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Privately Owned Public Space (APOPS)
Privately Owned Public Space
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Recent News and Announcements
NYU’s Paulson Center atrium surfaces as a POPS. learn more
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Recent Comments
Jerold Kayden on 115 East 57th Street:
Dear MC, It has been a space that has changed over the years. We last visited it two years ago. It's a bit dark, to be sure, but it fulfills a need as you say when it is cold or hot outside. "Dreadfully quiet" is an interesting phrase. Would some people say it is wonderfully quiet? Just asking! Thanks for the comment and interest in POPS.Jerold Kayden on 133 Bleecker Street:
Dear Allan, If you could send a photo of the interior of the atrium, that would be helpful to us. Thank youAllan on 133 Bleecker Street:
NYU seems to be getting away with the misuse of POPS- for more than a year now, all the seating and most of the interior Atrium has been roped off to everyone including students. They got the permission to build bigger and promised some interior public space now they are using lawyers to manipulate the meaning of the contract. Now that the building makes them a lot of extra money and they don't want to deal with the open space. What can be done!MC on 115 East 57th Street:
This is POPS fills a need in this location for when it’s cold and hot outside, but it is dreadfully quiet. It makes you feel the need to whisper due to how sound carries and the water feature only offers a tiny bit of background noise. It feels as a requirement that the building reluctantly complies with rather than an asset. Still, need a place to rest or eat? This fulfills thatJerold Kayden on 41 Madison Avenue:
Please use the City's 311 portal to report this apparent violation. https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01061
388 Greenwich Street
The public space that encircles this full-block development on Greenwich, North Moore, West, and Hubert Street sides is actually composed of two different...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.
115 East 87th Street
In front of this residential tower on the north side of East 87th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues is this sliver of elevated plaza. The space...continued.
599 Lexington Avenue
The City obtained open space and sidewalk widenings along with the developer’s agreement to provide a major subway station improvement, in exchange for...continued.
1325 Sixth Avenue
This tall, bright, glass-and-granite through block galleria connecting West 53rd and 54th Streets is the third link in the six-block chain of through-block...continued.
90 Sands Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
55 Broadway
Three of the four public spaces at 55 Broadway were mandated by the recently repealed Special Greenwich Street Development District, a special purpose...continued.
246 Spring Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
445 Fifth Avenue
With its pastel pinks, ornamental lions, and formal colonnade, this small, downward-sloping, rectangular urban plaza 125 feet east of Fifth Avenue on the...continued.
11 West 53rd Street
Information on this privately owned public space will be provided shortly. ...continued.
Featured Items
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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