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12 East 49th Street

Public Access Passageway, Arcade, Sidewalk Widening, Urban Plaza

Located between Madison and Fifth Avenues on both East 48th and 49th Streets, the south-facing and north-facing spaces of this urban plaza provide something...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2011)

200 East 89th Street

Residential Plaza

The primary space of this residential plaza is on the north side of East 88th Street, slightly east of Third Avenue, at the back of its host residential...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

425 East 58th Street

Open Space, Plaza

Hidden behind rows of trees that are parallel to the sidewalk, the Sovereign’s plaza on the north side of East 58th Street between Sutton Place South...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

33 Maiden Lane

Public Pedestrian Circulation Area, Covered Pedestrian Space

At the base of the turreted beige-brick headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is this two-level open-air covered pedestrian space bounded...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

420 Fifth Avenue

Urban Plaza

Some urban plazas are designed with narrow width and considerable depth relative to the street. This urban plaza on the north side of West 37th Street,...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

555 West 57th Street

Arcade, Plaza

Narrow, rectangular outcroppings of elevated, terracelike plaza flank the West 58th and 57th Street entrances to this through-block office building between...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

111 Wall Street

Arcade, Plaza

This U-shaped plaza grips the full-block office building on three of its four street frontages, along Front Street, Gouverneur Lane, and South Street,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

40 Rector Street

Plaza

What was once a tiny, empty plaza in a recessed area of the building on the west side of Washington Street between Rector and Carlisle Streets is now home...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

1365 York Avenue

Plaza

Like its neighbor to the north at 1385 York Avenue, this plaza wraps around the three street sides of its elegant residential tower while providi...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

200 East 82nd Street

Plaza

Having just made the chronological cut before the 1977 residential plaza zoning rules took effect, this plaza presents the standard “as-of-right” uses...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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