The walk to my office can only be described as monotonous. I generally exit Penn Station at the corner of 7th Avenue and 31st Street, but decided to change things up and exited on 8th Avenue and 31st Street on this morning (in essence, the rear of Penn Station / MSG).
I entered the street level and quickly noticed a massive building on 8th Avenue, spanning an entire city block. It was a building that my dad pointed out to me during a previous visit to the city, but I had not thought of it since. The building is the James A. Farley Building, the main post office building in New York City. The facility was built in 1912 and has a zip code designation of 10001.
Check out a couple of fun facts about the building:
- The building is famous for bearing the inscription: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
- In 1982, the post office was officially designated ‘”The James A. Farley Building’”, as a monument and testament to the political career of the nation’s 53rd Postmaster General.
- The Farley Post Office is home to “Operation Santa,” made famous in the classic 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street.
The James A. Farley Building in New York City
