PENN 2 Featured in Metals in Construction Magazine
PENN 2 is featured in Metals in Construction Magazine’s Summer 2025 issue: Office Towers in a Post-Covid Future.
A dull 1969 office building is transformed as part of a larger effort to upgrade the district around Penn Station.
After decades as a wallflower, 2 Penn Plaza, a 31-story office tower adjacent to Madison Square Garden, has undergone a dramatic makeover and been rebranded as PENN 2. Its original 1969 facade, featuring alternating bands of precast concrete panels, tinted glass and aluminum panels, has been replaced by an all-glass facade, with dramatic new extensions facing east and north.
Replacing the curtain wall while tenants remained in place was a major challenge. “MdeAS and GMS, the curtain wall consultant, developed an over-cladding technique that allowed the curtain wall to attach to the existing mullions with reinforced anchor connections all from the exterior,” explains Mike Zaborski, a Principal at MdeAS Architects. “The old curtain wall was then removed from the inside when floors became available, either at night or on the weekend.”
Read more in the full feature from Metals in Construction.