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155 East 29th Street

Plaza

The main part of the plaza, extending west from the northwest corner of Third Avenue and East 29th Street, is occupied by a truncated semicircular drop-off...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1700 Broadway

Plaza

This plaza is extra sidewalk that stretches along the building’s frontage on the north side of West 53rd Street, the east side of Broadway, and the south...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

45 West 60th Street

Residential Plaza

With three separately situated, but networked, spaces in the immediate neighborhood of the Regent, it is not easy to decipher which spaces are part of...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

407 Park Avenue South

Residential Plaza

On the north side of East 28th Street about 75 feet east of Park Avenue South is this small, narrow residential plaza, enclosed on three sides by white...continued.

138-35 39th Avenue

Publicly Accessible Open Space

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

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

330 West 56th Street

Arcade, Plaza

This sliver of plaza elevated four steps above the public sidewalk on the south side of West 56th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues is occupied by...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 (2009)

780 Third Avenue

Sidewalk Widening, Urban Plaza

The privately owned public and private spaces framing the three street sides of this brownish-red, polished granite-clad building, formerly known as the...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

110 East 59th Street

Arcade, Plaza (in C5-3), Plaza (in C6-4)

Two small plaza spaces flank the East 58th and 59th Street sides of this through-block office building. Interest is provided by a Tony Rosenthal sculpture,...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

40 East 94th Street

Access to Public Open Area, Public Open Area

When this public open area is public and open, as it is required to be from 8:00 a.m. to sunset daily, then it is a pleasant addition to the neighborhood....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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