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240 East 47th Street

Non-Bonused Space, Residential Plaza

Located at back of the Dag Hammarskjold Tower at the northwest corner of Second Avenue and East 46th Street, the primary space of this residential plaza...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

166 East 34th Street

Plaza

This strip of plaza along East 33rd Street, the west side of Third Avenue, and East 34th Street would be undistinguished were it not for the fact that...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

1675 York Avenue

Plaza

This U-shaped plaza displays several commonplace public space uses. On the west side of York Avenue between East 88th and 89th Streets, an elegant semicircular...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

90 Washington Street

Plaza

The main part of the plaza grips the building on the west side of Washington Street and the south side of Rector Street. The Washington Street portion...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

333 East 45th Street | Lausanne

Arcade, Plaza

Slivers of plaza and arcade on the north side of East 45th Street between First and Second Avenues principally serve the needs of this residential building....continued.

626 First Avenue

Public Access Area

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

622 Third Avenue

Landscaped Terrace, Arcade, Plaza, Through Block Arcade, Urban Plaza

As of this writing, the privately owned public spaces at 622 Third Avenue, formerly the Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield headquarters, are undergoing...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

212 East 42nd Street

Urban Plaza

At the back of the New York Helmsley Hotel is this plain, yet functional urban plaza, on the north side of East 41st Street roughly 100 feet east of Third...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

75 Wall Street

Non-Bonused Public Open Space, Arcade, Urban Plaza

Although the building has chosen, unsurprisingly, to use Wall Street for its address and primary entrance, its 360-degree, full-perimeter arcade provides...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

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