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1 Battery Park Plaza

Plaza

This plaza wraps around three of four street sides of this full-block building, on State Street, the north side of Pearl Street, and Whitehall Street....continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

1365 York Avenue

Plaza

Like its neighbor to the north at 1385 York Avenue, this plaza wraps around the three street sides of its elegant residential tower while providi...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

347 West 57th Street

Plaza

The plaza is divided into tiny spaces on West 57th and 58th Street frontages of this through-block residential building halfway between Eighth and Ninth...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

575 Fifth Avenue

Covered Pedestrian Space

“I think it’s beautiful. I’m really overwhelmed . . . I didn’t expect this,” says one middle-aged woman visiting this covered pedestrian space...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

145 West 44th Street

Through Block Connection

This indoor through block connection is the first, and by far the most opulent, passageway in a four-block network of privately owned public spaces linking...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

110 Wall Street

Arcade

Rimmed by chunky, black polished stone columns, this arcade along the northeast side of Wall Street and the southeast side of Front Street may be connected...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

135 East 57th Street

Plaza, Open Park Space

These two spaces, one at the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 57th Street, the other further west on East 57th Street, offer dramatically...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)

55 East 52nd Street

Through Block Arcade

The first thing to know about Park Avenue Plaza is that it is not located on Park Avenue. Its valuable address makes sense, however, by operation of zoning...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

212 East 42nd Street

Urban Plaza

At the back of the New York Helmsley Hotel is this plain, yet functional urban plaza, on the north side of East 41st Street roughly 100 feet east of Third...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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