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Privately Owned Public Space (APOPS)
Privately Owned Public Space
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Recent Comments
J, Dortmunder on 432 Park Avenue:
The legally mandated Privately Owned Public Space (POPS) at 432 Park Avenue is currently entirely inaccessible to the public. The ground-level plaza boundaries have been completely boarded up with heavy plywood walls.J. Dortmunder on 432 Park Avenue:
Open 24 hours signSam on 1 Central Park West:
It 2026 and this POPs is still closed!!! 1 CPWNot surprised on 725 Fifth Avenue / Trump Tower:
I was at Trump tower in April 2026 and was told by the security guard that the garden was closed. Considering the owner of the building If this management staff doesn't follow the rules of POP's why would anyone.Maggie on 330 East 39th Street:
Went on a July Thursday at 2 pm and it was locked - gates say Courtyard open from 10 AM - 8 PM daily. A building worker outside let me know the owner likes to keep it locked to keep "bums" out.
255 East 49th Street
Located at the northwest corner of East 49th Street and Second Avenue, this compact, park-like residential plaza furnishes a welcome physical and psychological...continued.
100 United Nations Plaza | 871 United Nations Plaza
This multilevel residential plaza at the northwest corner of East 48th Street and United Nations Plaza (otherwise known as First Avenue) stylistically...continued.
140 East 45th Street
These lean public spaces are located in front of the East 44th and 45th Street entrances to this office tower, mid-block between Third and Lexington Avenues....continued.
475 Park Avenue South
Elevated four to six steps above the sidewalk, this ribbon of plaza wraps around the street frontages of the office building on the east side of Park...continued.
9 West 57th Street
Positioned in the center of this plaza strip, on the north side of West 57th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, is a chubby red metal pop art 9 that...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.
201 East 17th Street
The plaza occurs at multiple levels on the three street sides of this full block-front building. On the east side of Third Avenue between East 17th and...continued.
120 Park Avenue
Burnishing its image as a leading arts patron, the Philip Morris Company has devoted much of its glass- and granite-enclosed multistory covered pedestrian...continued.
1201 Spofford Avenue
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
825 Seventh Avenue
This plaza strip extends at right angles from the northeast corner of West 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue. A planter with a spiked ledge is located in...continued.
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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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