Everyone Hates Sidewalk Sheds. Now There May Be Fewer of Them.
Several bills to be passed in the City Council today are expected to change the height, the color and the ubiquity of the ...
At a Hip-Hop Landmark, a Fight Over Sidewalk Shed Art
The apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx is unremarkable, except for its place in history. It is where, at ...
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Scaffolding collapses on sidewalk in front of Midtown building under construction
A sidewalk shed collapsed in front of a building in Manhattan on Friday, after two mini cranes fell from above and onto the scaffolding. FDNY officials say the collapse happened just after 3 p.m. at ...
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Legal battle over artwork on sidewalk shed at 'birthplace of hip-hop' in the Bronx
A legal battle has ensued over artwork covering a sidewalk shed that is widely considered the birthplace of hip-hop.
NYC tackles scaffolding scourge with bills to speed up their removal — and offer colors besides ‘ugly hunter green’
The New York City Council introduced a spate of new laws Wednesday aimed at finally cracking down on the thousands of ...
NYC Council passes tougher limits on sidewalk sheds in public blight crackdown
Sidewalk sheds, the widely reviled construction safety structures blighting public space in NYC, can only stay up for three ...
The Daily Dirt: City Council signs off on shed crackdown
The Real Deal’s Daily Dirt discusses the passage of a package of bills that aims to clear city sidewalks of sidewalk sheds.
The Daily Dirt: City Council vs. sidewalk sheds
The Real Deal’s Daily Dirt recaps the sidewalk shed bills that are coming up for a City Council vote this week.
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Long-awaited reforms to city scaffolding laws approved by City Council
The City Council on Wednesday approved a package of five bills intended to cut back on the number of scaffolds — known as ...
A First-of-Its-Kind Case Is Brewing Over NYC Scaffolding
Represented by Boies Schiller Flexner and Messing & Spector, a group of property owners who called themselves “blameless ...
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Where the sidewalk shed ends: NYC to pass ‘major’ scaffolding reforms
A tragedy spawned the strict regulations in place today. City lawmakers enacted measures to expand inspection requirements ...
New York City scaffolding, sidewalk sheds may come down sooner after City Council vote
The package of scaffolding bills, introduced by council members Keith Powers and Erik Bottcher, calls for a study on new ...