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Privately Owned Public Space (APOPS)
Privately Owned Public Space
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Recent Comments
Ada Rustow on 343 Gold Street:
This mid-size residential plaza boasts several benches as well as landscaping including large trees that offer shade.Ada Rustow on 343 Gold Street:
Well located and accessible but with limited greenery. Went in the winter and many of the seats had been cordoned off.Ada Rustow on 111 Murray Street:
This POPS is beautiful at night, well lit, and with an active water feature.Mark Pine on 153 East 53rd Street | Citigroup Center:
Greetings, those were the great old days. I'm here now. It's nowhere near as packed as that now. Could you imagine? These days. I hope those days come back one day.Lloyd C. Bishop on 180 Maiden Lane:
The bathrooms at the180 Maiden Lane POP are locked. Shouldn’t they be open? Can you inquire and enforce? The space is a pleasant place to get some work done, but the lack of the required public restroom diminishes public use.
1 New York Plaza
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.
1 Central Park West
Changes in ownership and building use sometimes engender a golden opportunity for revitalizing a previously unsatisfactory privately owned public space....continued.
50 Lexington Avenue
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.
345 East 93rd Street
Entered up five steps from the north side of East 93rd Street slightly west of First Avenue, the plaza is a deep rectangle, enclosed on all but the street...continued.
1809 Emmons Avenue
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
450 West 33rd Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
401 East 84th Street
Wrapping around the northeast corner of First Avenue and East 84th Street is this sliver of public space labeled an open plaza by the City’s special...continued.
375 Pearl Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
501 West 52nd Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
909 Third Avenue
Functionally extra sidewalk, this plaza is located in front of the opaque façade of the United States Post Office’s Franklin D. Roosevelt station, on...continued.
Featured Items
POPS Logo Design Competition Awardees Announced
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
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
Featured POPS Public Comment: 35 East 57th Street
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
New York City Adopts Pathbreaking POPS Law
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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