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Privately owned public spaces (POPS) in New York City were introduced in the 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 over 590 POPS at over 380 buildings in New York City and are found principally in Manhattan. Spaces range from extended sidewalks to ...
Environ was a performance space that was influential during the Loft Jazz scene of the mid-1970s in NYC. It was located on Broadway in SOHO and close to two other noted Loft Jazz venues: RivBea and Ali's Alley. Environ was established by Chris Brubeck and Danny Brubeck sons and band mates of noted jazz musician Dave Brubeck.
The building at 452 Fifth Avenue is on the western sidewalk between 39th and 40th Streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The building occupies an L-shaped land lot with a frontage of 197 feet (60 m) along Fifth Avenue to the east, a depth of 185 feet (56 m), and an area of 32,834 square feet (3,050.4 m 2 ).
As a New York native, Governor’s Island holds a special place in my heart. It’s become a family tradition to visit the island at least once a year and recently, more and more exciting ...
The Loft was the location for the first underground dance party (called "Love Saves the Day") organized by David Mancuso, on February 14, 1970, in New York City.Since then, the term "The Loft" has come to represent Mancuso's own version of a non-commercial party where no alcohol, food, nor beverages are sold.
Loft jazz (or the loft scene or loft era) was a cultural phenomenon that occurred in New York City during the mid-1970s. Gary Giddins described it as follows: "[A] new coterie of avant-garde musicians took much of the jazz world by surprise... [T]hey interpreted the idea of freedom as the capacity to choose between all the realms of jazz ...
In 2009 the Loft Board was merged into New York City Department of Buildings. [14] That same year the scope of the law increased with the 2009 Loft Law Amendment that expanded the loft law's coverage to neighborhoods outside of Manhattan such as Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Long Island City. [15]
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