90 Church Street is a

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. The building houses the

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's Church Street Station, which is responsible for the 10048 and 10007 ZIP codes. The building takes up a full block between Church Street and

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and between

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and Barclay Streets.

History

90 Church Street was designed by

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, Pennington, Lewis & Mills and

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, who was

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at the time. The architectural style of the building is a mixture of

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and Art Deco architecture, 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 building was completed in 1935. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. ''See also:'' The building was extensively renovated by Boston Properties, Boston Properties, Inc from the early 1990s though 2000 by Architects Swanke Hayden Connell Architects and TRO (company), 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.

September 11 attacks

The building suffered moderate damage during the September 11 attacks due to a remnant of one of the planes and other debris landing on top of the building. Following the collapse of the World Trade Centers twin towers, the building's facade was damaged, windows were broken, the roof was seriously burned and major water damage occurred throughout the internal structure. It was also extensively contamination, contaminated with asbestos, lead dust, fungi, fiberglass dust, Mercury (element), mercury, and bacteria. The building was entirely engulfed by dust after the collapse of both buildings, respectively, and was further damaged when 7 World Trade Center, Building 7 collapsed later the same day. There was no major structural damage. During Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11, 2001 attacks, 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, Manhattan, Civic Center.

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{{National Register of Historic Places in New York, state=collapsed Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan, Church Street Station Post Office Government buildings completed in 1935 Neoclassical architecture in New York City Art Deco architecture in Manhattan