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825 Third Avenue

Plaza

This concrete plaza is extra sidewalk around the office building on the east side of Third Avenue and the north side of East 50th Street. At a recent site...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 (2009)

301 East 45th Street

Plaza

This miniscule plaza wraps around the residential tower on the east side of Second Avenue and the north side of East 45th Street. Along East 45th Street,...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

178 East 80th Street

Plaza

The plaza associated with the Kenilworth is split into two sections and three elevations. Identified as Kenilworth Plaza by a plaque, a partially sunken,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

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: Kayden et al. (2000)

50 Lexington Avenue

Residential Plaza, Public Access Areas

This sunny residential plaza locates its primary space at the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 24th Street. From the sidewalk, the space is...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

599 Lexington Avenue

Open Space and Sidewalk Widenings

The City obtained open space and sidewalk widenings along with the developer’s agreement to provide a major subway station improvement, in exchange for...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

611 Fifth Avenue

Building Entrance Recess Area, Special Permit Pedestrian Circulation Sp

Pockets of outdoor required pedestrian circulation space are located at both ends of this mid-block, through-block building on East 49th and 50th Streets...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

810 Seventh Avenue

Plaza

Previously a barren plaza produced under the lenient standards of the 1961 Zoning Resolution, this space was upgraded as a condition for gaining City approval...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

120 Park Avenue

Arcade, Covered Pedestrian Space

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.

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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