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1411 Broadway

For an “as-of-right” plaza produced in the late 1960s, this space has enjoyed a surprising amount of activity. The plaza

445 Fifth Avenue

With its pastel pinks, ornamental lions, and formal colonnade, this small, downward-sloping, rectangular urban plaza 125 feet east of Fifth

101 Park Avenue

This urban plaza at the northeast corner of Park Avenue and East 40th Street is divided into formal and functional

1095 Sixth Avenue

Like the neighboring plaza at the Grace building one block north, this special permit plaza experienced some problematic spillover from

120 Park Avenue

Burnishing its image as a leading arts patron, the Philip Morris Company has devoted much of its glass- and granite-enclosed

6 East 43rd Street

This strip of plaza is located on the south side of East 43rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues in

1114 Sixth Avenue

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

1133 Sixth Avenue

Three small notches cut into this office tower, on West 43rd Street, the west side of Sixth Avenue, and West

1155 Sixth Avenue

This small urban plaza at the northwest corner of Sixth Avenue and West 44th Street proves that even modest gestures

1515 Broadway

This building was the first to use provisions from the Special Theatre District, enacted in 1967 to encourage construction of