One Penn Plaza

One Penn Plaza
One Penn Plaza, looking south.
Alternative names	1 Penn Plaza
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Commercial Office
Location	250 West 34th Street, Manhattan, New York, U.S. 10119
Coordinates	40°45′5″N 73°59′35″W / 40.75139°N 73.99306°WCoordinates: 40°45′5″N 73°59′35″W / 40.75139°N 73.99306°W
Construction started	1970
Completed	1972
Owner	Vornado Realty Trust
Height
Roof	229 m (751 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	57
Floor area	2,524,000 sf
Lifts/elevators	44
Design and construction
Architect	Kahn & Jacobs

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.

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.^[1]

In 2009, plans were made to install a cogeneration plant in order to heat the building more efficiently.^[2] By 2010, it was reported that when the new plant was activated, it nearly cut the building's carbon output in half.^[3]

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.^[4][5]

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 K-Mart store (formerly occupied by Woolworth), and a restaurant.^[6]

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.^[7]

Tenants

• Mitel Networks, a unified communications solution provider, occupies a suite of offices on the 25th floor.
• The Negotiation Institute (TNI) is headquartered in One Penn Plaza and occupies the 49th floor.
• Parsons Brinckerhoff is headquartered in One Penn Plaza and occupies the 2nd and 3rd 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.
• Baker Tilly, a national Public Accounting & Business Advisory firm occupies the 30th floor.
• Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP, a law firm, occupies the entire 31st floor.
• Insight Enterprises has offices on the 19th floor.
• Cookie Jar Entertainment has an office in Suite 3324.^[8]
• Fullymail America, 20th and 21st floor.
• Milliman, Inc., a worldwide actuarial consulting firm, occupies the 38th floor.
• Rockwell Securities, an investment firm, occupies the 16th floor.
• Cisco Systems, a Fortune 500 IT networking and telephony company, occupies the 9th floor.
• Polycom, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, occupies the 48th floor.
• DLB Associates,^[9] the mechanical and electrical engineers for the majority of Google's datacenters worldwide, occupies the 26th floor.
• Icon Penn Plaza Parking, will operate the 695 car underground parking garage as of April 1, 2013
• The North Highland Company, a management consulting firm
• Blue Polo Interactive,^[10] has an office in suite 5320.
• Logicalis Inc., US Headquarters is located on the 51st floor.
• CS Technology, worldwide IT management consultancy, is headquartered on the 54th floor
• Lexington Realty Trust is located on the 40th floor.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in New York City

References

1. Bagli, Charles V. (January 18, 1998). "Helmsley, Poised to Sell Empire, Mends Fences Along the Way". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
2. Appelbaum, Alec (February 24, 2009). "Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat from Power Generators". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
3. Colven, Jill (November 16, 2010). "One Penn Plaza Flicks the Switch on Power Plant That Almost Halves Carbon Footprint". DNAinfo New York. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
4. 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
5. Jon Chesto, "Director of “Margin Call” didn’t need a big budget to depict Wall Street’s mortgage meltdown", WickedLocal.com
6. Holusha, John (August 25, 1996). "Kmart Coming to Manhattan With 34th Street Store". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
7. Barron, James (July 24, 1997). "Penn Plaza Solves Wind Problem With a Special-Effects Fountain". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
8. "Contact-General". Cookie Jar Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
9. "DLB Associates". Retrieved 13 April 2016.
10. "New York Digital Branding Agency - Blue Polo Interactive". Blue Polo Interactive. Retrieved 13 April 2016.