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It serves the 11432 ZIP Code. It was built in 1932–1934, and is one of two post offices in New York City designed by the architects Cross & Cross as a consultant to the Office of the Supervising Architect. The building is a two-story brick building on a light gray granite base with marble trim in the Colonial Revival style.
Almost 850 artists were commissioned to paint 1,371 murals, most of which were installed in post offices; [4] 162 of the artists were women and three were African American. [4] The Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–1938), which provided artistic decoration for existing Federal buildings, produced a smaller number of post office murals. [ 1 ]
[6]: 58–59 [7] This contrasts with the work-relief mission of the Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration, the largest of the New Deal art projects. So great was its scope and cultural impact that the term "WPA" is often mistakenly used to describe all New Deal art, including the U.S. post office murals.
The building was made a New York City designated landmark in 1966 [6] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] In 1982, the Penn Station post office was dedicated as the James A. Farley Building, in honor of the former Postmaster General who had expanded the building in the 1930s.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. Since its founding, it has designated over a thousand landmarks, classified into four categories: individual landmarks, interior landmarks, scenic landmarks, and historic ...
Pages in category "Artists from New York (state)" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 428 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Artist Wayne Thiebaud, who died in 2021, holds a framed image of “Water City,” in front of the actual mural on the old SMUD headquarters building in East Sacramento.
This is a list of Jamaican artists (in alphabetical order by last name) of various genres, who are notable and either born in Jamaica or associated with Jamaica, including sculptors, ceramists, painters, photographers and designers.