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You can find a POPS by using the interactive map, the photographs, or the address list.

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Is a POPS closed when it should be open? Are movable chairs missing? You are helping, not squealing, by revealing.

Let the City know through 311 and let us know by posting a comment in the Comment box at the bottom of the POPS profile.

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Help rate POPS, with five stars for excellent, four for very good, three for good, two for fair, and one for poor. You can rate the POPS at its profile.

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Be complimentary or critical, serious or whimsical, theoretical or practical, but do it in 500 words or less.

Go to the POPS you want to write about and submit your thoughts.

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Propose a new design for a POPS in plan, sketch, perspective, section, or whatever. Maybe it will catch the eye of the owner. Go to the POPS profile that interests you and upload your ideas.

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Get your best Berenice Abbott on and upload a photo or video at the POPS profile.

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We are not programmers of POPS, but your idea may catch the ear or eye of the owner. Music, theatre, dance, visual arts, whatever…please submit your ideas.

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News & Announcements

NYC Department of Building issues violation to 325 Fifth Avenue.  learn more
Winners announced for Sydney, Australia Public Space Ideas Competition.  learn more
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center POPS Open For Voting.  learn more
New South Wales government in Australia introduces a draft Public Space Charter.  learn more
Pondering the challenge of privately owned public space in Australia.  learn more
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Recent Comments

Jerold Kayden on 590 Madison Avenue:
Thanks for taking the time to do this. We will also take a look. APOPS|MAS
H. YANG on 590 Madison Avenue:
It is closed until further notice. I have already filed a 311 complaint on it.
Jerold Kayden on 325 Fifth Avenue:
In response to the APOPS|MAS complaint, the New York City Department of Buildings inspected the space, found it closed, and issued a violation on December 4, 2020. Let's see what happens.
Jerold Kayden on 325 Fifth Avenue:
Dear Keegan, We have filed a complaint with the Department of Buildings. We expect that an inspection will happen and, hopefully, this POPS will return to public use. Thanks for letting us know. We know how frustrating it is.
Jerold Kayden on 240 East 27th Street:
Thanks for letting us know. If you could write a longer description, we may be able to post it along with the older written profile. As it is, your comment appears at the bottom of the written profile so users of the website will be able to see it.
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Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

725 Fifth Avenue / Trump Tower

Landscaped Terraces, Passageway, Covered Pedestrian Space

The covered pedestrian space at Trump Tower is simultaneously New York City’s most famous and least understood privately owned public space. Most famous,...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

145 West 67th Street

Residential Plaza

The main part of this well-maintained, abundantly green residential plaza is a narrow, rectangular, through-block space connecting West 67th and 68th Streets,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

155 East 29th Street

Plaza

The main part of the plaza, extending west from the northwest corner of Third Avenue and East 29th Street, is occupied by a truncated semicircular drop-off...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

520 Madison Avenue

Sidewalk Widening, Urban Plaza

Public art and public spaces are constant collaborators in the city. For the art, a public space can serve as an ideal exhibition platform, drawing chance...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

950 Third Avenue

Plaza

No more than extra sidewalk, this strip of plaza lines the building along the south side of East 57th Street and the west side of Third Avenue. A lone...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

575 Fifth Avenue

Covered Pedestrian Space

“I think it’s beautiful. I’m really overwhelmed . . . I didn’t expect this,” says one middle-aged woman visiting this covered pedestrian space...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

45 East 89th Street

Plaza

Surrounding most of the three street frontages of this L-shaped building along East 89th Street, the east side of Madison Avenue, and East 90th Street,...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

105 Duane Street

Residential Plaza

When the City Planning Commission introduced new zoning rules for plazas at residential buildings in 1977 that made southern exposures the location of...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

211 East 70th Street

Park-Like Open Space, Variance Arcade, Plaza

The most remarkable portion of this 35,860-square-foot parklike open space is a sea of green located west of the through-block building on East 70th and...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

300 East 85th Street

Residential Plaza

Two older men are overheard in spirited debate: “You can pass judgment on his record,” asserts the first. “That’s what you meant to say, not...continued.