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West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093

ADDRESS: 5415 Bergenline Ave., West New York, New Jersey 07093
ARTIST: William Dean Fausett
TITLE: View From the Palisades — West New York
MEDIUM: Oil on plywood (mural)
STATUS: The West New York post office is still an active, operating facility, and the mural can be viewed by interested members of the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the retail counter.
YEAR: 1937

While doing some pre-trip planing, I tried to make myself as familiar with the sites I was going to visit before heading out to New Jersey. I knew that getting a full image of the building with no cars or people was going to be nearly impossible.

True to this reasoning, I found this to be exactly the case. West New York is a really congested place, both cars and people. I scheduled my visit early on a Sunday and STILL found cars out in front. I knew if that was the case it was going to be nearly impossible to get an unobstructed photograph of this one.

Even after being here at 6:30AM on a Sunday. I figured the cars were not moving anytime soon. I settled for the close up images you see below.

I wasn’t planning on the lobby being open and sure enough it wasn’t. I’ll have to plan my visit during business hours when I come back later for the mural images.

I do like the plaque out front, but I’m wounding how many people actually read it or know of it.

David W. Gates Jr.

West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093 Cornerstone
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093 Plaque
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093 Mural Detail
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093 Mural Detail
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093 Mural Detail
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093 Mural Detail
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093 Mural Signature
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093 Mural
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093
West New York New Jersey Post Office 07093

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

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  1. The sesquicentennial plaque indicates that the West New York, New Jersey P.O. was designed by Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect, Treasury Dept. Washington, DC.
    Notice that the cornerstone indicates the names of BOWDEN RUSSELL & GARLAND as ASSOCIATE ARCHITECTS, they were commissioned by The Treasury Dept. to design same, under the supervision of the supervising architect, and to be within the congressional appropriation of funds to build same. That is how we end up with the names of three architects on the cornerstone.
    Some have said, “if you have seen one cornerstone, you have seen them all” I do not agree.
    Rob

    • I agree, each one is unique and tells the story of the buildings. I’ve gotten feedback from the books that all the cornerstones look alike, but I’m guessing folks may not be actually reading or understanding how each one tells the story. Its great history.

      Thanks for the comments, I have some more good ones coming up. I was working on Summit NJ today and that’s an interesting cornerstone.

      David

  2. The sesquicentennial plaque indicates that the West New York, New Jersey P.O. was designed by Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect, Treasury Dept. Washington, DC.
    Notice that the cornerstone indicates the name of PAUL PETER CAYOT and BOWDEN RUSSELL & GARLAND as ASSOCIATE ARCHITECTS, they were commissioned by The Treasury Dept. to design same under the supervision of supervising architect, and to be within the cogressional appropriations to build same. That is how we end up with the names of four architects on the cornerstone.
    Some have said ” If you have seen one cornerstone, you have seen them all” I do not agree.
    In my previous reply, I omitted Paul Peter Cayot’s name.
    Rob