Manhattan · New York County
745 Seventh Avenue
POPS - Outdoor Plaza
- Location
- 745 Seventh Avenue, Times Square / Midtown
- Size
- 0.15 acres
- Hours
- Open during business hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Plaza
745 Seventh Avenue is a Privately Owned Public Space on Seventh Avenue in the Times Square area, providing an outdoor plaza near the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Broadway.
Seventh Avenue in the upper 40s and 50s runs through the heart of Times Square and the Theater District, one of the most visited and visually intense environments in the world. The POPS provides outdoor space amid the neon spectacle.
The building at 745 Seventh Avenue has served as the headquarters of major financial institutions, including Barclays and Lehman Brothers. It was from this building that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, triggering the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
The POPS serves the Times Square area's enormous daily population of office workers, tourists, and theater-goers, providing outdoor seating in one of the most energetic commercial environments on Earth.
This plaza provides public space at a building where the 2008 financial crisis began, in the heart of the entertainment district that represents New York at its most exuberant.