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61 West 62nd Street | David Rubenstein Atrium

Covered Plaza

This covered plaza, a two-story skylit atrium, furnishes a required amenity unique among the City’s privately owned public spaces: a “climbing wall,”...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

55 East 52nd Street

Through Block Arcade

The first thing to know about Park Avenue Plaza is that it is not located on Park Avenue. Its valuable address makes sense, however, by operation of zoning...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

36 Central Park South

Arcade, Plaza

This plaza on the north side of West 58th Street at the back of the Park Lane Hotel is occupied by part of a semicircular drop-off driveway and canopied...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

88 Pine Street

Special Permit Plaza

The usable part of this L-shaped special permit plaza is located between Water and Front Streets, at the southwest side of the building, in the street...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

455 East 86th Street

Residential Plaza

At the northwest corner of York Avenue and East 86th Street with entrances off both streets is this small, functional residential plaza. Elevated several...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

630 First Avenue | Manhattan Place

Residential Plaza

The best aspect of this residential plaza is its success at serving equally well the passing pedestrian and the committed user. The major portion of the...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

100 William Street

Covered Pedestrian Space

This multistory, open-air covered pedestrian space, the first covered pedestrian space built under the covered pedestrian space bonus provisions of the...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

140 Broadway

Plaza

This aesthetically pleasing plaza illustrates perfectly one of the animating ideas underlying the City’s original 1961 Zoning Resolution: the Corbusian...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

300 East 74th Street

Plaza

The most intriguing aspect of the plaza located on the north side of East 73rd Street east of Second Avenue is its hours. A sign in front of the fenced,...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

1535 Broadway | Marriott Marquis

Broadway Plaza, Covered Public Pedestrian Area, Interior Spaces, Shubert Alley Extension

Required along with a legitimate Broadway theater in return for a floor area bonus granted by a City special permit in 1973, this constellation of privately...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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