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347 West 57th Street

Plaza

The plaza is divided into tiny spaces on West 57th and 58th Street frontages of this through-block residential building halfway between Eighth and Ninth...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

301 East 79th Street

Plaza

The main plaza space is at the back of the residential building on the north side of East 79th Street east of Second Avenue. Up eight steps from the sidewalk...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

115 Broad Street | 4 New York Plaza

Arcade, Plaza

The plaza is an extension to the sidewalk on the east side of Broad Street, next to the arcade, as well as patches along the south side of Water Street,...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Under provisions of the now repealed Special Manhattan Landing Development District, this building provided a two-story-high special permit arcade, scooped...continued.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: Kayden et al. (2000)

40 East 94th Street

Access to Public Open Area, Public Open Area

When this public open area is public and open, as it is required to be from 8:00 a.m. to sunset daily, then it is a pleasant addition to the neighborhood....continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

110 East 59th Street

Arcade, Plaza (in C5-3), Plaza (in C6-4)

Two small plaza spaces flank the East 58th and 59th Street sides of this through-block office building. Interest is provided by a Tony Rosenthal sculpture,...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

50 Lexington Avenue

Residential Plaza, Public Access Areas

This sunny residential plaza locates its primary space at the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 24th Street. From the sidewalk, the space is...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

866 Second Avenue | Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

Arcade

Although this arcade is the least usable of the three privately owned public spaces in the city associated with the name of the Swedish diplomat and Nobel...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

475 Park Avenue South

Arcade, Plaza

Elevated four to six steps above the sidewalk, this ribbon of plaza wraps around the street frontages of the office building on the east side of Park...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

45 East 89th Street

Plaza

Surrounding most of the three street frontages of this L-shaped building along East 89th Street, the east side of Madison Avenue, and East 90th Street,...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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