Benjamin Franklin Post Office and 13 Others to Close?

According to a recent report by the US Post Office, Philadelphia is tied for 3rd place for cities with the greatest number of post offices potentially closing.  Philadelphia earned this distinction by having 14 post offices that may close because of Post Office cuts.  Among the Post Offices on the chopping block is the Benjamin Franklin Post Office – which was only the first post office in the United States.  Here’s what the Xfinity Finance story had to say:

“For a large northeastern city, Philadelphia is doing relatively well. Its continued strong health care and financial services sectors have kept it from experiencing the kind of post-industrial fallout that Detroit, Chicago, and Cleveland did. Nevertheless, it suffered a population decline of 23.8 percent, partially because of industrial decline and partially because it is an old northeastern city. Philadelphia has a vacancy rate of 12 percent. It also has the 13th greatest population density, despite being the 5th largest city. The postal service is considering closing 14 separate branches in the city. One of the offices being considered was formerly owned by Benjamin Franklin.”

I don’t even really comprehend how this could be a possibility.  Even if the Franklin post office is the least productive and most costly it can not be closed simply because it is a Philadelphia Icon and a very important piece of this country’s history.  Hopefully the Post Office and/or the City will get their acts together and make sure this doesn’t happen.

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