172 Madison Avenue

172 Madison Avenue is a Privately Owned Public Space on Madison Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood, providing an indoor publicly accessible lobby at the transition between the Midtown office district and the Murray Hill residential area.

Madison Avenue in the low 30s occupies a transitional zone between the corporate towers of Midtown to the north and the residential brownstones of Murray Hill to the south. The POPS serves both the commercial and residential populations of this boundary area.

Madison Avenue's identity as one of the world's most famous commercial streets derives primarily from the advertising industry, which concentrated its agencies along the avenue in the mid-20th century. The phrase 'Madison Avenue' became synonymous with American advertising.

While most of the major advertising agencies have since relocated, Madison Avenue retains its prestige as a commercial address. The POPS at 172 Madison Avenue provides public access to a building on one of the most recognizable streets in the world.

This indoor lobby serves the Murray Hill community with a climate-controlled public space on one of Manhattan's signature avenues.