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US Post Office--Church Street Station
(U.S. National Register of Historic Places)
90 Church Street Station Post Office building
90 Church Street Station Post Office building
Location: New York, New York
Coordinates: 40°42′44.95″N, 74°0′40.44″W
Built/Founded: 1934
Architect: Cross & Cross; Pennington,Lewis & Mills
Architectural style(s): Classical Revival, Art Deco
Added to NRHP: May 11, 1989
Reference #: 88002359 [1]
MPS: US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
Governing body: United States Postal Service

10048 is the zip code assigned to the former World Trade Center twin towers in New York City. Years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, some mail continues to be sent to 10048 by senders who have not updated their mailing lists. The zip code is being kept active by the United States Postal Service (USPS) and is likely to be assigned to the Freedom Tower and other buildings planned for the World Trade Center site.[2] Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government (see 39 U.S.C. Â§ 201) responsible for providing postal service in the United States. ... Mr. ... “WTC” redirects here. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... A British pillar box. ... The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government (see 39 U.S.C. Â§ 201) responsible for providing postal service in the United States. ... For the building in Florida of the same name, see Freedom Tower (Miami). ... The World Trade Center site destruction, 2001 in 2006 The World Trade Center site is the 16-acre (6. ...

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Mail delivery

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, there were eight letter carriers assigned to the buildings to deliver mail to the buildings' tenants.[3] In the months following the September 11, 2001 attacks, over 80,000 pieces of mail continued to arrive each day addressed to the World Trade Center, including some items loosely addressed such as to "The Search Dogs" or "The Rescuers".[4] As of 2003, 3,600 items of mail per day were still being sent to 10048.[2] These items were processed at the James A. Farley General Post Office, the main facility for New York City, located across from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.[5] Mail there was either held while awaiting to be picked up by messengers on behalf of companies, forward to the companies, returned to sender, or destroyed.[6] The United States Postal Service provided free mail forwarding service for three years, rather than the usual one-year period.[6] By the end of 2006, the number of items sent to 10048 had decreased to 300 items daily.[6] The mail is mainly coming from businesses and organizations that have not updated their bulk mailing lists.[7] A USPS van on Cambridge Street in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. A mail carrier is an employee of the post office who delivers mail to a residence or business. ... The James A. Farley Post Office, New York Citys General Post Office, is located at 421 Eighth Avenue, between 31st Street and 33rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the street from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden. ... Pennsylvania Station (commonly known as Penn Station) is the major intercity rail station and a major commuter rail hub in New York City. ... View of Midtown from Empire State Building. ... Bicycle messenger in Atlanta doing a track stand. ... The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government (see 39 U.S.C. Â§ 201) responsible for providing postal service in the United States. ... The United States Postal Service defines bulk mail broadly as quantities of mail prepared for mailing at reduced postage rates. ...


90 Church Street

The 90 Church Street Station Post Office building is located adjacent to the World Trade Center site and the PATH station. The building was built in 1935 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.[8] It suffered moderate damage from the September 11, 2001 attacks, including damage to its facade, broken windows, and major water damage. It was also extensively contaminated with asbestos, lead dust, fungi, fiberglass dust, mercury, and bacteria.[8] There was no major structural damage.[9] 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.[10] The World Trade Center site destruction, 2001 in 2006 The World Trade Center site is the 16-acre (6. ... Late-night and weekend service: The World Trade Center PATH station, originally opened on July 19, 1909 as the Hudson Terminal. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... West facade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or façade) (Pronounced fa-sa-de) is generally the exterior of a building — especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... Water damage describes a large number of possible losses caused by water intruding where it will enable attack of a material or system by destructive processes such as rotting of wood, growth, rusting of steel, de-laminating of materials such as plywood , and many, many others. ... The Lachine Canal, in Montreal, is badly polluted Pollution is the release of harmful environmental contaminants, or the substances so released. ... Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek : a, not and sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of minerals that can be fibrous, many of which are metamorphic and are hydrous magnesium silicates. ... For PB or pb as an abbreviation, see PB. General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish gray Atomic mass 207. ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... Bundle of fiberglass Fiberglass or glassfibre is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ... General Name, Symbol, Number mercury, Hg, 80 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 6, d Appearance silvery Atomic mass 200. ... Phyla Actinobacteria Aquificae Chlamydiae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Lentisphaerae Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Verrucomicrobia Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are unicellular microorganisms. ... The area surrounding the World Trade Center became the site of the greatest number of casualties and missing, and physical destruction. ...


In August 2004, the Church Street Station Post Office reopened, and mail is once again being processed there.[7] Church Street Station also serves the 10007 zip code, covering portions of Battery Park City, TriBeCa, and the area surround New York City Hall. In addition to housing the Postal Service, the 90 Church Street building houses offices of the New York State Public Service Commission, New York State Health Department, and New York City Housing Authority.[8] The promenade of Battery Park City. ... Hudson Street in TriBeCa. ... ... NYCHA,Sheepshead Houses The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) provides housing for low and moderate income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. ...


Commemoration

The 10048 zip code was used again after the September 11, 2001 attacks for a pictorial cancellation commemorating the anniversary of the attacks.[11] For other uses, see Cancellation (disambiguation). ...


References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2006-03-15).
  2. ^ a b Haberman, Clyde. "Twilight Zone For ZIP Code At Ground Zero", The New York Times, November 14, 2003.
  3. ^ Olshan, Jeremy. "'Not Deliverable';Mail still says 'One World Trade Center'", Newsday (New York), February 4, 2003.
  4. ^ Pope, Nancy A.. Reestablishing Neighborhood Service. National Postal Museum.
  5. ^ Lagnado, Lucette. "WTC mail still goes through: The towers are gone, but the U.S. Postal Service has not abandoned its clients. Or the mail carriers who once served them.", The Ottawa Citizen, October 18, 2001.
  6. ^ a b c Odell, Patricia. "...And the Mail Just Keeps Coming", Direct, January 1, 2007.
  7. ^ a b Barr, Meghan. "Mail Still Being Sent to Trade Center", Associated Press, December 4, 2006.
  8. ^ a b c Dunlap, David W.. "Post Office, Polluted on Sept. 11, Is Back in Business", The New York Times, August 19, 2004.
  9. ^ FEMA (May 2002). "Chapter 7, Peripheral Buildings", World Trade Center Building Performance Study. 
  10. ^ Letter to customers explaining recovered 9/11 mail. National Postal Museum.
  11. ^ "We will never forget": Special cancellation commemorates Sept. 11. United States Postal Service.

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