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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 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.
1065 Park Avenue
Set back from its two street sides at the northeast corner of Park Avenue and East 87th Street, the building creates space for a sliver of plaza adjacent...continued.
501 Bushwick Avenue
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
1301 Sixth Avenue
Plaza renovations can cover a multitude of sins. Years ago, when this was the JC Penney building, much of the plaza in front of the tower on the west side...continued.
101 Barclay Street
Entered from the north side of Barclay Street or the west side of Greenwich Street, this L-shaped public lobby features a visually dramatic, glass-topped,...continued.
1211 Sixth Avenue
At 21,872 square feet, this plaza is the smallest of three Harrison and Abramovitz-designed spaces set in front of immense office towers developed by the...continued.
200 East 69th Street
The brass-colored gates at the entrance to this residential plaza on the north side of East 68th Street east of Third Avenue are the best clue that this...continued.
455 East 86th Street
At the northwest corner of York Avenue and East 86th Street with entrances off both streets is this small, functional residential plaza. Elevated several...continued.
185 East 85th Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
1000 Tenth Avenue
Located in front of the hospital on the hilly east side of Tenth Avenue between West 58th and 59th Streets, this public open space, required by a special...continued.
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