Using and Misusing Zoning Law to Design Cities: An Empirical Study of New York City's Privately Owned Public Spaces (Part 2)

Abstract

This is the second part of a two-part article that discusses the results of a 3+ year comprehensive, empirical study conducted by this author, in collaboration with the New York City Department of City Planning and the Municipal Art Society of New York, fully reported in the recently published book, Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience (John Wiley & Sons, 2000). The article examines New York City's efforts, beginning in 1961, to inaugurate through law a new category of public space— “privately owned public space” —for use by its residents, employees, and visitors.