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Old Posted Mar 8, 2011, 2:47 PM
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Originally Posted by JSsocal View Post
As I recall there is a big post office or dispatch or something just south of the rail yards. I'm not sure what it is but its almost 2 city blocks and there are postal service trucks and loading docks there, so I assume they're fine.
You're talking about the Morgan facility, which is where most of the postal work is done (the two are connected by a tunnel). The only current postal activity at the Farley building is the retail service, fronting 8th Avenue.



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Originally Posted by JACKinNYC View Post
Keep in mind that Knicks is short for Knickerbockers... a sort of men's capri pants back in the early 1900s.
Also an alternative name for New Yorkers, who were originally Dutch (and wore such things)
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