Is there, like, no post office for 19121?

[Sharkfood]

I thought every ZIP code in the city had its own post office. But, in searching the US Postal Service website, I cannot find a post office for 19121.

Which raises the question, who the hell delivers mail for 19121? I have a package slip and I need to know where to take it.

[raider.adam]

I thought every ZIP code in the city had its own post office. But, in searching the US Postal Service website, I cannot find a post office for 19121.

Which raises the question, who the hell delivers mail for 19121? I have a package slip and I need to know where to take it.

The post office is, I believe, on 16th up by Lehigh. I have been there several times before.

Edit: Looking at Google Maps, yeah it looks like the building on 16th at Huntingdon.

[FleaDog]

It's fun finding parking up there too

[Sharkfood]

The post office is, I believe, on 16th up by Lehigh. I have been there several times before.

Edit: Looking at Google Maps, yeah it looks like the building on 16th at Huntingdon.

That's the post office for 19132. I've been there. Nice depression era building with murals.

So, I take it, that building handles all deliveries for 19132 & 19121?

[raider.adam]

That's the post office for 19132. I've been there. Nice depression era building with murals.

So, I take it, that building handles all deliveries for 19132 & 19121?

Yes. As one of the "old heads" in the neighborhood had told me, they used to go near Fairmount for the post office.

[arlee]

"old heads"

No. You. Didn't.

[raider.adam]

No. You. Didn't.

I put it in quotes to denote the colloquialism. It is hard not to incorporate when it is now part of my daily neighborhood conversations. I was trying to think how to describe him and that is what came to mind. It just seemed more appropriate than "one of the old guys in the neighborhood".

Just wait till I start using "young bucks".

[arlee]

You wold have rendered me speechless had I actually heard the words come out of your mouth.

[eldondre]

there were/are three post offices in my neighborhood. the one at Broad and Girard is going down, but there's still the one at 19th and Poplar (been there forever, building looks old as dirt)and 20th and fairmount.

[Titus]

there were/are three post offices in my neighborhood. the one at Broad and Girard is going down, but there's still the one at 19th and Poplar (been there forever, building looks old as dirt)and 20th and fairmount.

Yes, but the one on Poplar doesn't sell stamps or do any services except hold mail and have mailboxes. The one on Fmt Ave is a retail post office so called.

[Trader Bob]

Broad and Poplar is a good post office. Hardly ever any lines; no waiting!

19th and Poplar still has mail chutes inside including a "local mail only" chute.

[phillykat]

I thought every ZIP code in the city had its own post office. But, in searching the US Postal Service website, I cannot find a post office for 19121.

Which raises the question, who the hell delivers mail for 19121? I have a package slip and I need to know where to take it.

Believe it or not I actually registered to answer your question. My dad was a mailman for over 30 years working out of 19th & Poplar (my aunt was at Broad and Pop. and my sister at 30th ST). I guess the P.O. is in the blood. Anyway, our mail (I am in 19121 as well) used to come out of 19th & Pop. Maybe 25 years ago someone got it in their heads to close it. However there was a bit of a to do about that so they opted to scale down the services. At that point our mail was sent to 16th ST near Lehigh (I think it's 2601 N 16th.. I get a lot of packages) temporarily until the new one was opened on Fairmount. Well, the P.O. on Fairmount opened and our mail delivery was never sent there. (It was probably a little longer; I was too young to care but my parents talked about it.) Personally, I would like our mail moved from there for 2 reasons: a) it's too damn far and b) it's too damn far. Oh, I have a 3rd reason: it's too damn far AND I don't have a car.

I'm not old but I guess in this area I'm an "old head," too. ugh :*(

[MERKIN]

yup, its far. its called roxann something or other.

[nancydrew]

None of them appear to be in 19121 but this is how you find answers to questions like that:

USPS.Find a Business/Standard Search - United States Postal Service

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[Phanto]

Strawberry Mansion is sadly probably known more in the metro area for things like the shooting of four students last December than for its architectural and cultural heritage.

Strawberry's entrance hall is unusual in that four doors, with identical fanlights, open from it, two to the outside, two to other rooms. One bedroom is Empire — almost right out of one of Napoleon's palaces — with a rich canopied bed, ornate French over-valance at the window. Another has a "Beau Brummell" with handsome brasses, best described as the ultimate in a man's bureau for traveling, especially on a sea voyage. The attic is unbelievable. It is the attic dreamed of, but seldom seen, containing everything — a 1775 baby carriage, ice skates circa 1700 and 1800, metal hip tub, a doll house, an awesome array of doll, toys, kitchen utensils — everything but the kitchen sink.

These days, it's in its infant stages of hearing the g-word (rhymes with "adventure vacation") creeping up from Center City, with ridiculously cheap rents to be had on large apartments that fit the needs of the risky artistic urbanite. 33rd street is the boundary between the neighborhood and East Fairmount Park and is lined with grand old post-Civil War mansions and apartments that are beginning to be gobbled up by said artists and investors.
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[PhillyTugs]

what's the purpose of "like" in your title? like, couldn't have you done without it, like?