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Post Office Square (other)
Post Office Square may refer to: * Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts, US * Post Office Square, Brisbane Post Office Square is a public square in Brisbane, Australia. It is located between Queen Street and Adelaide Street in the Brisbane CBD, and has an area of 3,300m². Under the square is a shopping arcade and six-level car park. The square is ..., Queensland, Australia See also * Postplatz (other), in German {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Office Square, Boston
Post Office Square (est. 1874) in Boston, Massachusetts is a square located in the financial district at the intersection of Milk, Congress, Pearl and Water Streets. It was named in 1874 after the United States Post Office and Sub-Treasury which fronted it, now replaced by the John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse. The square is almost entirely occupied by a privately owned and managed but publicly accessible park, Norman B. Leventhal Park, named for the Boston building manager and designer who designed it. It sits above a parking garage, named "The Garage at Post Office Square." The garage descends to below the surface, at the time one of the deepest points of excavation in the city. Revenues from parking fund the maintenance of the park. The park is a popular lunchtime destination for area workers. It features a café, fountains, and a pergola around a central lawn, and the management provides seat cushions for visitors during the summer. Designed by landscape archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Office Square, Brisbane
Post Office Square is a public square in Brisbane, Australia. It is located between Queen Street and Adelaide Street in the Brisbane CBD, and has an area of 3,300m². Under the square is a shopping arcade and six-level car park. The square is opposite the General Post Office The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. Before the Acts of Union 1707, it was the postal system of the Kingdom of England, established by Charles II in 1660. ... building on the Queen Street side, and ANZAC Square on the Adelaide Street side. History Post Office Square was opened in 1984. In 2008 the Sir William Glasgow Memorial was moved to the square, facing ANZAC Square. Protesters camped in Post Office Square from 15 October 2011 as part of Occupy Brisbane, before being evicted on 1 November. References External links Parks in Brisbane Squares in Brisbane History of Brisbane Brisbane central b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
