Unlike the rusticated limestone of the Imperial Castle, the former Land Credit Society and Post Office Directorate buildings both feature smoother sandstone façades, while still bearing the Germanic motifs and allegorical details typical of the Imperial Quarter. Of these, the most prominent surviving element is the large figure at the Kościuszko Street entrance of the Post Office building, which was transformed from ‘Germania’ into ‘Polonia’ by simply switching the emblem on the shield she holds. Huzzah!
Today, the former Prussian Post Office Directorate is in the hands of the Polish Postal Service (Poczta Polska), and only a small part of it still operates as a public post office. Sadly all traces of imperial grandeur have seemingly been worn down and disappeared under the tide of glacial bureaucracy.
