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1 Pennsylvania Plaza

Arcade, Plaza

With no central nervous system controlling the whole, this 50,095-square-foot plaza is distributed into seven fragments covering virtually all of the...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

222 East 39th Street

Plaza

The main part of this rectangular plaza is west of the hotel, on the south side of East 39th Street immediately east of the Midtown Tunnel Access Road...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

311 East 38th Street

Residential Plaza

The main part of this residential plaza extends north, from the northwest corner of the Midtown Tunnel Access Road and East 38th Street, between First...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

146 West 57th Street | Metropolitan Tower

Through Block Connection, Urban Plaza

Of the three through-block passages linking West 56th and 57th Streets between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, this indoor through block connection is the most...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

645 Fifth Avenue | Olympic Tower

Covered Pedestrian Space

Over its quarter-century life, the Olympic Tower through-block covered pedestrian space linking East 51st and 52nd Streets has faced the awesome challenge...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

246 Spring Street

Arcade, Urban Plaza

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

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

95 Wall Street

Arcade, Plaza

Articulated with rectangular steel columns, the one-story, full-block arcade along the southeast side of Water Street between Wall Street and Gouverneur...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

825 Seventh Avenue

Plaza

This plaza strip extends at right angles from the northeast corner of West 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue. A planter with a spiked ledge is located in...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.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

52 Broadway

Through Block Arcade Equivalent

Because the current 52 Broadway was the product of a building renovation rather than a totally new development, and because the spacing of existing columns...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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