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News & Announcements

Winners announced for Sydney, Australia Public Space Ideas Competition.  learn more
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New South Wales government in Australia introduces a draft Public Space Charter.  learn more
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Recent Comments

Jerold Kayden on 325 Fifth Avenue:
Dear Keegan, We have filed a complaint with the Department of Buildings. We expect that an inspection will happen and, hopefully, this POPS will return to public use. Thanks for letting us know. We know how frustrating it is.
Jerold Kayden on 240 East 27th Street:
Thanks for letting us know. If you could write a longer description, we may be able to post it along with the older written profile. As it is, your comment appears at the bottom of the written profile so users of the website will be able to see it.
Jerold Kayden on 1991 Broadway | Bel Canto:
Dear Talia, Thank you for your comment. This space has had ongoing issues over the years as you can see from previous comments. Our suggestion is to file a 311 complaint. Click on the "Report a Problem" box on our homepage to file the complaint. Be detailed. The Department of Buildings should then send an inspector. You can follow up on your complaint by checking on at the Department's Building Information Search, searchable by address. APOPS|MAS
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=0002577288
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Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

353 East 83rd Street

Plaza

Wrapping around the two street sides of the building at the northwest corner of First Avenue and East 83rd Street is this unapologetic example of a mid-1960s...continued.

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203 Jay Street

Public Plaza

The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

60 East End Avenue

Plaza

Located at the northwest corner of East End Avenue and East 82nd Street, this plaza features one of the more elegant semicircular drop-off driveways to...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

555 West 57th Street

Arcade, Plaza

Narrow, rectangular outcroppings of elevated, terracelike plaza flank the West 58th and 57th Street entrances to this through-block office building between...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

420 East 54th Street | River Tower

Residential Plaza

Sited diagonally on a through-block parcel fronting East 53rd and 54th Streets between Sutton Place South and First Avenue, this residential tower generates...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

45 Broadway

Shopping Arcade, Arcade

The building has an arcade on Broadway and a shopping arcade along Trinity Place, midway between Exchange Alley and Morris Street. The Broadway arcade...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

400 East 71st Street

Plaza

This strip of plaza clamps around most of the street frontage of the building, on East 70th Street, the east side of First Avenue, and East 71st Street....continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

401 East 34th Street | Rivergate

Residential Plaza

More than any other residential plaza in the city, this residential plaza successfully emulates many of the attributes of the time-honored urban neighborhood...continued.