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360 East 57th Street

Plaza

No matter how small, an easily accessible plaza with functional amenities will be used. This miniature plaza on the west side of First Avenue slightly...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1 Liberty Plaza | Zuccotti Park

Open Area, Plaza

The relationship between this office building and a major portion of its public space diverges from the Corbusian “tower in the park” archetype. Unlike...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1535 Broadway | Marriott Marquis

Broadway Plaza, Covered Public Pedestrian Area, Interior Spaces, Shubert Alley Extension

Required along with a legitimate Broadway theater in return for a floor area bonus granted by a City special permit in 1973, this constellation of privately...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 (2014)

60 Wall Street

Arcade, Covered Pedestrian Space

Depending on the time of day, this mid-block, through-block covered pedestrian space connecting Wall and Pine Streets between William and Pearl Streets...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

300 East 59th Street

Arcade, Plaza

The main part of the plaza is an elevated, square terrace located at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and East 58th Street, directly south of the...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2013)

1095 Sixth Avenue

Special Permit Plaza, Subway Concourse

Like the neighboring plaza at the Grace building one block north, this special permit plaza experienced some problematic spillover from the Times...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

345 East 93rd Street

Special Permit Arcade, Plaza

Entered up five steps from the north side of East 93rd Street slightly west of First Avenue, the plaza is a deep rectangle, enclosed on all but the street...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

300 East 85th Street

Residential Plaza

Two older men are overheard in spirited debate: “You can pass judgment on his record,” asserts the first. “That’s what you meant to say, not...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

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.

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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