This post office, Parisians know it well.
And in particular those who were waiting for the last moment to send in their tax return, since it was the only one open 24 hours a day. midday.
Now it will close at midnight.
But that's not the only change.
The entire site of this Hôtel des Postes, which housed the office and a mail sorting and distribution centre, has been renovated and opened up to other activities.
Those linked to the post only occupy a third of the 32,000 square meters.
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Eventually, in addition to the post office, the logistics platform in the basement and the offices of a subsidiary of the postal bank on the 2 floors, the huge complex will house 13 shops, 1 daycare centre, 1 police station, 1 coworking space, 17 social housing, offices, a luxury hotel… A metamorphosis whose first customers were able to measure the extent, Tuesday at the time of the opening.
With astonishment and excitement for some;
with a little more reserve, as for the new activities developed, for others.