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Interesting article in The New York Times on POPS, zoning bonuses, and violations nytimes.com/interactive/20…

@archidose That's the big question...indoor versus outdoor.

Too cold to hang out (even the guys I saw buying coffee at the kiosk went to the enclosed IBM garden to drink them), but I really like the new AT&T garden

A Sealed-Up Midtown Arcade Opens Back Up to the City curbed.com/2022/11/550-ma… via @curbed

Accessibility key to making privately owned public spaces successful therecord.com/opinion/2022/0… via @wr_record

The Fight to Save New York’s Extravagantly ’80s Subway Entrance nytimes.com/2022/07/29/nyr…

The Park Bench Is an Endangered Species nytimes.com/2021/10/12/mag…

British planning professor Matthew Carmona offers a nuanced view about privately owned public space in England. architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion/t…

Regarding the POPS at 240 Greenwich Street mas.org/news/regarding… #masnyc

The Larceny of the Commons conta.cc/3qxTodu via @constantcontact More on 101 Barclay Street, now known as 240 Greenwich Street, and its "public lobby"

01/21 Land Use, Zoning, & Economic Development – 2021 youtu.be/N4E9GQ-kq_o via @YouTube At 44:30 of this CB 1 meeting, an application for a minor modification of a special permit with regard to the building's "public lobby" and a proposed outdoor POPS is discussed.

Bank Offers to Green Its Drab Tribeca Block, But There's a Catch | Tribeca Trib Online shar.es/aoZJxp

Igloos and Iceless Curling: How New York Hopes to Fight Off a Grim Winter nytimes.com/2021/01/05/nyr…

Coronavirus: Will our day-to-day ever be the same? bbc.com/worklife/artic… via @BBC_Worklife

Times Square, Grand Central and the Laws That Build the City nytimes.com/2020/09/24/art…

Will Cars Rule the Roads in Post-Pandemic New York? nytimes.com/2020/08/10/nyr…

Can privately-owned public spaces (POPS) answer Mumbai’s post-pandemic public space rationing? by Chaarvi Mathur in @uxdesigncc uxdesign.cc/can-privately-…

Public Spaces Weren’t Designed for Pandemics. N.Y.C. Is Trying to Adapt. nytimes.com/2020/06/29/nyr…

Column: Millennium Park isn’t an art gallery — it’s a park. So the city should stop its attempt to restrict free speech there. chicagotribune.com/columns/blair-…