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You can find a POPS by using the interactive map, the photographs, or the address list.
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Although the open space behind the golden gate and its spear-shaped finials west of the Stanford is tantalizing, the plaza only includes the strip of...continued.
For an “as-of-right” plaza produced in the late 1960s, this space has enjoyed a surprising amount of activity. The plaza occupies Broadway and Seventh...continued.
This immense plaza is a raised terrace encircling the majority of this full-block office building bounded by Water, Broad, South, and Whitehall Streets....continued.
This residential plaza is split into spaces in front and back of its host through-block residential building, on East 64th and 65th Streets east of Third...continued.
The best portion of this residential plaza is located roughly 200 feet west of Second Avenue on the south side of East 40th Street. Unlike some residential...continued.
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
Set on the north side of East 72nd Street between the F.D.R. Drive and York Avenue, this public park appropriates many of the elements found at Paley Park,...continued.
The relationship between this office building and a major portion of its public space diverges from the Corbusian “tower in the park” archetype. Unlike...continued.
Several steps above the street, this U-shaped concrete plaza grips street and nonstreet sides of the building. From East 8th Street, a canopied corridor...continued.
This sunny residential plaza locates its primary space at the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 24th Street. From the sidewalk, the space is...continued.
Three awardees and the City's choice for a new NYC POPS logo were announced on May 20, 2019. Awardees received $2,000 and were honored at an event. The Awardee of the logo Submission chosen by the Director of the City Planning Department as the official New York City POPS logo received an additional $2,000. read more
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
Submitted by Ruth Grigorov - I approached The Cohen Brothers Park at 135 East 57th Street by walking south on the west side of Lexington Avenue. As I was half a block away, I saw the massive circular sculpture looming over the busy corner of 57th Street and Lexington Avenue. The pillars, made of dark heavy marble, held up a circular structure resembling a huge cement donut. read more
In 2017, the New York City Council passed a new law about privately owned public space (POPS) requiring (1) annual reporting , a website with an interactive map and a mechanism for electronically filing complaints, proactive inspections of all POPS every three years, and an annual report to the mayor and speaker about POPS complaints and enforcement actions. read more
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