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Privately Owned Public Space (APOPS)
Privately Owned Public Space
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Recent Comments
Gregory on 1 Court Square | Citigroup:
Many of the sprinklers in the park are pointing toward the street/sidewalk and not towards the plants and trees they are meant to water. Someone needs to turn the sprinkler heads to face the plants.Sarah on 133 Bleecker Street:
NYU Continues to barricade the POPS from regular and disabled pedestrians.aJerold Kayden on 235 West 48th Street:
Is La Masseria a permitted cafe? It occupies part of the urban plaza along the north side of 48th Street.Jeff on 133 Bleecker Street:
The police are obstructing wheelchair access to the space here with barricades.Matt on 17 State Street:
The public exhibition space closed in 2005.
1 Central Park West
Changes in ownership and building use sometimes engender a golden opportunity for revitalizing a previously unsatisfactory privately owned public space....continued.
130 William Street
The profile for this POPS has not yet been written, but data is available. ...continued.
429 East 52nd Street | Rivercourt
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.
1065 Park Avenue
Set back from its two street sides at the northeast corner of Park Avenue and East 87th Street, the building creates space for a sliver of plaza adjacent...continued.
160 East 65th Street
Functionally extra sidewalk, this U-shaped plaza clamps around the building on its three street frontages, on East 64th Street, the west side of Third...continued.
285 Lexington Avenue
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.
99 Jane Street
Although a restrictive declaration that was filed by the owner in 1984, several months after the City amended the lot’s zoning designation, refers to...continued.
155 East 29th Street
The main part of the plaza, extending west from the northwest corner of Third Avenue and East 29th Street, is occupied by a truncated semicircular drop-off...continued.
422 East 72nd Street
Pedestrians may be excused for walking past this residential plaza on the south side of East 72nd Street between York and First Avenues. Much of the street...continued.
222 East 39th Street
The main part of this rectangular plaza is west of the hotel, on the south side of East 39th Street immediately east of the Midtown Tunnel Access Road...continued.
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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
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