Comments Archive

Our website is a digital space for collaboration about physical space. We invite you to participate  in the creation of knowledge designed to secure greater public use of New York City’s 525 or so POPS, those zoning-created plazas, arcades, and other outdoor and indoor privately owned public spaces. Here is an archive of comments from visitors like you.

Jerold Kayden on 325 Fifth Avenue:
Dear Rachel, I wish we could tell you that this is being resolved, but it does not appear to be the case. There have been numerous complaints about closure of this POPS at least since 2008. According to Department of Buildings records, the owners have been fined twice. The first violation resulted in a $4,000 fine, the second $10,000. The most recent 311 complaint occurred in May, 2019. It is very frustrating, indeed, as this space has been mostly if not entirely unusable for over a decade while the building owners have benefited from close to 50,000 sf of bonus floor area. Bandwidth permitting, we will do more to see how this situation can be addressed. Thanks for you comment. APOPS|MAS
Rachel on 172 Madison Avenue:
This has been half-blocked by barriers and tape for weeks, and today it may have been fully closed off, though it looked like people were actively working on maintaining it today, so hopefully it'll reopen with repairs shortly.
Rachel on 325 Fifth Avenue:
This place remains closed, as it has been for many years now, it's being used currently to store construction materials. Please tell me the NYC comptroller or someone is fining the owners heavily for every month it remains closed... Does anyone know?
Roberta on 60 Wall Street:
This Shangri la of a space makes the difference between my killing someone after I get out of the 2 or 3 train before I get a Staten Island bound Express Bus. It’s calming and from moment I hit the escalators I am transformed from a stressed commuter to a city stroller. Out the doors down the block I am reduced to a animal of prey on the way to eat my heart out in the snarl of the MTA.
Jerold Kayden on 325 Fifth Avenue:
A new complaint has been filed through 311. We will follow up. Thanks. APOPS|MAS
Jerold Kayden on 475 Park Avenue South:
Thanks for your comment. APOPS|MAS
Jerold Kayden on 240 East 47th Street:
We are looking into this. Thanks. APOPS|MAS
Jerold Kayden on 825 Third Avenue:
Thank you for the information. APOPS|MAS
Tony Paladino on 825 Third Avenue:
The offending restaurant and all other retail in the building have closed down as of May 2019. I believe the entire building is now vacant.
Jon Johnson on 835 Sixth Avenue:
as of 04/29/19 there is an area cordoned off for private outdoor seating for eating and drinking for the hotel restaurant.
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