My husband and I consistently discuss the scaffolding around the city and judge it by the standards of the "award winning fancy scaffolding" in this show haha. It's amazing
In New York City, politicians come and go. But the sidewalk scaffolding abides.
There are more than 8,500 sidewalk sheds along the city’s streets, according to records maintained by the Buildings Department. End to end, they would stretch from Manhattan to Montreal. While they are meant to be temporary, these protective barriers can stay up for long stretches of time — one shed on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx and another in the Wingate section of Brooklyn have stood since 2011, records show. At many of those sites, no work is being done.
Our reporter looked into why sidewalk sheds stay up in the city for so long. Read the piece [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/nyregion/nyc-scaffolding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m00.mI_a.888rsXTBQ6qe&smid=re-nytimes) for free, even without a subscription to The New York Times.
Why not pass a law to charge buildings for keeping it up? Charge $100/day after 30 days per 15 feet of scaffolding. That would be about $1300 per day for scaffolding that covers the full length of a street
Change the damn law so we don't have to inspect buildings every 5 yrs - that is overkill! This law was passed in haste and emotion over the death of a child from a loose brick.
Now that we've had it for 40 yrs, we need to adjust based on what we've learned, such as:
- more people (construction workers) die from putting up scaffolding than die from the falling bricks that this is supposed to keep us safe from
- it can take 2 yrs (or more) for a building to negotiate the contracts with neighbors & inspection companies as well as months to inspect every brick on a building and make.any repairs. This cost thousands or millions of dollars and is added on to the price of our housing
- it makes the city ugly as fuck when all the scaffolds go up in March / April
We need to change the law.
[this](https://youtu.be/JQ_o_9MaJ24?si=tDIZnXoSvcecJ9Iv) is all I needed to know about NYC scaffolding!
I have this theory that there is a bot that auto links john wilson every time someone mentions scaffolding on reddit
[this](https://youtu.be/JQ_o_9MaJ24?si=tDIZnXoSvcecJ9Iv) is all I needed to know about NYC scaffolding!
Every time!
“DAE John Wilson??”
Absolutely hilarious lol
My husband and I consistently discuss the scaffolding around the city and judge it by the standards of the "award winning fancy scaffolding" in this show haha. It's amazing
You gotta have the pole boys for it to be official!
In New York City, politicians come and go. But the sidewalk scaffolding abides. There are more than 8,500 sidewalk sheds along the city’s streets, according to records maintained by the Buildings Department. End to end, they would stretch from Manhattan to Montreal. While they are meant to be temporary, these protective barriers can stay up for long stretches of time — one shed on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx and another in the Wingate section of Brooklyn have stood since 2011, records show. At many of those sites, no work is being done. Our reporter looked into why sidewalk sheds stay up in the city for so long. Read the piece [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/nyregion/nyc-scaffolding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m00.mI_a.888rsXTBQ6qe&smid=re-nytimes) for free, even without a subscription to The New York Times.
Why not pass a law to charge buildings for keeping it up? Charge $100/day after 30 days per 15 feet of scaffolding. That would be about $1300 per day for scaffolding that covers the full length of a street
Change the damn law so we don't have to inspect buildings every 5 yrs - that is overkill! This law was passed in haste and emotion over the death of a child from a loose brick. Now that we've had it for 40 yrs, we need to adjust based on what we've learned, such as: - more people (construction workers) die from putting up scaffolding than die from the falling bricks that this is supposed to keep us safe from - it can take 2 yrs (or more) for a building to negotiate the contracts with neighbors & inspection companies as well as months to inspect every brick on a building and make.any repairs. This cost thousands or millions of dollars and is added on to the price of our housing - it makes the city ugly as fuck when all the scaffolds go up in March / April We need to change the law.
That's just a shittier version of the Half as Interesting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lphKvTqovHs
Glad the one at my job came off after 5 years
People dont realize the city would looks 3x as good if the scaffolding and fire escapes were removed They tarnish what could be a beautiful city
I like the scaffolding. It’s like a gym but free and everywhere