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132 East 35th Street

Plaza

A strip of plaza, partly covered by a projecting overhang, girdles this residential building along East 34th Street, the west side of Lexington Avenue,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

909 Third Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

Functionally extra sidewalk, this plaza is located in front of the opaque façade of the United States Post Office’s Franklin D. Roosevelt station, on...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

59 Maiden Lane

Arcade, Plaza

Originally a barren plaza developed under the 1961 Zoning Resolution’s minimal “as-of-right” plaza standards, this space was voluntarily upgraded...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

175 Water Street

Open Pedestrian Area, Special Permit Arcade

Under provisions of the now repealed Special Manhattan Landing Development District, this building provided a two-story-high special permit arcade, scooped...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

401 East 34th Street | Rivergate

Residential Plaza

More than any other residential plaza in the city, this residential plaza successfully emulates many of the attributes of the time-honored urban neighborhood...continued.

316 Kent Avenue

Public Access Area

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

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

750 Lexington Avenue

Plaza

This plaza wraps around almost all of the building’s street frontages on East 59th Street, the west side of Lexington Avenue, and East 60th Street. On...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

137 East 36th Street

Plaza

Recently renovated, this slightly elevated plaza on the east side of Lexington Avenue and the north side of East 36th Street is a visually elegant terrace...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

300 East 34th Street

Arcade, Plaza

Four steps below the sidewalk, this rectangular plaza extends north from the northeast corner of East 33rd Street and Second Avenue. Fixed concrete seating...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

825 Seventh Avenue

Plaza

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.

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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