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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AI-generated illustration of James A. Farley Building

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the James A. Farley Building (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.)

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
West 30th Street → hasNearbyLandmark → James A. Farley Building ⓘ