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55 East 52nd Street

Through Block Arcade

The first thing to know about Park Avenue Plaza is that it is not located on Park Avenue. Its valuable address makes sense, however, by operation of zoning...continued.

Photo: APOPS|MAS (2014)

115 East 57th Street

Covered Pedestrian Space

It is easy to miss this through-block covered pedestrian space connecting East 57th and 58th Streets between Lexington and Park Avenues. The inconspicuous...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

55 Broad Street

Arcade

About 10 feet wide and defined by rectangular columns, the arcade wraps around the two street sides of the building on the east side of Broad Street and...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

245 East 54th Street

Plaza, Residential Plaza

Wrapping around the full blockfront building on the west side of Second Avenue between East 54th and 55th Streets, the Brevard’s public space has experienced...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

455 East 86th Street

Residential Plaza

At the northwest corner of York Avenue and East 86th Street with entrances off both streets is this small, functional residential plaza. Elevated several...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1221 Sixth Avenue | McGraw-Hill

Sunken Plaza, Plaza

The two McGraw-Hill public spaces are in the middle of the Sixth Avenue row of three colossal plazas between West 47th and 50th Streets. Together with...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

75 Wall Street

Non-Bonused Public Open Space, Arcade, Urban Plaza

Although the building has chosen, unsurprisingly, to use Wall Street for its address and primary entrance, its 360-degree, full-perimeter arcade provides...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

250 East 87th Street

Plaza

The plaza encircles the three street frontages of this building, on East 86th Street, the west side of Second Avenue, and East 87th Street. Like many plazas...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1166 Sixth Avenue

Through Block Plaza, Arcade, Plaza

Historically, this through block plaza roughly 200 feet east of Sixth Avenue connecting West 45th and 46th Streets has enjoyed one of the highest rates...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

1 State Street

Arcade, Plaza

The plaza is little more than an addition to the public sidewalk that stretches around the building’s three street sides of State Street, the east side...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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