 A 1938 map shows the name "Fordham Plaza" identifying the current plaza area above the Metro-North tracks.In 1943, the area was rezoned from a business district to a retail district in an effort to make it the "Times Square of the Bronx".In the 1940s and again in the 1960s, the United States Postal Service (USPS) sought land for a new post office site to serve as the central facility for the Bronx, replacing the Bronx Central Annex on 149th Street.