- City:
- New York, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations, Arts Programs, Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP)
- Completed:
- 1938
- Artist:
- Louis Lozowick
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This 1912 post office building serves as the Main Post Office for New York and houses two 1938 murals by Louis Lozowick, entitled “Triboro Bridge in Process of Construction” and ”Sky Line and Waterfront Traffic as Seen from Manhattan Bridge.” The murals are located at the Eighth Avenue side of the building. They were funded under the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP).
Source notes
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Jason Farley
Parker Sackewitz
“The Farley-Long Affair” between Senator Huey Long of Louisiana and Postmaster Farley was an failed attack of Farley and the administration. Farley’s building supply firm had contracts to supply the building materials for the Then known as General Post Office Building Annex. Farley was cleared by the Senate of any wrong doing because his firm had secured the contracts under the Hoover Administration and Farley was cleared by the senate. Farley is historically associated with the Farley building via the “Farley-Long Affair”.
The State Historic Presevation Office should have recognized this fact before they allowed Senators Moynihan name to be attributed to the “Train Hall”.
The State of New York and Vornado Realty have a responsibility under the national historic preservation act of 1966 NHPA 1966 to provide clear sperations to the public between the landmarks historic use as the Farley Post Office, and any adaptive reuse housing the Moynihan Train Hall.
I do not believe there is any federal legislation renaming the landmark Post Office or the Amtrak station in Senator Moynihans Honor (it died on committee in the Senate). Senator Moynihan publicly stated that it was his wish that “good old Jim Farley’s name stayed on the Post Office”!
The Train hall opened on January 1st, 2021 and serves as the head house for the Amtrak and LIRR terminal.