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privately owned public space: 180 maiden lane - continental center

Return to: Introduction or Downtown - Manhattan CD 1

GENERAL INFORMATION
BUILDING LOCATION
      Full block bounded by Maiden Lane,
      Front Street, Pine Street and South
      Street

PRIMARY BUILDING USE
      Commercial

NUMBER OF STORIES   35

YEAR COMPLETED   1982

BUILDING ARCHITECT
      Swanke Hayden Connell
      Kohn Pedersen Fox

PUBLIC SPACE TYPE
      Outdoor Public Space
      Enclosed Public Space

ACCESS
	- Outdoor Public Space: Open 24 hours - Enclosed Public Space: Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
	Wheelchair access
AMENITIES
GENERAL
	Lighting
	6 Plaques/Signs
	Litter receptacles
ENCLOSED PUBLIC SPACE
	Climate control
	Food service: 284 sq. ft. kiosk
	Marble art wall
	Programs: series of special events, exhibits and weekly performances of professional quality
	2 restrooms
	445 linear feet at planters, 141 chairs
	17 movable tables
	16 trees within space
	Public phones
	- 2 fountains - 4,839 sf open exhibit area - 858 sf enclosed exhibit area - 365 sf platform - feature video wall with 16 television monitors
OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACE
	276 lf of benches

SITE PLAN

SUBWAY STATION
wall street station - 2 and 3 trains; fulton street/broadway nassau station - a, c, j, m, 4 and 5 trains;

view of the enclosed public space at 180 maiden lane

view of the space within 180 maiden lane

view of the seating area within 180 maiden lane

Sources:

Jerold S. Kayden, The New York City Department of City Planning, and The Municipal Art Society of New York Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000
New York City Department of City Planning, Manhattan Office