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James A. Farley Building
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James A. Farley Building: 34 St Eighth entrance 4 vc

Photo: Macdonald, Ivan S; McLean, Robert Craik; Reed, Frederick; Keith, Fraser Sanderson, 1878-; Toutloff, M. B · No restrictions · via Wikimedia Commons

Post office · New York City, United States

James A. Farley Building

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1911–14
Declared purpose
General Post Office
Today
Survives, post office and Moynihan Train Hall
Build time
About 3 years
Region
United States
Architect of record
McKim, Mead & White, architects: about when credited (1908, born ). Build time on record: about 3 years.All architects of record →
On the list as
Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

McKim, Mead & White's post office across from the demolished Penn Station, now the Moynihan Train Hall.

  1. A twin

    It matched Penn Station, which was demolished in 1963.

  2. The motto

    Its frieze carries the postal motto.

Questions worth asking

  • Why was its twin demolished?

Possible original uses

  • Post office
  • Station

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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