Privately owned public space Privately owned public space (POPS), or alternatively, privately owned public open spaces (POPOS), are terms used to describe a type of public space that, although privately owned, is legally required to be open to the public under a city's zoni ...

s (POPS) in

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were introduced in a 1961 zoning resolution. The city offers zoning concessions to commercial and residential developers in exchange for a variety of spaces accessible and usable for the public. There are approximately 503 POPS at 320 buildings in New York City and are found principally in

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. Spaces range from extended sidewalks to indoor atriums with seating and amenities. International attention was brought to POPS during the

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movement begun in 2011 in

Zuccotti Park Zuccotti Park (formerly Liberty Plaza Park) is a publicly accessible park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is located in a privately owned public space (POPS) controlled by Brookfield Properties and Goldman Sachs ...

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Manhattan

Downtown

17 State Street 17 State Street is a 42-story office building along State Street and Battery Park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Completed in 1988, it was designed by Roy Gee for Emery Roth and Sons for developers William Kaufm ...

* 125 Broad Street, 2 New York Plaza * 85 Broad Street,

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55 Water Street 55 Water Street is a skyscraper on the East River in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The 53-story, structure was completed in 1972. Designed by Emery Roth and Sons, the building was developed by the Uris brothers ...

* 77 Water Street * 32 Old Slip, Financial Square * 111 Wall Street * 75 Wall Street,

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Bank * 88 Pine Street, Wall Street Plaza * 180 Maiden Lane * 200 Water Street * 59 Maiden Lane, Home Insurance Plaza * 10 Liberty Street * 60 Wall Street * 40 Broad Street * 17 Battery Place, Whitehall Building * 33 Maiden Lane, Two Federal Preserve Plaza * 55 Church Street, Millenium Hilton Hotel * 105 Duane Street, Tribeca Tower * 388 Greenwich Street *

LentSpace LentSpace is a temporary outdoor art space and sculpture garden located in Hudson Square, Lower Manhattan, New York City. The space, which opened in September 2009, is bounded by Varick Street to the west, Canal Street and Albert Capsouto Park ...

One Liberty Plaza One Liberty Plaza, formerly the U.S. Steel Building, is a skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is situated on a block bounded by Broadway, Liberty Street, Church Street, and Cortlandt Street, on the ...

West Side

* 300 Mercer Street * 99 Jane Street * 650 West 42nd Street, River Place * 825 Eighth Avenue, One Worldwide Plaza * 322 West 57th Street, BMW * 1000 Tenth Avenue, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center * 200 West 60th Street, Concerto * 45 West 60th Street, Regent * 30 West 61st Street, Beaumont * One Central Park West, Trump International Hotel and Tower * 1886 Broadway, 30 Lincoln Plaza *

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* 75 West End Avenue * 2 Lincoln Square * 145 West 67th Street, Tower 67 * 1991 Broadway, Bel Canto

Central Midtown

* 108 Fifth Avenue * 5 East 22nd Street, Madison Green * 50 Lexington Avenue * 230 West 27th Street * 1 Pennsylvania Plaza, One Penn Plaza *

3 Park Avenue 3 Park Avenue is a mixed-use office building and high school erected in 1973 on Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. The building, surrounded on three sides by a plaza, is categorized as a Midtown South address in the Kips Bay, Manhattan, M ...

* 420 Fifth Avenue * 445 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Avenue Tower * 1411 Broadway, World Apparel Center *

1095 Avenue of the Americas 1095 Avenue of the Americas is a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It was constructed from 1971 to 1973 as headquarters of New York Telephone and has 41 floors. The building also served as the headquarters o ...

* 120 Park Avenue, Philip Morris * 101 Park Avenue * 1114 Sixth Avenue, W. R. Grace Building * 1155 Sixth Avenue * 1535 Broadway, Marriott Marquis * 1185 Sixth Avenue, Stevens Tower * 1211 Avenue of the Americas * 1166 Sixth Avenue * 575 Fifth Avenue * 299 Park Avenue, Westvaco * 437 Madison Avenue * 12 East 49th Street, Tower 49 * 611 Fifth Avenue * 1251 Sixth Avenue * 1221 Sixth Avenue, McGraw-Hill * 745 Seventh Avenue * 1633 Broadway, Paramount Plaza * 1285 Sixth Avenue,

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650 Fifth Avenue 650 Fifth Avenue (earlier known as the Piaget Building and the Pahlavi Foundation Building) is a 36-story building on the edge of Rockefeller Center on 52nd Street in New York City. The building was designed by John Carl Warnecke & Associate ...

* 645 Fifth Avenue, Olympic Tower * 457 Madison Avenue, New York Palace Hotel * 40 East 52nd Street *

345 Park Avenue 345 Park Avenue is a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It occupies an entire city block bounded by Park Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 51st Street, and 52nd Street. Completed in 1969, with 44 floors, the building ...

* 55 East 52nd Street * 520 Madison Avenue * 31 West 52nd Street, Deutsche Bank * 51 West 52nd Street, CBS * 810 Seventh Avenue *

1345 Avenue of the Americas 1345 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the Building, is a -tall, 50-story skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Located on Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets, the building was built by Fisher Brothers and designed by Em ...

