If Altadena was honored to have the local post office named after Tuskegee Airman and Altadenan Oliver Goodall, that honor will move south to Pasadena, the Altadena Headlines Examiner learned today.
Because other Altadena news outlets continue to report that the post office will be in Altadena, this reporter spoke with Maureen Shanahan in the Washington D.C. office of Congressman Adam Schiff (D-29) by phone and email Thursday to clairfy and to find out why the location was moved from the Altadena Post Office at 2271 N. Lake Ave. to 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena.
Shanahan told Examiner that the decision was made because "the post office at 281 E. Colorado Boulevard is the closest facility to Altadena that is owned, not leased, by the postal service, and that also enjoys the distinction of being an historic site. Such a permanent and historic venue seemed the most fitting to honor the more than 50 years of public service that Oliver Goodall provided as a Tuskegee Airman, public information officer and postal worker.”
Schiff introduced the original legislation on Feb. 14, 2011 to have the only post office in Altadena named after Goodall, who fought for civil rights in the military during his time as a Tuskegee Airman. The newest version of the bill, HR1975 drafted by Schiff on May 24, 2011, indicates that the First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office will be located in Pasadena at the Plaza Pasadena Post Office.
This historic Beaux Arts building was originally the Pasadena Main Post Office and sits within a block of Pasadena City Hall and other historic buildings, and a stone’s throw away from the memorial sculpture to Jackie and Mack Robinson.
Goodall, who passed away on Oct. 30, 2010, signed up for the Tuskegee Airmen in Pasadena in 1943. After his service, Goodall went to the University of Detroit on the GI Bill and took a job in the U.S. Postal Service, where he worked until he retired.
Goodall rode on the West Covina float “Tuskegee Airmen: A Cut Above” in the 2010 Rose Parade with other airmen. Photos of the airmen were transformed into floragraphs in sepia mounted on the float.
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