SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The lines are often long inside the Art Deco post office here under the palm trees. But few people complain these days when they visit that New Deal-era building.
They are glad to get their mail, send off a package and maybe chat a bit while they still can. In December, the government said it planned to sell it.
“We don’t know what’s going to happen to this beautiful, Depression-era architectural jewel,” said Sara Meric, 87, a retired script analyst who has used this post office since 1959. “If, God forbid, this slaughter does go through, some entity should make sure that this building is protected.”
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