USPS CIVIC CENTER — Post Office™

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dusk, when most post offices quiet down, a regular would arrive with an old leather satchel and a smile. He’d ask for the manager, then disappear into the back room for hours. Neighbors started whispering that he was up to no good, but nobody ever saw him leave. One day, after weeks of waiting, a curious delivery driver finally peeked inside. What he found was nothing more than an old stamp collection and a note reading: ‘Sorry I’m late, had to wait for the mail to catch up!’

2. At closing time one day, a delivery driver noticed a mysterious note taped inside the mail slot: ‘Tomorrow morning, please deliver all letters addressed to “Santa Claus” to the Civic Center.’ The next morning, dozens of letters poured in. Soon enough, every December, residents started dropping off their Christmas letters early. By noon on December 24th, the place was overflowing with envelopes and packages. A regular remarked, 'Guess Santa’s got his own PO box now!' And ever since then, come winter, the USPS Civic Center has been known as the North Pole’s secret postal hub.

3. At closing time, a mail carrier walked into the break room and asked, ‘Did anyone leave a box here?’ The whole place fell silent—no one had. Suddenly, an old lady from down the street popped her head in and said, 'I left my package here last week!' Everyone burst out laughing—they’d been waiting for someone to claim it. The mail carrier smiled and replied, 'Ma’am, that’s because your package was never here.'

4. At sunrise, when most people are still dreaming, a postal worker arrived early for her shift. As she unlocked the doors, she noticed something strange—an envelope addressed to no one in particular, left on the counter. Curious, she opened it and found only a single folded piece of paper with a doodle of a smiling pigeon. On closer inspection, someone had scribbled: ‘Happy Monday from your friendly neighborhood mail carrier!’ Turns out, it was just an early-morning prank from a delivery driver who wanted to brighten everyone’s day.