90 Church Street
Tribeca | built 1935
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1934
Construction starts on 90 Church Street, a full-block federal building by Cross & Cross and Louis A. Simon
Cross & Cross, Pennington, Lewis & Mills and Louis A. Simon, then Supervising Architect of the Treasury, designed the building, which occupies the whole block bounded by Vesey, Church and Barclay Streets and West Broadway. Work began in 1934 and finished in 1937, and six stories were added on top in 1938. Its limestone towers mix neoclassical and Art Deco styles.
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- 1989
90 Church Street is listed on the National Register and later renovated by Boston Properties
The National Register of Historic Places listed the building in 1989. Boston Properties renovated it from the early 1990s to 2000, with Swanke Hayden Connell Architects and Brannen Associates. Besides the Postal Service's Church Street Station, it holds offices of the New York State Public Service Commission and Health Department and the New York City Housing Authority.
“It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.”
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- 2001
Debris from the World Trade Center damages and blankets 90 Church Street
On September 11, 2001, part of a plane and other debris landed on top of the building. After the towers fell, its facade was damaged, windows broke, the roof burned badly and water damaged the interior, and it was coated with dust and contaminants including asbestos, lead and mercury. It was damaged again when Building 7 fell, though there was no major structural damage.
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- 2004
The Postal Service returns mail found at Ground Zero, and Church Street Station reopens in 2004
Rescue workers at Ground Zero found loose pieces of mail, and the Postal Service set about delivering each one to the person it was meant for. The Church Street Station post office reopened in August 2004 and began processing mail there again. The station handles the 10007 ZIP code, which includes parts of Battery Park City, Tribeca and the Civic Center.
“In August 2004, the Church Street Station Post Office reopened, and mail was once again being processed there.”
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