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401 East 80th Street

Residential Plaza

Located at the northeast corner of First Avenue and East 80th Street, the rectangular primary space of this residential plaza thoughtfully marries three...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

400 East 56th Street

Arcade, Plaza

Close to half an acre of plaza is dispersed in front of the three street sides of this residential building, on the east side of First Avenue, and on East...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)

611 Fifth Avenue

Building Entrance Recess Area, Special Permit Pedestrian Circulation Sp

Pockets of outdoor required pedestrian circulation space are located at both ends of this mid-block, through-block building on East 49th and 50th Streets...continued.

76 Eleventh Avenue

At-Grade Plaza

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

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2013)

1095 Sixth Avenue

Special Permit Plaza, Subway Concourse

Like the neighboring plaza at the Grace building one block north, this special permit plaza experienced some problematic spillover from the Times...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

333 East 45th Street | Lausanne

Arcade, Plaza

Slivers of plaza and arcade on the north side of East 45th Street between First and Second Avenues principally serve the needs of this residential building....continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS

330 East 39th Street

Plaza

An asphalt-paved, semicircular drop-off driveway flanked by trees and planters covers a small part of the plaza in front of the residential entrance on...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

240 East 38th Street

Arcade, Plaza

Near mirror-image plaza and arcade spaces flank north and south sides of this through-block building between East 37th and 38th Streets 80 feet west of...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

200 East 90th Street

Plaza

This plaza wraps around its residential building at the southeast corner of Third Avenue and East 90th Street, presenting standard “as-of-right” plaza...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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