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Privately Owned Public Space (APOPS)
Privately Owned Public Space
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News & Announcements
Kayden and Kimmelman talk about law and POPS on 42nd Street learn more
New York City issues Emergency Executive Order and special Protocols for POPS during Covid-19 pandemic. learn more
NYC POPS Logo Design Competition announces selections. learn more
POPS Logo Design Competition Winners To Be Announced May 20, 2019 learn more
POPS Logo Competition Receives 607 Submissions from over 58 Countries. learn more
Recent Comments
Talia Schulder on 1991 Broadway | Bel Canto:
This public space is currently blocked off by yellow gates. When I asked someone who works at the Sugar Factory restaurant that is located inside the building, right past this public space, they said that it is closed because the restaurant has 25% capacity....
However, the restaurant should have no legal ownership over the space and should hence be unable to control its closure. I am curious how this space is legally closed currently and if there are plans to ensure it can reopen (whilst also maintaining potentially some semblance of distancing, i.e. fewer tables and chairs, etc.)Jerold Kayden on 325 Fifth Avenue:
Dear Keegan, As you can see, an inspection was made on 9.16.20 in response to a 311 complaint filed on 7.15.20. The inspector noted that the building has a permit for facade repair that would expire on 10.22.20 and thus found no violation at the time of inspection....
The inspector also noted that the building was in the process of removing all construction materials. To be sure the history of this POPS is hardly reassuring. We will attempt to check in after October 22 but would not be surprised, sadly, if nothing has changed. We will also contact the Buildings Department for further action. Thanks for your comment. http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/OverviewForComplaintServlet?requestid=2&vlcompdetlkey=0002577288T. F. on 240 East 27th Street:
Since this picture of the POP at 240 East 27 Street, the entire park has been redesigned including mechanical equipment. Please inspect this site. For example, there's no waterfall.Lauren on 445 Fifth Avenue:
The plaque detailing the requirements of this POPS was recently removed. I filed a complaint with 311 about it not having chairs in August.Ben on 1 Central Park West:
This space, for some reason, has been blockaded for the past 4 years. Does it still qualify as a POPS, if it's not accessible to the public?
140 East 45th Street
These lean public spaces are located in front of the East 44th and 45th Street entrances to this office tower, mid-block between Third and Lexington Avenues....continued.
40 Rector Street
What was once a tiny, empty plaza in a recessed area of the building on the west side of Washington Street between Rector and Carlisle Streets is now home...continued.
457 Madison Avenue
Enclosed on three sides by the nineteenth-century Italianate landmark Villard Houses, this formal European-style courtyard on the east side of Madison...continued.
151 West 54th Street
This one-story, covered outdoor through block connection linking West 54th and 55th Streets between Sixth and Seventh Avenues is the fourth link in the...continued.
350 Jay Street
Three legal types of public space, plaza, plaza connected open space, and open space area, wrap around east, west, and south sides of this hotel. On the...continued.
343 Gold Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
810 Seventh Avenue
Previously a barren plaza produced under the lenient standards of the 1961 Zoning Resolution, this space was upgraded as a condition for gaining City approval...continued.
40 West 57th Street
This through block arcade connecting West 56th and 57th Streets between Fifth and Sixth Avenues represents the “Model T” of through block arcades....continued.
1 State Street
The plaza is little more than an addition to the public sidewalk that stretches around the building’s three street sides of State Street, the east side...continued.
733 Park Avenue
This plaza envelops two sides of this residential building, around the southeast corner of Park Avenue and East 71st Street. The primary entrance to the...continued.
Featured Items
2019 POPS Logo Design Competition Awardees Announced
Three awardees and the City's choice for a new NYC POPS logo were announced on May 20, 2019. Awardees received $2,000 and were honored at an event. The Awardee of the logo Submission chosen by the Director of the City Planning Department as the official New York City POPS logo received an additional $2,000. read more
Let's Invigorate the POPS Inventory
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
Stewarding New York City's Privately Owned Public Spaces
Advocates for Privately Owned Public Space and The Municipal Art Society of New York believe that a city’s greatness is enhanced by an attractive, usable, and egalitarian public realm. Part of New York City's public realm includes privately owned public spaces (POPS), spaces that by law must be open to the public for public use. read more
Comment on 135 East 57th Street POPS
Submitted by Ruth Grigorov - I approached The Cohen Brothers Park at 135 East 57th Street by walking south on the west side of Lexington Avenue. As I was half a block away, I saw the massive circular sculpture looming over the busy corner of 57th Street and Lexington Avenue. The pillars, made of dark heavy marble, held up a circular structure resembling a huge cement donut. read more
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