Ukiah; or, The loss of public spaces.

“Next door to Willits, two towns that sound like diseases you don’t want.”

Where the community mostly preserved its downtown, but lost its post office.

Now for sale.
Ukiah Post Office circa 1937.

 

I’m not sure what happened to its mural.

mural
The New Deal era mural that once adorned Ukiah’s post office.

But the once-public building sits vacant and for sale, mostly hidden behind a cheap green fence. Replaced by …

Ukiah post office
The victory of economics, courtesy of USPS.