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Recent Comments
Patricia Clark on 747 Third Avenue:
and in the next year, it was removed! : (Ben on 200 Water Street:
The fish lure is gone, the colored metal seats are gone, and the rectangular pond/fountain has been filled/paved.james deboer on 1345 Sixth Avenue:
Hi - out of curiosity - is the part of the north plaza consisting of cordoned off restaurant seating open to the public? Thank youLucian on 189 Bowery:
The outdoor space is currently blocked off and not open to the public.Lengeling Joseph on 325 Fifth Avenue:
The management of 325 Fifth Avenue has permitted this couple unfettered access every day to sleep, litter, administer drugs and store their growing collection of items now for over two months. I spoke with the staff and the disavow any authority to make them move. NYC badly needs a POPS force to monitor these valuable public amenities. OR the property should be forced to close off the amount of bonus real estate they gained.
222 East 39th Street
The main part of this rectangular plaza is west of the hotel, on the south side of East 39th Street immediately east of the Midtown Tunnel Access Road...continued.
725 Fifth Avenue / Trump Tower
The covered pedestrian space at Trump Tower is simultaneously New York City’s most famous and least understood privately owned public space. Most famous,...continued.
265 East 66th Street
The plaza wraps around the three street sides of what looks like an office tower, but actually is a residential tower, on East 66th Street, the west side...continued.
351 East 84th Street
This plaza features standard typologies of the semicircular drop-off driveway and extra sidewalk as it surrounds the residential tower’s three street...continued.
777 Third Avenue
Wrapping around this office tower on the east blockfront of Third Avenue, East 48th Street, and East 49th Street, the U-shaped plaza and arcade serve twin...continued.
200 East 90th Street
This plaza wraps around its residential building at the southeast corner of Third Avenue and East 90th Street, presenting standard “as-of-right” plaza...continued.
115 East 57th Street
It is easy to miss this through-block covered pedestrian space connecting East 57th and 58th Streets between Lexington and Park Avenues. The inconspicuous...continued.
1301 Sixth Avenue
Plaza renovations can cover a multitude of sins. Years ago, when this was the JC Penney building, much of the plaza in front of the tower on the west side...continued.
3 United Nations Plaza
On the south side of East 44th Street between First and Second Avenues, this 100-foot-deep rectangular urban plaza effects the look of a postmodern courtyard....continued.
774 Sixth Avenue
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
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Kayden, APOPS, and MAS Announce Their Collaboration
On October 18 and 19 at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, more than 1,100 innovative city shapers and thought leaders gathered as the Municipal Art Society presented the third annual MAS Summit for New York City. This forum of ideas featured more than 90 speakers over the two days and highlighted trailblazing initiatives in New York and other cities across the globe. read more
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