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400 East 54th Street | Revere

Plaza

The major area of plaza is situated on a rooftop east of the residential tower along the south side of East 54th Street east of First Avenue. A stairwell...continued.

10 Liberty Street

Pedestrian Circulation Space, Urban Plaza

Located on the northeast side of the intersection of Cedar and William Streets, this urban plaza at the hotel-residential tower is under construction. In...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

401 East 80th Street

Residential Plaza

Located at the northeast corner of First Avenue and East 80th Street, the rectangular primary space of this residential plaza thoughtfully marries three...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1325 Sixth Avenue

Through Block Galleria

This tall, bright, glass-and-granite through block galleria connecting West 53rd and 54th Streets is the third link in the six-block chain of through-block...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: Kayden et al. (2000)

1520 York Avenue

Plaza

Wrapping around the residential tower on the east side of York Avenue and the north side of East 80th Street are two slivers of plaza. The East 80th Street...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

1065 Park Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

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.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1755 Broadway

Urban Plaza

This plain urban plaza at the northeast corner of Eighth Avenue and West 56th Street mixes sun with shade. Its orientation guarantees ample direct sunlight,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

311 East 38th Street

Residential Plaza

The main part of this residential plaza extends north, from the northwest corner of the Midtown Tunnel Access Road and East 38th Street, between First...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1211 Sixth Avenue

Subway Concourse, Plaza, Through Block Arcade

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.

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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