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51 Astor Place

Open Space

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

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

345 Park Avenue

Plaza

Steps above the east side of Park Avenue and spanning the entire blockfront from East 51st to 52nd Street is this plain, half-acre slab of plaza. The bulk...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

130 Livingston Street

Plaza

The usable portion of this plaza, which encircles its host building along Livingston Street, Smith Street, Schermerhorn Street, and Boerem Place, is a...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

805 Third Avenue | Crystal Pavilion

Covered Pedestrian Space

This three-level covered pedestrian space may be entered from the east side of Third Avenue between East 49th and 50th Streets or from the south side of...continued.

138-35 39th Avenue

Publicly Accessible Open Space

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

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

1515 Broadway

Pedestrian Thoroughfare, Shubert Alley

This building was the first to use provisions from the Special Theatre District, enacted in 1967 to encourage construction of legitimate Broadway theaters...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

825 Third Avenue

Plaza

This concrete plaza is extra sidewalk around the office building on the east side of Third Avenue and the north side of East 50th Street. At a recent site...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1 Lincoln Plaza

Arcade, Plaza

Located slightly east of Broadway on the north side of West 63rd Street, this plaza has received a modest facelift since the late 1980s that demonstrates...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

1725 York Avenue

Plaza

The plaza surrounds the three street sides of this residential building on East 89th Street, the west side of York Avenue, and East 90th Street. A drop-off...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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