James A. Farley Building

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Beaux-Arts architecture building former post office building historic building landmark

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 → 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 →
redevelopedAsMoynihanTrainHall	2021 →
redevelopmentPartner	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill → Vornado Realty Trust →
streetAddress	421 Eighth Avenue →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Penn Station (New York City) ("Moynihan Train Hall") → Penn Station (New York City) →	connectedTo
James A. Farley Building ("James A. Farley Post Office Building") →	hasAlternateName
Penn Station (New York City) ("Moynihan Train Hall") →	locatedNear
West 31st Street →	near
McKim, Mead & White ("New York Post Office and Courthouse (James A. Farley Building, associated work)") →	notableWork