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1221 Sixth Avenue | McGraw-Hill

Sunken Plaza, Plaza

The two McGraw-Hill public spaces are in the middle of the Sixth Avenue row of three colossal plazas between West 47th and 50th Streets. Together with...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1285 Sixth Avenue

Pedestrian Circulation Space, Sidewalk Widening, Urban Plaza, Through Block Galleria

Public spaces at PaineWebber reflect lessons learned from the indiscriminate provision of huge setback plazas on the west side of Sixth Avenue during the...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

255 East 49th Street

Residential Plaza

Located at the northwest corner of East 49th Street and Second Avenue, this compact, park-like residential plaza furnishes a welcome physical and psychological...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

645 Fifth Avenue | Olympic Tower

Covered Pedestrian Space

Over its quarter-century life, the Olympic Tower through-block covered pedestrian space linking East 51st and 52nd Streets has faced the awesome challenge...continued.

Photo: APOPS

590 Madison Avenue

Seating Area, Arcade, Covered Pedestrian Space, Through Block Arcade, Urban Plaza

Since the building once known as the IBM building was formally dedicated on October 4, 1983, its glass-enclosed covered pedestrian space has garnered near...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

120 Park Avenue

Arcade, Covered Pedestrian Space

Burnishing its image as a leading arts patron, the Philip Morris Company has devoted much of its glass- and granite-enclosed multistory covered pedestrian...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1 New York Plaza

Arcade, Plaza

This immense plaza is a raised terrace encircling the majority of this full-block office building bounded by Water, Broad, South, and Whitehall Streets....continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

3 Park Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

The plaza encircles most of the three street sides of this catercornered tower on the eastern side of Park Avenue between East 33rd and 34th Streets. Triangular...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

230 West 55th Street

Residential Plaza

Mature trees and shrubs in white-walled planters cover much of this rectangular residential plaza located west of Broadway and the building on the south...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

50 East 89th Street

Landscaped Open Area, Plaza (Park-Like Open Space)

On the north side of East 88th Street between Park and Madison Avenues, this commodious plaza (park-like open space) at the back of the through-block lot...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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