Open House New York Highlight: Moynihan Station
12 photos
<p>The grand stairs in front of the Post Office- these used to face the old Penn Station across the street. The Post Office was located here to be close to the trains which carried a lot of the mail. </p>
<p>A corridor in the Post Office Police section of the building- just above and behind the main Post Office room. Most of the building, including this section, has been abandoned for years.</p>
<p>One of the seemingly endless hallways in the building- if the station is built, at some point the enormous number of offices will once again be rented out, or used for another function- perhaps a hotel or conference center.</p>
<p>Another long hallway- imagine how spooky it would be walking around here at night.</p>
<p>A hallway, and looking up one of the many pretty staircases in the building.</p>
<p>The central atrium of the Post Office will be raised, and <a href="http://gothamist.com/2007/03/24/state_approves.php">covered with glass to create an enormous public space</a>, like the main room at Grand Central. </p>
<p>There are several enormous open floors where mail used to be sorted. Walkways snake around the roof of the room- Postal Police would walk inside the walkways to monitor the employees who were working on the mail.</p>
<p>Another shot of one of the open floors.</p>
<p>The building is surprisingly clean for a space that hasn't been used in a while.</p>
<p>Stairway on the first floor of the Post Office- this area will be demolished.</p>
<p>This area of the building will be demolished to create a large open hall for the station.</p>
<p>Roof of the Post Office- the Post Office will continue to operate, and will be renovated. </p>