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Privately Owned Public Space (APOPS)
Privately Owned Public Space
in New York City
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Propose a new design for a POPS in plan, sketch, perspective, section, or whatever. Maybe it will catch the eye of the owner. Go to the POPS profile that interests you and upload your ideas.
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Propose a POPS Program
We are not programmers of POPS, but your idea may catch the ear or eye of the owner. Music, theatre, dance, visual arts, whatever…please submit your ideas.
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Recent Comments
Matt Thibodeau on 8 Spruce St | Beekman Plaza:
Water feature and updated plantings!J, Dortmunder on 432 Park Avenue:
The legally mandated Privately Owned Public Space (POPS) at 432 Park Avenue is currently entirely inaccessible to the public. The ground-level plaza boundaries have been completely boarded up with heavy plywood walls.J. Dortmunder on 432 Park Avenue:
Open 24 hours signSam on 1 Central Park West:
It 2026 and this POPs is still closed!!! 1 CPWNot surprised on 725 Fifth Avenue / Trump Tower:
I was at Trump tower in April 2026 and was told by the security guard that the garden was closed. Considering the owner of the building If this management staff doesn't follow the rules of POP's why would anyone.
32 Old Slip | Financial Square
At this and several other downtown office buildings, the relationship of size between arcade and plaza is turned on its head: arcades equal, or even exceed,...continued.
299 Park Avenue
The plaza more or less encircles this blockfront building on the east side of Park Avenue between East 48th and 49th Streets. The Park Avenue portion is...continued.
2 Pennsylvania Plaza
At this massive, two-block development that includes an office tower, Madison Square Garden, and Penn Station, the bulk of plaza is empty space embracing...continued.
200 East 32nd Street
Although the building is called the Future, there is nothing especially futuristic about how this residential plaza deploys such old-fashioned ideas as...continued.
575 Fifth Avenue
“I think it’s beautiful. I’m really overwhelmed . . . I didn’t expect this,” says one middle-aged woman visiting this covered pedestrian space...continued.
140 Broadway
This aesthetically pleasing plaza illustrates perfectly one of the animating ideas underlying the City’s original 1961 Zoning Resolution: the Corbusian...continued.
45 East 25th Street
Although the open space behind the golden gate and its spear-shaped finials west of the Stanford is tantalizing, the plaza only includes the strip of...continued.
60 East 112th Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
90 Sands Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
55 Water Street
Surrounded by Water Street, the southwest side of Old Slip, and South Street, this building has two of the largest outdoor public spaces in the city and...continued.
Featured Items
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
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