Manhattan · New York County
Crystal Pavilion
POPS - Indoor Atrium
- Location
- 805 Third Avenue (Crystal Pavilion), at East 50th Street, Midtown East
- Size
- 0.12 acres
- Hours
- Open during business hours
- Type
- POPS - Indoor Atrium
Crystal Pavilion at 805 Third Avenue is a Privately Owned Public Space featuring an indoor atrium in Midtown East. The building's glass-enclosed ground floor creates a light-filled indoor public space at the transition between Midtown and the Upper East Side.
The Crystal Pavilion name reflects the building's glass-walled ground floor, which allows natural light to penetrate the indoor public space and creates a visual connection between the interior and the street life outside.
Indoor atriums with natural light are among the most successful categories of POPS, providing climate-controlled public spaces that feel open and welcoming rather than enclosed and corporate.
The POPS serves the Midtown East office community and the residential population of the Upper East Side, both of which converge near the 50th Street boundary between the two neighborhoods.
This atrium provides one of the more pleasant indoor public spaces on Third Avenue, where natural light and glass walls create an inviting environment at the edge of Midtown's commercial core.