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919 Third Avenue

Plaza

At 19,772 square feet, this plaza is one of the largest on the east side of Manhattan, although it would still require a 50 percent increase to match such...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

712 Fifth Avenue

Exhibit Area, Access Area, Pedestrian Circulation Space

Although the owner’s restrictive declaration and the City’s special permit principally employ the dry nomenclature of approved permanent passageway,...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

1065 Park Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

Set back from its two street sides at the northeast corner of Park Avenue and East 87th Street, the building creates space for a sliver of plaza adjacent...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1114 Sixth Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

Public spaces and their surrounding neighborhoods are inevitably interdependent. Sometimes a public space can help define a neighborhood; sometimes a neighborhood...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

10 East 53rd Street | HarperCollins

Plaza, Through Block Arcade

Several steps east of Fifth Avenue and running parallel between East 52nd and 53rd Streets, the HarperCollins through block arcade distinguishes itself...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

300 East 62nd Street

Residential Plaza

The design of the main part of this slender residential plaza extending east from the southeast corner of Second Avenue and East 62nd Street assures that...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

246 Spring Street

Arcade, Urban Plaza

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

76 Eleventh Avenue

At-Grade Plaza

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

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

33 Maiden Lane

Public Pedestrian Circulation Area, Covered Pedestrian Space

At the base of the turreted beige-brick headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is this two-level open-air covered pedestrian space bounded...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

2025 Broadway

Plaza

Floating between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue and West 69th and 70th Streets, this small, triangular island lot is bisected at its northern end by a tiny...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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