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750 Lexington Avenue

Plaza

This plaza wraps around almost all of the building’s street frontages on East 59th Street, the west side of Lexington Avenue, and East 60th Street. On...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

125 Broad Street | 2 New York Plaza

Arcade, Plaza

The primary portion of this slightly raised plaza sits in front of the building’s two street sides, on the east side of Broad and the north side of South...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

330 East 75th Street

Residential Plaza

Although the Saratoga is legally obligated to provide a residential plaza at the southwest corner of East 75th Street and First Avenue, and although the...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)

489 Fifth Avenue

Arcade

This is one of the smallest bonused arcades in the city. For the pedestrian suddenly caught in a downpour while on the east side of Fifth Avenue between...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

1250 Broadway

Arcade, Plaza

This empty plaza expands the public sidewalk along the three street sides of this office building on West 31st Street, the east side of Broadway, and West...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)

909 Third Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

Functionally extra sidewalk, this plaza is located in front of the opaque façade of the United States Post Office’s Franklin D. Roosevelt station, on...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

156 West 56th Street

Building Entrance Recess Area, Through Block Connection

For pure circulation, this indoor through block connection is one of the most pleasant links in the six-block chain of privately owned public spaces forging...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2011)

1 Court Square | Citigroup

Landscaped Public Open Space, Pedestrian Circulation Space

Privately owned public space and office skyscrapers are equally anomalous in Queens. Indeed, the landscaped public open space and pedestrian circulation...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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