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376 Broadway

Residential Plaza

The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

26 Astor Place

Unbonused Open Space, Residential Plaza

The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...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: Kayden et al. (2000)

767 Fifth Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

The plaza in front of the former General Motors Building on the east side of Fifth Avenue between East 58th and 59th Streets is undergoing a radical identity...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

120 Park Avenue

Arcade, Covered Pedestrian Space

Burnishing its image as a leading arts patron, the Philip Morris Company has devoted much of its glass- and granite-enclosed multistory covered pedestrian...continued.

Photo: APOPS|MAS (2014)

153 East 53rd Street | Citigroup Center

Covered Pedestrian Space, Open Air Concourse, Plaza, Through Block Arcade

When completed in 1975, the Citicorp building (as it was then named) garnered initial attention for its silvery aluminum-clad tower, poised for takeoff...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

415 East 54th Street

Residential Plaza

Located on the north side of East 54th Street between Sutton Place South and First Avenue, this well-designed residential plaza marshals comfortable proportions,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

425 Fifth Avenue

Pedestrian Circulation Space, Urban Plaza

The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.

685 First Avenue

Public Access Area

The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

2 Lincoln Square

Covered Plaza, Mandatory Arcade, Special Permit Plaza, Through Block Arcade

Much of the cruciform-shaped public space at Two Lincoln Square has undergone a remarkable transformation from its inauspicious start more than 25 years...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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