New York City removes Manhattan's longest-standing sidewalk shed 00:45. NEW YORK -- New York City has removed scaffolding in Harlem that it said went up 21 years ago.. The scaffolding was outside ...

Residents of a storied Harlem building got an early Christmas present, when a sidewalk construction shed that had been up for more than two decades was finally taken down Friday. Residents of 409 ...

New York City sidewalks are showcasing ... City's newest luxury skyscraper that towers 1,401 feet over Midtown Manhattan — 151 feet taller than the Empire State Building — cost about $3.1 ...

The New York City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to "shed the sheds," setting time limits to remove scaffolding and sidewalk sheds that have blanketed parts of the city, sometimes for years.

New laws will penalize New York City landlords who let their sidewalk sheds languish as well as ... with Crain’s previously reporting that New York City building owners were paying $1.2 ...

It won a similar competition in 2010, earning a carve-out in the New York City building code and thus exclusive rights to the only legal sidewalk shed alternative. (Urban Umbrella) ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference in front of a building on Seventh Ave. in Chelsea, Manhattan on Monday, July 24, 2023.

New York City's sidewalks are its best public spaces, the heart of the city's bustling street life. Sidewalks are everywhere, 12,000 miles of them, enough to stretch half way around the world.

If you’ve walked through New York City in recent years, you’ve probably experienced the unsightly, claustrophobic obstacle course created by construction scaffolding. Also known as sidewalk ...

City workers have finally dismantled a 329-foot-long plywood passageway that had encased a Kips Bay sidewalk through three mayoral administrations — putting the tiniest dent in New York City's ...

"Sidewalk sheds are an important public safety tool to protect New Yorkers from hazardous conditions," said DOB Commissioner Jimmy Oddo, "but they are no substitute for proper building maintenance." ...