New York Post Office Building

The former post office building on eighth avenue sits across from penn station and madison square garden.
New york post office building. View a detailed profile of the structure 115651 including further data and descriptions in the emporis database. Farley post office is undergoing a complete transformation to become new york city s best in class creative office hub. The building sits at 421 eighth avenue on the west side of the avenue across from pennsylvania station and madison square garden between 31st street. Farley building is the main united states postal service building in midtown manhattan in new york city it was designed by mckim mead white in the beaux arts style and built along with the original pennsylvania station in 1912.
Facebook has agreed to lease the former main post office in new york city. This adaptive reuse of an iconic civic building designed by mckim mead and white famed architects of original penn station will feature 740 000 square feet of office space 120 000 square feet of curated retail and new. Kohn for oswald garrison villard who owned the post at the time and is considered to be one of. Your source for breaking news news about new york sports business entertainment opinion real estate culture fashion and more.
Facebook on monday closed on a long awaited deal for 730 000 square feet at vornado s farley building the former post office site between madison square garden and the hudson yards district. A development team made up of vornado related companies skanska usa and architecture. The social media giant rented all of the office space in the james a. Putting an end to months of rumors facebook has announced a commitment to lease all of the office space at the farley post office building located across from penn station in midtown manhattan.
An architectural triumph of its era the grandeur of new york city 039 s general post office is a testament to the bustling operation it once housed. The farley building the former 1912 james a.