90 Church Street was designed by
Cross & Cross, Pennington, Lewis & Mills and
Louis A. Simon, who was
Supervising Architect of the Department of the Treasury at the time. The architectural style of the building is a mixture of
Neo-classicism and
Art Deco. It has two towers and the facade is clad in
limestone. The
AIA Guide to New York City described the building as "a boring limestone monolith that has trouble deciding between a heritage of stripped down neo-Classical and a new breath of Art Deco." The construction of the building started in 1934 and was completed in 1937. There was a six stories addition on top in 1938. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The building was extensively renovated by
Boston Properties, Inc from the early 1990s though 2000 by Architects
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects and
Brannen Associates. In addition to housing the Postal Service, the 90 Church Street building contains offices of the New York State Public Service Commission, the New York State Health Department, and the
New York City Housing Authority. During
recovery efforts at
Ground Zero, the United States Postal Service worked to return individual pieces of mail found by rescue workers to the addressees. In August 2004, the Church Street Station Post Office reopened, and mail was once again being processed there. Church Street Station also serves the 10007 ZIP code, covering portions of
Battery Park City,
Tribeca, and
Civic Center. == References ==