Talk:James A. Farley Building

Landmark status of building

Where did it take hold that James Farley Post Office is a National Historic Landmark? Is that a new designation? It is not listed in what I believe to be one official source, the NHL listings at NPS. It is not listed at National Park Service listings of National Historic Landmarks. Not under "James Farley Post Office", nor under "General Post Office", nor under "United States Post Office". I don't know what other landmark designations it has received, but not this one, AFAIK. Therefore the article needs to be corrected, right? doncram 06:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

In fact I just edited out all mention of National Historic Landmark in the article. If it got a different landmark status in 1982, say a NYC or NYS designation, that should be described. doncram 06:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

The Farley Post Office is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under its original title as "General Post Office". In addition, the Landmark's listing on the National Register should be Amended as of 2005, when another Irish Catholics name was attributed to the Landmark via the designation of Amtrak's facilities within the Landmark as "Moynihan Station". All historic associations must be taken into account when the ownership of the property was transferred from the Federal government to the State of New York. Farley's historical association to the Landmark at the time of its sale was over 70 years, thus the designation on the National Register should reflect this....much like the New York County Courthouse is also recognized under the subheading "Tweed Courthouse" The National Register listing should read "General Post Office" (Farley Post Office). Anything else is in violation of the NHPA of 1966 and of the secretary of the Interiors Standards for historic rehabilitation, I.E. Federal Law. The standards call for clear separations for the public between a Landmarks historic use and any adaptive reuse the landmark may take, as in Moynihan Station at the historic Farley Post Office. I keep reading the landmark is going to be transformed...and by Federal Law this is impossible. The Landmark is the Farley Post Office and Amtraks facility in the Landmark is the "Moynihan Station". These are important distinctions required by Federal Law, unless the laws of our great nation have become subjective? Their is no legislation rededicating the Landmark in Senator Moynihan' honor, only Amtrak's facility. When the project is completed...the landmark is not "Moynihan Station", the landmark is the Farley Post Office, Moynihan is Amtrak...which is new construction. The project has skirted all landmark review processes including the Uniformed Land Use Review Procedure. The SHPO review used outdated historical studies which were not current at the time the ownership of the landmark was transferred. The transfer of the property from the State of New York to the Port Authority does not exempt the Moynihan project from Federal landmark laws and the State of New York is still required under Federal Law to do all due diligence in regards to the landmarks official designation and the construction of Moynihan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.88.4.67 (talk) 17:44, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

"R.F."?

I was just at the Farley Post Office last night and noticed the huge initials "R.F." carved into the ceiling. What does that stand for? I can't find that information anywhere, not even at usps.com. --204.246.229.239 16:13, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

This also stumped me as well....but I think I finally got it, I am about 99.1% sure that with its original roots as the old PA Rail Station, the RF should stand for the line. Richmond, Fredericksburg. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ret63 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Is this relevant?

Unless this structure was the last designed by a private firm, or relevant in some other manner, I cannot see how the following belongs in this article:

This practice of the federal government hiring private firms to provide the architecture of the country's post offices was put to a halt in 1934, a decision that was repealed in 1939.

90 Church St.

Isn't the 90 Church St. post office also open 24 hours a day 7 days a week (located one block north of WTC?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.166.104.131 (talk) 20:40, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Not in the least -- 90 Church hours are as follows:

Business Hours Mon-Fri 9:00-5:30pm Sat-Sun closed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.73.86.175 (talk) 10:29, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Head picture

The new picture at the head of the infobox was unfortunately taken a couple hours too late, leaving the facade in shadow. That may be acceptable on some good screens, but many screens such as mine will show it poorly. I recommend that one of the other pictures, any except the "dry moat" one, be swapped into its place. Jim.henderson (talk) 21:07, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Use in Popular Media?

Is this something that would be interesting or relevant? Notable appearances in movies, tv, games? It is, for instance, the building housing the 'base of operations' in the upcoming Tom Clancy's The Division. 62.220.164.103 (talk) 13:29, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

daytime pic

James A. Farley Post Office Buildingdaytime shot

If anyone wants to use it... Tduk (talk) 01:56, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

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Morgan Processing and Distribution Center

ANother postal building in Manhattan that might be worth writing an article for is the Morgan Processing and Distribution Center. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 00:22, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

In Popular Culture

 Are there enough instances of the James A. Farley Building playing a significant role in video games or movies? I wanted to add a "In Popular Culture" section because this building is the Base of Operations in the video game "The Division", but was hesitant because there may not be enough information to warrant the section. Vaden K. "R3TRI8UTI0N" (talk) 11:24, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Moats

Curious how often melee warfare struck this post office in 1911 that they needed moats? 79.106.203.114 (talk) 09:05, 20 September 2024 (UTC)