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300 East 34th Street

Arcade, Plaza

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.

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)

1548 Broadway

Through Block Connection

This indoor through block connection is a straight, modest corridor through the building linking West 45th and 46th Streets 100 feet east of Broadway....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: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1370 Sixth Avenue

Plaza

What used to be little more than extra sidewalk wrapping around the building’s corner at the southeast side of West 56th Street and Sixth Avenue has...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

499 Park Avenue

Glass-Enclosed Urban Plaza Equivalent, Open Urban Plaza Equivalent, Sidewalk Widening Equivalent, Through Block Arcade Equivalent

Located inside 499 Park Avenue at the southeast corner of Park Avenue and East 59th Street, this elegant, minimalist atrium, legally known by the inelegant,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1114 Sixth Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

Public spaces and their surrounding neighborhoods are inevitably interdependent. Sometimes a public space can help define a neighborhood; sometimes a neighborhood...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

429 East 52nd Street | Rivercourt

Plaza

Between the F.D.R. Drive and First Avenue on the north side of East 52nd Street is this hidden plaza that appears to be private but is legally public....continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

250 East 87th Street

Plaza

The plaza encircles the three street frontages of this building, on East 86th Street, the west side of Second Avenue, and East 87th Street. Like many plazas...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

11 West 53rd Street

Through Block Lobby, Building Entrance Recess Areas

Information on this privately owned public space will be provided shortly. ...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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