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[p.j.n.]

Good for Greenville for renovating their post office.  I hate to continue to bang away on Sharon (I chose to live here, I like it here and I'm in it for the long haul) but more thinking like this would do the friendly city some good. 
http://www.sharonherald.com/local/images_sizedimage_057203429/resources_photoview

[Jayhawk]

of course, renovation of the classis 1930s PO wasn't the original plan. The USPS wanted to build new, probably in the suburbs beyond walking distance of any house or business.

A plan to build in the borough got stalled with some property-acquisition problems, and eventually the USPS decided just to renovate because it was ever-so-slightly cheaper than new construction.

the townsfolk wanted the renovation, but that's not why it ended up happening.

[JimV]

Jayhawk is right.  The ultimate decision to renovate really wasn't the result of anything Greenville did, but rather was handed down by the cash-strapped USPS.
 
Similarly, Sharon's officials have little say in what gets torn down and what doesn't, as long as the projects meet zoning guidelines (the only property in the city protected by any kind of historic designation is the Buhl Mansion).  I know the city's Redevelopment Authority played a large role in the suburbanization of the downtown area in the 70's, but unfortunately that trend was sweeping through many older communities at the time, hardly just Sharon.  That said, I would like to see some kind of steps taken to protect historic buildings in the city, particularly its historic homes, downtown buildings, and churches.

[GROK]

JimV,
There was at one time a plan to designate a large portion of East Hill as a historic zone. I have the proposed mapping of the area. This was back in the seventies I believe.

[JimV]

JimV,
There was at one time a plan to designate a large portion of East Hill as a historic zone. I have the proposed mapping of the area. This was back in the seventies I believe.

That would have been a great start.  Shame to see that it--like many good ideas--failed to gain traction.

[Jayhawk]

i'm pretty sure the historic-district thing was circa 1990-93. For some reason, at the time i thought it DID get approved, just with no teeth to make it mean anything whatsoever.

I think it also may have covered parts of the west hill and downtown. It included the usual cursory, thin-on-accurate-facts building inventory prepared by some overpaid, non-historian consultant who normally wrote grants for sewer-line extensions for a living.