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Chicago Pride Parade in Lincoln Park in 1985 on Clark Street. Lincoln Park was home to a number of important historic figures including: J. J. Bittenbinder (1942–2023), police officer, television host, and author. He was a childhood resident of the DePaul neighborhood in Lincoln Park. [42]
A sectional center facility (SCF) is a processing and distribution center (P&DC) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) that serves a designated geographical area defined by one or more three-digit ZIP Code prefixes.
The Old Chicago Main Post Office is a nine-story-tall office building in downtown Chicago.The building was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and built in 1921. The structure of the building was expanded greatly in 1932 in order to serve Chicago's great volume of postal business, increased significantly by the mail-order businesses of Montgomery Ward (the largest retailer in the ...
You can call USPS directly at 800-ASK-USPS (800-275-8777) for detailed information about post office hours on Tax Day, collection boxes and mail pickups in your area. ... Know your post office’s ...
Lincoln Park is a 1,208-acre (489-hectare) park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois.Named after US president Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south, [1] [2] to near Ardmore Avenue (5800 N) on the north, just north of the DuSable Lake Shore Drive terminus at Hollywood Avenue. [3]
The Lincoln Park Post Office was dedicated on August 5, 1939, serving as a branch of the Detroit Post Office. [3] Lincoln Park Post Office began operating as an independent post office in 1954. [2] However, the Postal Service's Lincoln Park operations eventually outgrew the size of the building. The Post Office left the building in 1991.
The United States Post Office Department (USPOD; also known as the Post Office or U.S. Mail) was the predecessor of the United States Postal Service, established in 1792. From 1872 to 1971, it was officially in the form of a Cabinet department. It was headed by the postmaster general.
A a post office was first established in Chicago on March 8, 1831, with Johnathan N. Baily, a fur trader, being appointed Chicago's first postmaster. [1] [2] Chicago was long the hub of the Railway Mail Service of the United States.