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105 Duane Street

Residential Plaza

When the City Planning Commission introduced new zoning rules for plazas at residential buildings in 1977 that made southern exposures the location of...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

255 East 49th Street

Residential Plaza

Located at the northwest corner of East 49th Street and Second Avenue, this compact, park-like residential plaza furnishes a welcome physical and psychological...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

101 Barclay Street

Public Lobby, Pedestrian Easement

Entered from the north side of Barclay Street or the west side of Greenwich Street, this L-shaped public lobby features a visually dramatic, glass-topped,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

10 East 53rd Street | HarperCollins

Plaza, Through Block Arcade

Several steps east of Fifth Avenue and running parallel between East 52nd and 53rd Streets, the HarperCollins through block arcade distinguishes itself...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

45 East 89th Street

Plaza

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.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

1365 York Avenue

Plaza

Like its neighbor to the north at 1385 York Avenue, this plaza wraps around the three street sides of its elegant residential tower while providi...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: Kayden et al. (2000)

50 East 89th Street

Landscaped Open Area, Plaza (Park-Like Open Space)

On the north side of East 88th Street between Park and Madison Avenues, this commodious plaza (park-like open space) at the back of the through-block lot...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1114 Sixth Avenue

Arcade, Plaza

Public spaces and their surrounding neighborhoods are inevitably interdependent. Sometimes a public space can help define a neighborhood; sometimes a neighborhood...continued.

90 Sands Street

Plaza

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