secondary Architectural style: 10 Span Concrete Slab American Four-Square Art Deco Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Baroque Baroque Revival Beaux Arts Bulk Freight Steamer Bulk Freighter Bungaloid Bungalow Bungalow/Craftsman Byzantine Byzantine Revival Camelback Through Truss Cantilever Deck Truss Carpenter Gothic Chateauesque Classical Revival Classical Revivial Colonial Revival Commercial Commercial Queen Anne Concrete Arch Concrete Girder Concrete Slab Craftsman Craftsman/Art Nouveau Deck Girder Deck Pratt Truss Diversified farm Eastlake Egyptian Revival English Cottage English Gothic English Tudor Exotic Revival Federal Filled-spandrel concrete arch French Renaissance French Renaissance Revival French Second Empire Georgian Georgian Revival Gothic Gothic Revival Gothic Villa Greek Revival International Style Italian Renaissance Italian Villa Italianate Jacobean Jacobean Revival Jacobethan Revival King-post Pony Truss Late 19th and 20th Century American Movements Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals Late Gothic Revival Late Victorian Log Masonry Arch Mission Revival Modern Movement Moderne Multi-plate arch No Style NPS Rustic NPS Rustic Architecture NPS Rustic Style Octagon Octagon Mode Parker through truss Pennsylvania through truss Period Revival Pony Truss Prairie School Pratt through truss Queen Anne Reinforced Concrete Arch Reinforced Concrete Barrel-arch Reinforced Concrete Barrel-vault Renaissance Renaissance Revival Richardsonian Richardsonian Romanesque Romanesque Romanesque Revival Rustic Rustic-style log Schooner Schooner Barge Shingle Shingle Style Single pan, Multi-Plate Arch with Stone Facing Sloop Spainish Colonial Revival Spanish Colonial Revival Spanish Mission Steel H Truss Stick Stick Style Stick/Eastlake Sullivanesque Swiss Chalet Thacher Truss Town Lattice Truss Tudor Revival Vernacular Victorian Victorian Gothic Victorian Romanesque Warren Pony Truss Whaleback Freighter Wooden Cribbed Elevator Wrightian
Year/s of Major Alterations:
Year/s of Additions :
Building Summary/Intro: The Minneapolis Post Office has served as the main post office for the city of Minneapolis and its surrounding area since its opening in 1935. The Art Deco style facility is situated along 2 blocks of 1st Street between Hennepin Ave. and 3rd Avenue in Downtown Minneapolis. It was designed by French-born architect Leon Eugene Arnal and constructed using local materials. It has undergone two expansions in its lifetime. In 1978, a free-standing 6-story parking ramp was built along the building’s North West side. The post office also expanded to a much larger degree in the late 1980s to accommodate the rising metro population and the need for greater efficiency. The Post Office remains in use today. However, the U.S. Postal Service has been flirting with the possibility of moving to the suburbs, thus presenting developers with a potential opportunity to reuse the building in an entirely different fashion.
Building Content: '''Early History''' The Minneapolis Post Office currently sits on the spot of the original Minneapolis post office which was built in 1854 and has since been destroyed. In 1931, President Hoover, under the Works Project Administration, appropriated $4 million for the construction of the Minneapolis Post Office (Koutsky, 2002). The architecture firm behind the building was Magney & Tusler Architects. The chief designer was Leon Eugene Arnal, who is better known for designing the Foshay Tower, among other famous buildings in the area. The popular Moderne Art Deco style building uses Mankato’s own Kasota limestone and St. Cloud black granite. The building achieves the vertical emphasis typical of the Art Deco style, despite being extremely horizontal, with a striking pattern of three-story window units with decorative relief panels (Koutsky, 2002). Approximately 500 to 700 local laborers and carpenters were summoned to construct the monumental building (Russell, 2003). When the building finally opened, amidst the great depression, then Postmaster General James Farley said about the Post Office, “Magnificent buildings are memorials of the strength and glory of a civilization” (Koutsky, 2002). The lobby within the Minneapolis Post Office remains largely intact today. The lobby’s most prominent feature is a 365-foot-long bronze chandelier that runs along the entire length of the lobby. This astounding fixture is perhaps the longest in the world of its kind (Mack, 2004). The interior lobby also features inlaid terrazzo floors and many original bronze features including teller windows, freestanding mailing stations, and bulletin signs. '''Expansion''' The first expansion of the Minneapolis Post Office took place in 1978, 43 years after its opening. The expansion came in the way of a free standing parking ramp. This six-story ramp, considered an eyesore by many, provided the post office with approximately 600 additional parking spaces (Mack, 2004). The largest expansion of the Minneapolis Post Office occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s when about 400,000 square feet of facility, maneuvering room and parking space was added. The Postal Service purchased 2.2 acres for $3.6 million in 1988 in the area between the existing post office and the Mississippi River Parkway (Schmickle, 1988). The expansion project, headed by local architectural firm Hammel, Green & Abrahamson Inc., planned to wrap the moderne façade seen on the front side of the building to the river side (Schmickle, 1988). The project also sought to enclose the truck staging area, which was previously open to the river. The goal of the project, said Roger Santelman, a principal at HGA, in 