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1 Lincoln Plaza

Arcade, Plaza

Located slightly east of Broadway on the north side of West 63rd Street, this plaza has received a modest facelift since the late 1980s that demonstrates...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

230 West 55th Street

Residential Plaza

Mature trees and shrubs in white-walled planters cover much of this rectangular residential plaza located west of Broadway and the building on the south...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

429 East 52nd Street | Rivercourt

Plaza

Between the F.D.R. Drive and First Avenue on the north side of East 52nd Street is this hidden plaza that appears to be private but is legally public....continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

265 East 66th Street

Plaza

The plaza wraps around the three street sides of what looks like an office tower, but actually is a residential tower, on East 66th Street, the west side...continued.

Photo: Kayden et al. (2000)

400 East 56th Street

Arcade, Plaza

Close to half an acre of plaza is dispersed in front of the three street sides of this residential building, on the east side of First Avenue, and on East...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2014)

118 West 57th Street | Le Parker Meridien

Plaza, Through Block Arcade

Tensions between public and private uses reverberate throughout this elegant through block arcade connecting West 56th and 57th Streets between Sixth and...continued.

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2009)

950 Third Avenue

Plaza

No more than extra sidewalk, this strip of plaza lines the building along the south side of East 57th Street and the west side of Third Avenue. A lone...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.

614 West 131st Street

Midblock Open Area, Large Square, Small Square, Grove

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

Photo: APOPS@MAS (2012)

111 Wall Street

Arcade, Plaza

This U-shaped plaza grips the full-block office building on three of its four street frontages, along Front Street, Gouverneur Lane, and South Street,...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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