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Privately Owned Public Space (APOPS)
Privately Owned Public Space
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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.
61-01 Junction Boulevard
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
1250 Broadway
This empty plaza expands the public sidewalk along the three street sides of this office building on West 31st Street, the east side of Broadway, and West...continued.
300 East 34th Street
Four steps below the sidewalk, this rectangular plaza extends north from the northeast corner of East 33rd Street and Second Avenue. Fixed concrete seating...continued.
160 Water Street
Immediately adjacent to 180 Water Street to the northeast, this building has a small entrance arcade on the north side of Water Street, a long st...continued.
330 East 75th Street
Although the Saratoga is legally obligated to provide a residential plaza at the southwest corner of East 75th Street and First Avenue, and although the...continued.
61 West 62nd Street | David Rubenstein Atrium
This covered plaza, a two-story skylit atrium, furnishes a required amenity unique among the City’s privately owned public spaces: a “climbing wall,”...continued.
767 Third Avenue
Located at the southeast corner of Third Avenue and East 48th Street, the urban plaza and arcade expand the roster of fanciful public spaces, including...continued.
985 Fifth Avenue
The most distinctive component of the tiny plaza and arcade located midway between East 79th and 80th Streets on the east side of Fifth Avenue across from...continued.
10 West 66th Street
A well-landscaped horseshoe-shaped drop-off driveway dominates the plaza in front of the residential tower on the south side of West 66th Street near Central...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.
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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