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privately owned public space: 725 fifth avenue - trump tower

Return to: Introduction or Central Midtown - Manhattan CD 5

GENERAL INFORMATION
BUILDING LOCATION
      East side of 5th Avenue between East 56th       and 57th Streets

PRIMARY BUILDING USE
      Residential and Commercial

NUMBER OF STORIES   58

YEAR COMPLETED   1983

DEVELOPER
      Donald Trump

BUILDING ARCHITECT
      Swanke Hayden Connell Architects

PUBLIC SPACE TYPE
      Covered Pedestrian Space
      Landscaped Terraces
      Passageway

ACCESS
	Covered Pedestrian Space: - Open 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. - Closing for events: up to four closings annually by prior authorization Landscaped Terraces - Open during store hours
	Wheelchair access
AMENITIES
PASSAGEWAY AND GENERAL SPACE
	Plaque/Sign: 14
	Climate control
	Elevator to the fifth floor landscaped terraces
	Lighting provided
	- Retail frontage - Multiple pedestrian connections to Niketown
	Litter receptacles
COVERED PEDESTRIAN SPACE
	Climate control
	At least 2; must go to concourse, street and all upper levels
	Escalators must go to concourse, street and all upper levels
	- 4 trees at street level - 4 at concourse level and plants provided
	2 restrooms on the concourse level near the Covered Pedestrian space
	165 linear feet including marble bench directly across from elevator near Fifth Avenue entrance.
	30 movable tables
	Skylight provided
	Waterfall provided
LANDSCAPED TERRACES AT FOURTH AND FIFTH FLOORS
	- Fourth Floor: benches provided - Fifth Floor: 64 fixed seats and 84 movable seats
	- Fourth Floor: 6 movable tables - Fifth Floor: 21 movable tables
	Plants provided
	Fountain provided on the fifth floor

SITE PLAN

site plan for 725 fifth avenue (landscapte terraces)

SUBWAY STATION
59th street station - 4, 5, 6 trains; 5th avenue station - n and r trains;

view of the covered pedestrian space seating area at trump tower

view of the landscaped terrace in trump tower

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