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Visualizing US expansion through the opening of US Post Offices

August 18, 2011 @ 1:25 pm

Using Processing, Derek Watkins pulled data from the USPS on their post office openings from 1700 to 1900 and found it as a great way to viusualize US expansion over the course of 200 years.

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Detroit’s floating post office

June 15, 2011 @ 7:28 pm

Zip code 48222. That’s the zip code of Detroit’s postal delivery service along the Detroit River, serving cargo ships since as far back as 1874. Today, the J. W. Westcott Company still delivers letters and packages to ships passing through … Continue reading →

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Inside the James A. Farley Post Office

October 20, 2010 @ 10:11 am

Photo by Jake Dobkin Open House New York recently gave tours of the not-quite-abandoned-but-almost-there James Farley Post Office on 8th Avenue in Manhattan. The post office is one of the largest in the US and sits atop portions of Penn … Continue reading →

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10 letters to the President

April 20, 2009 @ 1:29 pm

Photo: Andrew Councill for The New York Times The New York Times has an article looking into the daily work of Mike Kelleher, the director of the White House Office of Correspondence, and the man solely responsible for picking and … Continue reading →

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