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Recent News and Announcements
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Recent Comments
Patricia Clark on 747 Third Avenue:
and in the next year, it was removed! : (Ben on 200 Water Street:
The fish lure is gone, the colored metal seats are gone, and the rectangular pond/fountain has been filled/paved.james deboer on 1345 Sixth Avenue:
Hi - out of curiosity - is the part of the north plaza consisting of cordoned off restaurant seating open to the public? Thank youLucian on 189 Bowery:
The outdoor space is currently blocked off and not open to the public.Lengeling Joseph on 325 Fifth Avenue:
The management of 325 Fifth Avenue has permitted this couple unfettered access every day to sleep, litter, administer drugs and store their growing collection of items now for over two months. I spoke with the staff and the disavow any authority to make them move. NYC badly needs a POPS force to monitor these valuable public amenities. OR the property should be forced to close off the amount of bonus real estate they gained.
425 East 58th Street
Hidden behind rows of trees that are parallel to the sidewalk, the Sovereign’s plaza on the north side of East 58th Street between Sutton Place South...continued.
141 East 48th Street
Sited between Third and Lexington Avenues on the north side of East 48th Street, this stark rectangular urban plaza for years has accepted a dreary fate....continued.
575 Fifth Avenue
“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.
250 East 40th Street
The best portion of this residential plaza is located roughly 200 feet west of Second Avenue on the south side of East 40th Street. Unlike some residential...continued.
590 Madison Avenue
Since the building once known as the IBM building was formally dedicated on October 4, 1983, its glass-enclosed covered pedestrian space has garnered near...continued.
1 Liberty Plaza | Zuccotti Park
The relationship between this office building and a major portion of its public space diverges from the Corbusian “tower in the park” archetype. Unlike...continued.
45 East 89th Street
Surrounding most of the three street frontages of this L-shaped building along East 89th Street, the east side of Madison Avenue, and East 90th Street,...continued.
33 Maiden Lane
At the base of the turreted beige-brick headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is this two-level open-air covered pedestrian space bounded...continued.
58 West 58th Street
In front of a tiny arcade, the plaza on the south side of West 58th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues is fully used by a semicircular drop-off driveway...continued.
40 Broad Street
This tiny urban plaza and arcade are located at the back of 40 Broad Street, on New Street south of Exchange Place. In the face of New Street, which effectively...continued.
Featured Items
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
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