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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown
^There are a few hurdles. The most prominent is that, as a general legal principle, we don't want USPS to sell land for far less than market value.
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Is it something that's even ever discussed anymore? Is it still on the radar? I mean, it wouldn't necessarily be a large park, but I don't think it has to be. For the record, I hate when people try to draw comparisons with NYC, or try to emulate it, but a park that comes to mind is Bryant park. I only mention it because if you take out the NY Public Library, my sense is that the fort dearborn post office would yield a similar sized park. And Bryant park is actually a really cool park (but obviously sees a ton more pedestrian traffic).
All you would need would be 1 point of interest in the park (some cool avant-garde urban sculpture or whatever), and maybe some kind of coffee stand/food/whatever with decent places to sit and it'd be a great place to take in the city.