Manhattan · New York County
888 Seventh Avenue
POPS - Outdoor Plaza
- Location
- 888 Seventh Avenue, at West 56th Street, Midtown
- Size
- 0.10 acres
- Hours
- Open during business hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Plaza
888 Seventh Avenue is a Privately Owned Public Space on Seventh Avenue at 56th Street in Midtown, providing an outdoor plaza one block south of Carnegie Hall.
Seventh Avenue in the upper 50s approaches Carnegie Hall at 57th Street, one of the most important concert venues in the world. The avenue's character in this section is shaped by the cultural magnetism of the hall and the surrounding hotels and restaurants.
Carnegie Hall, built by Andrew Carnegie in 1891, has hosted virtually every major classical musician, jazz artist, and popular performer of the past 130 years. The old joke about how to get to Carnegie Hall ('practice, practice, practice') reflects the institution's status as the ultimate musical destination.
The POPS serves the Midtown community near Carnegie Hall, providing outdoor seating one block from the concert venue that has defined musical excellence in America for over a century.
This plaza provides public outdoor space in the cultural shadow of Carnegie Hall, on the avenue that leads to the world's most revered stage.