Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience - Hardcover

by Jerold S. Kayden (Author), The New York City Department of City Pla (Author), The Municipal Art Society of New York (Author)

In New York - wie auch in vielen anderen Gro st?dten - w?chst die Zahl der ?ffentlichen Pl?tze, die Privatpersonen geh?ren und auch privat betrieben werden. Als Gegenleistung f?r die Schaffung dieser Pl?tze und Einrichtungen, erhalten die Erbauer von der Stadt Sonderkonzessionen (in der Regel f?r die Geb?udeh?he). Dieses Buch dokumentiert und beschreibt anhand von Fotos, Lagepl?nen und Karten ?ber 300 ?ffentliche Pl?tze in New York, die in privater Hand sind. Zu den bekanntesten z?hlen u.a. das Trump Tower Atrium, die Sony Arkade und die Citicorp Mall. Jede Beschreibung enth?lt Informationen zu Gr? e, Fertigstellungsdatum, Architekten/Landschaftsarchitekten, Geb?udeeigent?mer, ?ffnungszeiten und Lage. Zu den Abbildungen geh?rt jeweils ein Foto sowie eine ma stabsgetreue Zeichnung, die verdeutlichen, wie sich der Bau in die angrenzende Geb?ude-/Stra enlandschaft einpa t. (y05/00)

Front Jacket

PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC SPACE THE NEW YORK CITY EXPERIENCE

"Jerold Kayden has contributed to the renaissance of writing on New York City and its architecture of recent years an extraordinarily detailed and sensible account of the hundreds of open spaces that have sprouted around skyscrapers in the wake of the zoning reform of 1961. It is a remarkable book and every lover of New York City will want to consult it." --NATHAN GLAZER, Professor of Sociology and Education Emeritus Harvard University

"This is an indispensable guide to New York City's 500-plus privately owned public spaces. The book's marathon undertaking is required reading for anyone interested in the history and development of modern New York." --LAURIE BECKELMAN, Vice President, World Monuments Fund

"New York City has 40 years of experience in creating public spaces on private property through zoning. This book covers it all--from sorry examples to brilliant successes. Other cities should learn from this experience." --CON HOWE, Director of Planning, City of Los Angeles

Back Jacket

As cities around the world seek new ways to improve their physical, social, and economic environments, they are paying greater attention to the value of public space. Provision of new plazas and parks, reclamation of existing waterfronts, and beautification of public streets are all increasingly viewed as important strategies for enhancing the quality of urban living. With scarce public dollars available, cities are teaming with the private sector in innovative public-private partnerships to fund these approaches.

One of the most significant public-private partnerships to obtain urban public space has been pioneered in New York City under the rubric of privately owned public space. Since 1961, hundreds of office and residential towers have received zoning floor area bonuses to encourage the provision of a wide variety of outdoor and indoor spaces -- plazas, arcades, atriums -- that are legally required to be open and accessible to the public. At their best, these spaces marry aesthetics with function, offering unique physical and social environments within a densely packed urban center. At their worst, they are barren, unusable surfaces or privatizedby-management spaces that diminish the spirit underlying the laws that created them.

Until now, comprehensive, systematic knowledge about this vast collection of public spaces has not existed, either for experts or members of the public. To remedy this gap, Harvard University professor Jerold S. Kayden, The New York City Department of City Planning, and The Municipal Art Society of New York have joined forces to research and write Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience. Through words, photographs, scaled site plans, maps, and analysis of newly assembled data, they examine the history, law, design, and use of the city's privately owned public spaces. Each of the more than 500 spaces is individually discussed to provide far-reaching comparative information about this unique category of public space.

In reading this book, designers, planners, lawyers, and academics will gain greater understanding about the possibilities and problems inherent in the design, management, and enforcement of privately owned public space. Public officials, private owners, and civic group representatives will learn more about their roles in ensuring public access and vitality of such spaces. Individuals will discover where New York City's public spaces are located and what amenities they offer. Everyone will comprehend more completely the contribution that privately owned public space can make toward open and attractive cities in which all individuals have access to a diversity of public places.

Author Biography

JEROLD S. KAYDEN, a lawyer and urban planner, is Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He has published widely, coauthoring Landmark Justice: The Influence of William J. Brennan on America's Communities and coediting Zoning and the American Dream: Promises Still to Keep.

THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING guides the City's physical development and formulates land use plans and strategic policies with major goals that include encouraging housing and economic development, improving the City's quality of life, and preserving its neighborhoods.

THE MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF NEW YORK is a private, nonprofit membership organization that champions excellence in urban design and planning, and preservation of the best of New York's past. Situated in the Urban Center in midtown Manhattan, the Society engages citizens on issues of the city's built environment.