Vornado wants to rezone hotel site

Vornado Realty Trust has filed an application with the Department of City Planning to rezone the site of the Hotel Pennsylvania, on Seventh Avenue at 33rd Street to allow a skyscraper up to 1,198 feet tall. Vornado said it has not made a final decision about whether or not it wants to demolish the hotel. The rezoning would allow for a single-tenant building of 2.85 million square feet to be built, or a multi-tenant tower of 2.6 million square feet.