James A. Farley Building

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The James A. Farley Building is a historic Beaux-Arts former main post office in Manhattan that has been transformed into the Moynihan Train Hall, a major expansion of New York City’s Penn Station.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Beaux-Arts architecture
building
former post office building
historic building
landmark
addedToNRHP 1973
adjacentTo Madison Square Garden
architect McKim, Mead & White
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
borough Manhattan
boundedByStreet 31st Street
33rd Street
Eighth Avenue
Ninth Avenue
cityServed New York City
connectedTo Penn Station
constructionStart 1910
contains Moynihan Train Hall
country United States
currentFunction Moynihan Train Hall
train station concourse
designatedNYCLandmark 1966
formerFunction United States Postal Service facility
main post office
functionChange from main post office to rail hub
hasAlternateName Farley Post Office
James A. Farley Post Office Building
hasFacadeFeature Corinthian columns
grand colonnade
hasMottoInscription Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds
locatedIn Manhattan
New York City
New York State
linked to: New York

United States
namedAfter James A. Farley
namedForOccupation United States Postmaster General
neighborhood Midtown Manhattan
NRHPType building
openedAsPostOffice 1914
owner Empire State Development
partOf Penn Station complex
publicTransitAccess New York City Subway at 34th Street–Penn Station
railHubFor Amtrak
Long Island Rail Road
New Jersey Transit
linked to: NJ Transit
redevelopedAsMoynihanTrainHall 2021
redevelopmentPartner Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Vornado Realty Trust
streetAddress 421 Eighth Avenue

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Penn Station (New York City) locatedNear Moynihan Train Hall
linked to: James A. Farley Building
Penn Station (New York City) connectedTo Moynihan Train Hall
linked to: James A. Farley Building
Penn Station (New York City) connectedTo James A. Farley Building
McKim, Mead & White notableWork New York Post Office and Courthouse (James A. Farley Building, associated work)
linked to: James A. Farley Building
James A. Farley Building hasAlternateName James A. Farley Post Office Building
linked to: James A. Farley Building
West 31st Street near James A. Farley Building
Farley Post Office officialName James A. Farley Building
Moynihan Train Hall occupies James A. Farley Building
Moynihan Train Hall usesBuilding James A. Farley Building
Eighth Avenue and West 33rd Street near James A. Farley Building