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James A. Farley Building (Moynihan Train Hall): Exterior · James A
1/6 · Exterior · James APhoto: ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0 · source
James A. Farley Building (Moynihan Train Hall): Exterior · Manhattan, James Farley Post Office
2/6 · Exterior · Manhattan, James Farley Post OfficePhoto: Nikanavi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
James A. Farley Building (Moynihan Train Hall): Interior · Moynihan Train Hall
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James A. Farley Building (Moynihan Train Hall): Interior · Moynihan Train Hall
4/6 · Interior · Moynihan Train HallPhoto: Gunnar Klack · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
James A. Farley Building (Moynihan Train Hall): Interior · The James Farley Post Office , now also used by the Moynihan Train Hall
5/6 · Interior · The James Farley Post Office , now also used by the Moynihan Train HallPhoto: TheCatalyst31 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
James A. Farley Building (Moynihan Train Hall): Detail · Looking north across 8th Ave at Farley Post Office on my way home from Brooklyn before midnight
6/6 · Detail · Looking north across 8th Ave at Farley Post Office on my way home from Brooklyn before midnightPhoto: Jim.henderson · CC0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · James APhoto 2: Exterior · Manhattan, James Farley Post OfficePhoto 3: Interior · Moynihan Train HallPhoto 4: Interior · Moynihan Train HallPhoto 5: Interior · The James Farley Post Office , now also used by the Moynihan Train HallPhoto 6: Detail · Looking north across 8th Ave at Farley Post Office on my way home from Brooklyn before midnight

Infrastructure · Historic precedent

James A. Farley Building (Moynihan Train Hall)

McKim, Mead & White; SOM (train hall) · New York City, United States · 1914

Key featuresA Corinthian colonnade fronts the old mail hall, now a skylit train hall under its exposed steel trusses.

Architect
McKim, Mead & White; SOM (train hall)
Place
New York City, United States
Year
1914
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Americas
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