1988, was to “carry the general character of the original architecture around to the river side so that building architecturally looks like the front door to the city as you come across the bridges” (Schmickle, 1988). The project’s estimated cost, in 1988, was approximately $51.2 million (Smith, 1988). When completed in 1992, the expansion added, in total, 189,000 square feet to the existing 389,000 square-foot mail facility. Furthermore, 190,000 square feet of parking and maneuvering room was added to the existing 296,600 square feet of parking and maneuvering space (Smith, 1988). The expansion was deemed necessary because mail passing through the facility had increased on average 5 to 7 percent annually since the early 1980’s (Smith, 1988). At the time, the U.S. Postal Service employed approximately 3500 people at the Minneapolis Post Office (Smith, 1988). The large expansion of the Post Office is considered, by many, to be a large misstep. The project ended up taking two blocks of prime real estate along the new West River Parkway. The expansion, according to Mayor R.T. Rybak, was allowed based upon the agreement to permit public use of the loggia along the West River Parkway (Nigon, 2002). The Downtown Council had in mind to possibly use this space for a restaurant, bike rental, shop, or park space (Nigon, 2002). The loggia, with its arched arcade and walkway, remains unused by the public to this day. '''Today and Future''' The Minneapolis Post Office continues to play a pivotal role in the delivery and sorting of mail for the city of Minneapolis and the surrounding area. The building looks today much like it did in 1935. The bronze and terrazzo lobby remains largely intact while the art deco limestone exterior continues to command two blocks along 1st avenue. As of 2004, approximately 1800 people were working in the building (Mack, 2004). The Post Office is a beloved civic monument. The complex is a part of the St. Anthony Falls Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Mack, 2004). State Historic Architect Charles Nelson stated in 2004, the building’s “integrity, presence and longtime public service make it very important” (Mack, 2004). In 2003, Mayor R. T. Rybak stated that “[The Minneapolis Post Office] is one of the great buildings in the city at one of the pivotal sites” (Russell, 2003). Kathleen Anderson, of the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission in 2003, remarked, “That Post Office is one of my favorite buildings in the world. The lobby is gorgeous.” (Russell, 2003). The future of the Minneapolis post office remains uncertain. The Postal Service has not hidden its urge to move its Minneapolis operation into the suburbs where the facility could be more accommodating for trucks and more efficient. The U.S. Postal Service decided to move out of its St. Paul headquarters to Eagan, MN in 2009. A similar fate regarding the Minneapolis Post Office was considered, however it was not part of the most recent consolidation process (Brown, 2005). Much of the talk surrounding the Minneapolis Post Office since the turn of the century has been concerning its potential for adaptive reuse. If it were to be reused the limestone façade and stunning lobby would likely be unscathed. Developers, in many ways would love to reuse this historic building for either condominiums or offices. The riverside location, proximity to downtown, and the novelty of living in a civic monument make the Post Office a fantastic opportunity for redevelopment. Currently the entire complex totals 1.5 million square feet, which is more than the IDS center (Mack, 2004). More than half of that total is parking space. '''Historic Preservation''' The Post Office is already considered by many to be a truly historic monument. It is a part of the St. Anthony Falls Historic District, on the National Register of Historic Places and could possibly be under consideration to be on the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission’s list of local landmarks. The post office satisfies the following HPC criterion. (1) The 1935 Minneapolis Post Office was created during a historical time in this nation. Built during the Great Depression, with WPA money, the Minneapolis Post Office also embodies the modern art deco style architecture famous in this era (4). If adaptive reuse of the post office were considered, the preservation of the lobby and exterior façade is of the utmost importance. The northwest parking garage and southeast wing from the 1992 expansion could be demolished without consequence. The remainder of the interior, outside of the lobby could and would be permitted to be reworked.
Memory:
Free text == Photo Gallery == == Related Links == {{Badgeboxtop}} {{Badge/ARCH5670 Class Project}} {{Badge/Endangered Post Offices}} {{Badgeboxbottom}} == Related Links == http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Post_Office http://www.lileks.com/mpls/post/index.html == Notes == '''Citations''' Brown, C. (2005, June 7 ). St. Paul Cheers Move of Post Office. StarTribune , p. 2005. Koutsky, L. S. (2002, September 3). The Main Post Office, 100 S. 1st St. Downtown Journal , p. 1. Mack, L. (2004, March 1). A What-If Scenario for the Main Post Office. StarTribune , p. 2. Nigon, E. (2002, August 2002). For Sale: Weed Park Condos? Downtown Journal , p. 3. Russell, S. (2003, December 15 ). Downtown's Ultimate Forwarding Address. Downtown Journal , p. 3. Schmickle, S. (1988, January 12). Postal Service Buys Land to Expand Along Downtown Riverfront. StarTribune , p. 2. Smith, R. G. (1988, August 6). Downtown Minneapolis Post Office to be Expanded. StarTribune , p. 1. <div class="references-small"> <references/> </div>