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Recent Comments
Kathleen Walton on 300 East 74th Street:
It has not been open in days and many women with strollers and elderly people are wanting to visit.APOPS on 153 East 53rd Street | Citigroup Center:
Thanks for your comment. Please contact the Department of City Planning. You can do so through 311. Our site lists POPS but we don't have control over what happens there. Good luck. https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01061Radica Kurbasic on 153 East 53rd Street | Citigroup Center:
hi, I work across the street and was sitting outside for my short lunch break daily weather permitting but noticed that a lot of people smoke or vape and when i asked the guard to react /ask people to stop doing it, i was told that this is a 'private owned' and they/the smoking people/vaping is allowed! i just ok then i can just leave since ihave a health condition. Can someone please look into this? i honestly dont think this is ok and that is allowed after all? thank you.Nellie DeBruyn on 45 East 89th Street:
This is such a horrible design, obviously configured to prevent public usage. It creates a monolithic and uninviting face for the public. It's on my daily walking route, and I cringe every time I walk by it.Nellie DeBruyn on 1065 Park Avenue:
uploaded photo of the plaza from the corner
5 East 22nd Street
Although this residential plaza surrounds the three street sides of the building, on East 22nd Street, the east side of Broadway, and East 23rd Street,...continued.
351 East 84th Street
This plaza features standard typologies of the semicircular drop-off driveway and extra sidewalk as it surrounds the residential tower’s three street...continued.
626 First Avenue
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
450 Park Avenue
Five steps above the south side of East 57th Street slightly west of Park Avenue, the main part of the plaza is a narrow, deep patio at the back of its...continued.
301 East 94th Street
This wrap-around, small, red-brick residential plaza at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 94th Street supplies a private niche off East 94th...continued.
200 East 24th Street
Wrapping around the street faces of this residential building from the southeast corner of Third Avenue and East 24th Street is this small strip of plaza....continued.
300 East 74th Street
The most intriguing aspect of the plaza located on the north side of East 73rd Street east of Second Avenue is its hours. A sign in front of the fenced,...continued.
1133 Sixth Avenue
Three small notches cut into this office tower, on West 43rd Street, the west side of Sixth Avenue, and West 44th Street, provide space for this plaza....continued.
620 Fulton Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
747 Third Avenue
Although the slim depth of this plaza on part of the east side of Third Avenue and on East 46th and 47th Streets would normally leave little opportunity...continued.
Featured Items
POPS Logo Design Competition Awardees Announced
Three awardees and the City's choice for a new NYC POPS logo were announced on May 20, 2019. Awardees received $2,000 and were honored at an event. The Awardee of the logo Submission chosen by the Director of the City Planning Department as the official New York City POPS logo received an additional $2,000. read more
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
Featured POPS Public Comment: 35 East 57th Street
Submitted by Ruth Grigorov - I approached The Cohen Brothers Park at 135 East 57th Street by walking south on the west side of Lexington Avenue. As I was half a block away, I saw the massive circular sculpture looming over the busy corner of 57th Street and Lexington Avenue. The pillars, made of dark heavy marble, held up a circular structure resembling a huge cement donut. read more
New York City Adopts Pathbreaking POPS Law
In 2017, the New York City Council passed a new law about privately owned public space (POPS) requiring (1) annual reporting , a website with an interactive map and a mechanism for electronically filing complaints, proactive inspections of all POPS every three years, and an annual report to the mayor and speaker about POPS complaints and enforcement actions. read more
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