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APOPS on 153 East 53rd Street | Citigroup Center:
Thanks for your comment. Please contact the Department of City Planning. You can do so through 311. Our site lists POPS but we don't have control over what happens there. Good luck. https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01061
Radica Kurbasic on 153 East 53rd Street | Citigroup Center:
hi, I work across the street and was sitting outside for my short lunch break daily weather permitting but noticed that a lot of people smoke or vape and when i asked the guard to react /ask people to stop doing it, i was told that this is a 'private owned' and they/the smoking people/vaping is allowed! i just ok then i can just leave since ihave a health condition. Can someone please look into this? i honestly dont think this is ok and that is allowed after all? thank you.
Nellie DeBruyn on 45 East 89th Street:
This is such a horrible design, obviously configured to prevent public usage. It creates a monolithic and uninviting face for the public. It's on my daily walking route, and I cringe every time I walk by it.
Nellie DeBruyn on 1065 Park Avenue:
uploaded photo of the plaza from the corner
Nellie DeBruyn on 1065 Park Avenue:
Updated photos of the plaza at 1065 Park. As a resident, I am happy to see it being used by the neighborhood. Everyone has been respectful of the space and it's nice to create a sense of community.
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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: APOPS@MAS (2012)

212 East 47th Street

Plaza

A small, oddly shaped plaza area on the south side of East 47th Street and a narrow, rectangular plaza strip on the north side of East 46th Street flank...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

400 East 56th Street

Arcade, Plaza

Close to half an acre of plaza is dispersed in front of the three street sides of this residential building, on the east side of First Avenue, and on East...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1 MetroTech Center

Commons and Public Areas

Although the borough of Manhattan has the lion’s share of New York City’s privately owned public space, it is not surprising that Brooklyn, where comparatively...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

520 Madison Avenue

Sidewalk Widening, Urban Plaza

Public art and public spaces are constant collaborators in the city. For the art, a public space can serve as an ideal exhibition platform, drawing chance...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

200 East 90th Street

Plaza

This plaza wraps around its residential building at the southeast corner of Third Avenue and East 90th Street, presenting standard “as-of-right” plaza...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)

845 First Avenue

Residential Plaza

The development of Trump World Tower has generated more controversy than most buildings in the city. In 1998, developer Donald Trump announced that he...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

1675 York Avenue

Plaza

This U-shaped plaza displays several commonplace public space uses. On the west side of York Avenue between East 88th and 89th Streets, an elegant semicircular...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

825 Seventh Avenue

Plaza

This plaza strip extends at right angles from the northeast corner of West 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue. A planter with a spiked ledge is located in...continued.