{"id":1594,"date":"2013-09-08T05:43:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T09:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2014-02-19T04:19:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T08:19:25","slug":"central-post-office-1938-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ottawahh.com\/?p=1594","title":{"rendered":"Central Post Office &#8211; 1938 &#038; 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Urbsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/urbsite.blogspot.ca\/2013\/04\/we-noffkes-central-post-office.html\" target=\"_blank\">W.E. 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