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725 Fifth Avenue / Trump Tower Privately Owned Public Space

Municipal Art Society of New York

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  1. reported

    The development's zoning approvals required public-space amenities, including seating, in exchange for development benefits.

    Required amenities and dated compliance chronology

    Trump Tower public-space bench obligation: Promised · Promised

  2. reported

    Members of the public had reduced access to the seating amenity during the cited noncompliant periods.

    Required amenities and dated compliance chronology

    Trump Tower public-space bench obligation: Affected group · Affected group

  3. documented

    The required seating amenity was not delivered continuously. Later corrections show compliance changing over time.

    Required amenities and dated compliance chronology

    Trump Tower public-space bench obligation: Audit finding · Cited analysis

  4. reported

    A documented compliance exchange addressed planters placed where required public seating was expected.

    Required amenities and dated compliance chronology

    Trump Tower public-space bench obligation: The record · The record

  5. documented

    Trump's development owned and controlled the space subject to the public-access obligations.

    Required amenities and dated compliance chronology

    Trump Tower public-space bench obligation: The record · The record

  6. documented

    The chronology records both violations and later corrections, so it does not support a claim of uninterrupted noncompliance.

    Required amenities and dated compliance chronology

    Trump Tower public-space bench obligation: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit