New York's Post Office
New York's post office is certainly photo-worthy. It stands with might on Eighth Avenue and its columns span two blocks, from 31st Street to 33rd Street. It was completed in 1913 and stood opposite the original Pennsylvania Station, the city's regal train station.
Penn Station was torn down in the early 1960s to make way for Madison Square Garden and a couple generic skyscrapers. The architectural loss for the city was incalculable, but from this nefarious act came the landmark preservation movement and historic districts.
The post office remains, an echo of 34th Street's opulent past.
The city's main post office is an impressive building. It complimented the magnificent, old Penn Station, which was located across the street and was torn down in the 1960s.
- NIKON D90
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- ISO 800
- New York, New York, US
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The steps to the main post office, and the interior's ceiling.
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- f/3.5
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- New York, New York, US
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The post office's motto is scrawled atop the Corinthian columns.
- NIKON D90
- 55 mm
- 1/6 sec
- f/4.0
- ISO 800
- New York, New York, US
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