Ancient Sites of New York City 2: Herodotus at the Post Office

19th April 2017Ancient Sites of New York City, Herodotus, Kenneth Goldsmith, Minus Plato Today, Post Office, UncategorizedAncient Sites of New York City, Herodotus, Kenneth Goldsmith, Post OfficeMinus Plato

The same architect firm who designed the penthouse Greek temple on Wall Street, McKim, Meade & White, also created the General Post Office on 8th Avenue. According to Meyer Berger’s New York (p. 202) it was William Mitchell Kendell, senior architect at the firm, who translated a passage from Herodotus to make the comparison between […]