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388 Greenwich Street

Plaza, Public Plaza

The public space that encircles this full-block development on Greenwich, North Moore, West, and Hubert Street sides is actually composed of two different...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

285 Lexington Avenue

Variance Arcade

At a recent site visit, this deep, dark variance arcade extending eastward from the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue and East 37th Street stored empty...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: APOPS@MAS (2009)

800 Third Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

Encircling the three street sides of this office tower occupying the west side blockfront of Third Avenue between East 49th and 50th Streets is this bare...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

200 West 60th Street

Public Open Space

This pleasant, sunny public open space, at the back of the residential building on the north side of West 59th Street slightly west of Amsterdam Avenue,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

240 East 47th Street

Non-Bonused Space, Residential Plaza

Located at back of the Dag Hammarskjold Tower at the northwest corner of Second Avenue and East 46th Street, the primary space of this residential plaza...continued.

343 Gold Street

Residential Plaza

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

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

425 East 58th Street

Open Space, Plaza

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.

2121 Boardwalk West

Open-Air Auditorium, Public Open Space

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

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

410 East 58th Street

Plaza

Although the tiny plaza space located in front of the building on the south side of East 58th Street between Sutton Place South and First Avenue is easy...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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