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James A. Farley Building (New York, N.Y.)


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    • Farley Building (New York, N.Y.)
    • Farley Post Office (New York, N.Y.)
    • General Post Office (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.)
    • James A. Farley Post Office (New York, N.Y.)
    • James Farley Post Office (New York, N.Y.)
    • Pennsylvania Terminal (New York, N.Y.)
    • U.S. General Post Office (New York, N.Y.)
    • United States General Post Office (New York, N.Y.)

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    • found: Work cat.: Rebirth of a gateway, 2005:PDF t.p. (Moynihan Station) p. 2 (James A. Farley Post Office ... in 2003 ... proposed renaming the facility Moynihan Station) p. 4 (Farley Post Office)
    • found: Great American post offices, 1997:p. 13 (Originally known as the "Pennsylvania Terminal" in 1914, and later, as the "General Post Office" after 1918, in 1982 the name of the New York City post office building was legislatively changed, renamed in honor of New York native James A. Farley)
    • found: National register of historic places, Website, viewed Oct. 29, 2007(U.S. General Post Office (added 1973 building #73002257; 8th Ave. between 31st and 33rd Sts., New York)
    • found: Wikipedia, Oct. 29, 2007(James Farley Post Office; The James A. Farley Building, New York City's General Post Office, is located at 421 Eighth Avenue, between 31st Street and 33rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the street from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden. The Post Office is officially named "The James A. Farley Building" and consists of the old general post office building and its western annex)
    • found: Guide to New York City Landmarks, 2004:p. 66 (United States General Post Office, now the James A. Farley Building Plans call for the building to be converted into a major transit facility, named for the late New York senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
    • found: AIA guide to New York City, 2000:p. 236 (James A. Farley Building; originally General Post Office; converted to New Pennsylvania Station, 2001)

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    • 2007-12-13: new
    • 2017-04-14: revised

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