Post Office building
Sir, — Many readers will share the views expressed today by two correspondents about the future of the historic Post Office building in Cathedral Square. It is commendable that both Post Office authorities and the City Council are seriously considering two proposals which would preserve the building to a greater or lesser extent. Both plans retain the eastern clock-tower wing. But in one plan the northern facade is replaced by a modern frontage for the new Post Office, its forward low-rise portion leading to a high-rise tower block behind. The Post Office favours this plan, also endorsed recently by the City Council town planning committee. However, the full council has yet to consider the plans, and many citizens will hope that it will opt for the preservation of both frontages, so that the, traditional, architecturally veryattractive character of this corner of the Square may be preserved as far as possible. — Yours, etc., HELEN HERVEY, Chairman, Environmental Vanguard Organisation. April 15, 1978.
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