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614 West 131st Street

Midblock Open Area, Large Square, Small Square, Grove

The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

499 Park Avenue

Glass-Enclosed Urban Plaza Equivalent, Open Urban Plaza Equivalent, Sidewalk Widening Equivalent, Through Block Arcade Equivalent

Located inside 499 Park Avenue at the southeast corner of Park Avenue and East 59th Street, this elegant, minimalist atrium, legally known by the inelegant,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1211 Sixth Avenue

Subway Concourse, Plaza, Through Block Arcade

At 21,872 square feet, this plaza is the smallest of three Harrison and Abramovitz-designed spaces set in front of immense office towers developed by the...continued.

Photo: APOPS|MAS (2014)

875 Third Avenue

Open Space, Public Circulation Space, Arcade, Covered Pedestrian Space

Four well-coordinated public spaces join forces to invigorate this full blockfront office tower on the east side of Third Avenue between East 52nd and...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

40 East 52nd Street

Urban Plaza

Even experienced public space observers might be forgiven for assuming that the through-block corridor inside this office tower is a public space. To begin...continued.

620 Fulton Street

Public Plaza

The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

1411 Broadway

Arcade, Plaza

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.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

1385 York Avenue

Plaza

This plaza surrounds the residential tower’s three street sides, on East 73rd Street, the west side of York Avenue, and East 74th Street. Like the plaza...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

985 Fifth Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

The most distinctive component of the tiny plaza and arcade located midway between East 79th and 80th Streets on the east side of Fifth Avenue across from...continued.

Photo: APOPS|MAS (2014)

444 East 86th Street

Plaza

Located mid-block on the west side of York Avenue between East 85th and 86th Streets, the required plaza space as shown on the site plan is a narrow, deep...continued.

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

Privately Owned Public Space – For Whom, By Whom: An Interview with APOPS Founder Jerold Kayden

In an interview conducted by Lara Belkind for FunctionLab, the research arm of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA), entitled “Privately Owned Public Space—For Whom, By Whom,” APOPS founder and Harvard Professor Jerold Kayden discusses the functional uses of privately owned public space in New York City. read more

Please note our interactive map is temporarily unavailable. We're working on it — check back in the coming months!

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