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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.
383 Madison Avenue
Located on the west side of Vanderbilt Avenue between East 46th and 47th Streets and the south side of East 47th Street between Vanderbilt and Madison...continued.
330 East 38th Street | Corinthian
The scale of this residential plaza, the largest in the city at roughly 27,000 square feet, is staggering. Located in the huge setback area in front of...continued.
111 Murray Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
80 Central Park West
Almost all of the required plaza surrounding the building on the west side of Central Park West and the north side of West 68th Street is covered by planters...continued.
347 West 57th Street
The plaza is divided into tiny spaces on West 57th and 58th Street frontages of this through-block residential building halfway between Eighth and Ninth...continued.
400 East 54th Street | Revere
The major area of plaza is situated on a rooftop east of the residential tower along the south side of East 54th Street east of First Avenue. A stairwell...continued.
235 East 40th Street
Located on the north side of East 40th Street between Second and Third Avenues, the primary space of this well-designed residential plaza subtly allocates...continued.
525 East 72nd Street
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.
9 West 57th Street
Positioned in the center of this plaza strip, on the north side of West 57th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, is a chubby red metal pop art 9 that...continued.
235 East 95th Street
Red brick dominates this sizable residential plaza wrapping around another Normandie Court building on East 95th Street, the west side of Second Avenue,...continued.
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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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