Downtown Richmond post office for sale

   RICHMOND - The East Bay Times reported this morning that the U.S. Postal Service plans to shut the historic downtown Richmond Post office and sell the building, constructed in 1938.
     The announcement came Wednesday and has already drawn criticism from city officials and advocates for downtown Richmond.
    The Times reported that the group Richmond Main Street has a campaign in progress called Save the Downtown Post Office.
     All postal operations currently in the building will be moved to a postal facility about a mile away.
     To read the full story in the East Bay Times, click on this link: USPS Announces plans