* 1370 Avenue of the Americas *

712 Fifth Avenue 712 Fifth Avenue is a skyscraper at 56th Street and Fifth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Constructed from 1987 to 1990, it was designed by SLCE Architects and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. The skyscraper's bas ...

550 Madison Avenue 550 Madison Avenue (formerly known as the Sony Tower, Sony Plaza, and AT&T Building) is a postmodern skyscraper at Madison Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Philip Johnson ...

* 535 Madison Avenue, Warburg Dillon Read * 65 East 55th Street, Park Avenue Tower * 450 Park Avenue *

590 Madison Avenue 590 Madison Avenue, also known as the IBM Building, is a skyscraper at 57th Street and Madison Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes and Associates the 41-story, -tall tower was dev ...

* 725 Fifth Avenue, Trump Tower * 118 West 57th Street, Le Parker Meridien Hotel * 146 West 57th Street, Metropolitan Tower *

888 Seventh Avenue 888 Seventh Avenue is a 628 ft (191m) tall modern-style office skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan which was completed in 1969 and has 46 floors. Emery Roth & Sons designed the building. 888 Seventh Avenue is "L"-shaped in plan, with wings ext ...

* 1755 Broadway, Symphony House * 9 West 57th Street, Solow * 767 Fifth Avenue, General Motors Building * 115 East 57th Street, Galleria * 135 East 57th Street * 499 Park Avenue In addition, the following POPS are on

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between 51st and 57th Street: *

Axa Equitable Center Axa Equitable Center (originally the Equitable Tower or Equitable Center West) is an office skyscraper at 787 Seventh Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Completed in 1986 and des ...

Carnegie Hall Tower Carnegie Hall Tower is a skyscraper at 152 West 57th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Completed in 1990 and designed by César Pelli, the building measures tall with 60 stories. Due to the presence of Carnegie H ...

* Le Parker Meridien * Metropolitan Tower

East Midtown

* 240 East 27th Street * 155 East 31st Street, Windsor Court * 200 East 32nd Street, Future * 243 Lexington Avenue * 401 East 34th Street, Rivergate * 626 First Avenue, American Copper Buildings * 630 First Avenue, Manhattan Place * 560 Third Avenue, Murray Hill Mews * 240 East 38th Street * 311 East 38th Street, Whitney * 330 East 38th Street, Corinthian * 250 East 40th Street, Highpoint * 222 East 39th Street, Eastgate Tower * 600 Third Avenue * 622 Third Avenue, Grand Central Plaza * 235 East 40th Street, Vanderbilt * 212 East 42nd Street, The Westin New York Grand Central Hotel * 425 Lexington Avenue * 140 East 45th Street, Two Grand Central Tower * 685 Third Avenue * 303 East 43rd Street, International Plaza * 3 United Nations Plaza, UNICEF House * 320 East 46th Street, Belmont * 240 East 47th Street, Dag Hammarskjold Tower * 747 Third Avenue * 885 Second Avenue, 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza * 845 First Avenue, Trump World Tower * 100 United Nations Plaza/871 United Nations Plaza * 767 Third Avenue * 777 Third Avenue * 780 Third Avenue * 805 Third Avenue, Crystal Pavilion * 255 East 49th Street, Sterling Plaza * 153 East 53rd Street, Citigroup Center * 875 Third Avenue * 300 East 54th Street, Connaught Tower * 420 East 54th Street, River Tower * 415 East 54th Street, St. James Tower * 245 East 54th Street, Brevard * 360 East 57th Street, Morrison * 300 East 59th Street, Landmark * 425 East 58th Street, Sovereign * 418 East 59th Street, Grand Sutton

Upper East Side

* 200 East 61st Street, Savoy * 303 East 60th Street, Evansview * 300 East 62nd Street, Paladin * 167 East 61st Street, Trump Plaza * 188 East 64th Street, Royale * 200 East 64th Street, Carlton Towers * 200 East 65th Street, Bristol * 304 East 65th Street, Rio * 200 East 69th Street, Trump Palace * 211 East 70th Street * 400 East 70th Street, Kingsley * 524 East 72nd Street, Belaire * 422 East 72nd Street, Oxford * 525 East 72nd Street, One East River Place * 300 East 75th Street, Fairmont * 515 East 79th Street, Austen House * 401 East 80th Street * 200 East 82nd Street, Wimbledon * 400 East 84th Street, Strathmore * 300 East 85th Street, America * 171 East 84th Street, Evans Tower * 455 East 86th Street, Channel Club * 201 East 87th Street * 50 East 89th Street, Park Regis * 200 East 89th Street, Monarch * 40 East 94th Street, Carnegie Hill Tower * 300 East 93rd Street, Waterford * 340 East 93rd Street, Plymouth Tower * 301 East 94th Street, Marmara Manhattan * 235 East 95th Street, Normandie Court * 175 East 96th Street, Monterey

Brooklyn

Downtown * 350 Jay Street, Renaissance Plaza * 130 Livingston Street, Livingston Plaza * 1 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn Commons

Queens

Long Island City *

One Court Square One Court Square, also known as the Citigroup Building, is a 50-story office tower in Long Island City, Queens across the East River from Manhattan in New York City. It was completed in 1989 by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for Citigroup. ...

References

External links

Privately Owned Public Space informational website
a project of the Municipal Art Society of New York
Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience
Amazon.com {{Protected areas of New York City Public spaces

Geography of New York City *