One Penn Plaza

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One Penn Plaza
One Penn Plaza, New York City in June 2015 (cropped).JPG
Looking North
Alternative names1 Penn Plaza
General information
StatusComplete
TypeCommercial and office
Location250 West 34th Street
Manhattan, New York
Coordinates40°45′5″N 73°59′35″W / 40.75139°N 73.99306°W / 40.75139; -73.99306Coordinates: 40°45′5″N 73°59′35″W / 40.75139°N 73.99306°W / 40.75139; -73.99306
Construction started1970
Completed1972
OwnerVornado Realty Trust
Height
Roof229 m (751 ft)
Technical details
Floor count57
Floor area2,586,525 sq ft (240,296.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators44
Design and construction
ArchitectKahn & Jacobs
Structural engineer
References
[1]
Location next to Madison Square Garden
One Penn Plaza seen from the east

One Penn Plaza (1 Penn Plaza) is a skyscraper in New York City, located between 33rd Street and 34th Street, west of Seventh Avenue, and adjacent to Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden. It is the tallest building in the Pennsylvania Plaza complex of office buildings, hotels, and entertainment facilities.

History[]

The skyscraper was designed by Kahn & Jacobs and completed in 1972. It reaches 750 feet (230 m) with 57 floors. The tower has three setbacks, at 7th, 14th, and 55th floors. From its location on the west side of Manhattan, most south, west and north-facing tenants have unobstructed views of the Hudson River. The lobby was refurbished in 1995 and is undergoing another refurbishment beginning in 2019.

One Penn Plaza is currently owned by Vornado Realty Trust. It was previously owned by Helmsley-Spear Inc., which sold the building for $420 million in the late 1990s.[2]

In 2009, plans were made to install a cogeneration plant in order to heat the building more efficiently.[3] By 2010, it was reported that when the new plant was activated, it cut the building's carbon output nearly in half.[4]

More than 80 percent of the action in the 2011 independent film Margin Call was shot on the 42nd floor of the building, which had recently been vacated by a trading firm.[5][6]

Architecture[]

One Penn Plaza is built with structural steel and concrete, with grey solar glass and anodized aluminum on the outside walls.

The building has 14 entrances and 44 elevators in seven banks. An underground parking garage provides 695 spaces for cars and is accessible from both 33rd and 34th Streets. Direct passageways at each end of the building provide underground connections to the Long Island Rail Road concourse of Pennsylvania Station, which is located one block to the south. The ground floor is leased to several commercial tenants, including the top floor of a 142,000 square feet (13,200 m2), three-story Kmart store (formerly occupied by Woolworth), and a restaurant.[7] On February 4, 2020, Sears announced that Kmart would be closing as part of a plan to close 32 stores nationwide. The store will close in April 2020.[8]

A public plaza and fountain are located on the west end of the building. Unlike traditional fountains, steam is dispensed in the winter and fog is dispensed in the summer to prevent water from splashing out during gusty wind conditions.[9]

Tenants[]

  • Law firm Gibbons P.C. occupies the entire 37th floor.
  • MarkLogic, an enterprise NoSQL software vendor, has a suite of offices on the 42nd floor.
  • Mitel Networks, a telecommunications provider, occupies a suite of offices on the 25th floor.
  • WSP USA, formerly Parsons Brinckerhoff,[10] is headquartered in One Penn Plaza and occupies the 4th and 5th floors.
  • URS Corporation New York City Office occupies most of the 6th and 7th floors of One Penn Plaza.
  • Riverbed Technology occupies a suite of offices on the 17th floor.
  • Insight Enterprises has offices on the 19th floor.
  • Cookie Jar Entertainment has an office in Suite 3324.[11]
  • Cisco Systems, a networking and telephony company, occupies part of the 6th and the entire 9th floor.
  • Polycom, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, occupies the 48th floor.
  • WhoTrades subsidiary Just2Trade, an online equity trading and financial services firm, has offices on the 16th floor
  • CenturyLink has an office on the 51st floor

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "One Penn Plaza". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  2. ^ Bagli, Charles V. (January 18, 1998). "Helmsley, Poised to Sell Empire, Mends Fences Along the Way". The New York Times. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
  3. ^ Appelbaum, Alec (February 24, 2009). "Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat from Power Generators". The New York Times. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
  4. ^ Colven, Jill (November 16, 2010). "One Penn Plaza Flicks the Switch on Power Plant That Almost Halves Carbon Footprint". . Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  5. ^ Wallace. Benjamin, "What’s Up, Spock?: He might be a famous Vulcan, but Zachary Quinto has no problem being fully human", New York, October 16, 2011
  6. ^ Jon Chesto, "Director of 'Margin Call' didn't need a big budget to depict Wall Street’s mortgage meltdown". Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, WickedLocal.com.
  7. ^ Holusha, John (August 25, 1996). "Kmart Coming to Manhattan With 34th Street Store". The New York Times. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
  8. ^ Tyko, Kelly (February 6, 2020). "Sears and Kmart store closings continue. Is your location closing in early 2020?". USA Today. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Barron, James (July 24, 1997). "Penn Plaza Solves Wind Problem With a Special-Effects Fountain". The New York Times. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
  10. ^ "Contact Us | WSP".
  11. ^ "Contact-General". Cookie Jar Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 11, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
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