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Check out this handy interactive map from the buildings department, which includes details on around 9,000 active sidewalk shed permits. The Department of Buildings posts technical information and ...
If there’s any platform that unites New York City officials (and community groups and business owners), it’s a stand against sidewalk ... Powers allows the Buildings Department to increase ...
Could there be light at the end of the sidewalk shed? The New York City Council ... Another would enable the city Department of Buildings to lengthen the amount of time between facade inspections ...
What’s the Difference Between Scaffolding and a Sidewalk Shed? According to Ken Buettner of York Scaffold, “The Department of Buildings considers a sidewalk shed, a shed, which is a temporary ...
We’ll also get details on a letter that raised questions about a Justice Department ... everywhere in New York City: sidewalk-shed scaffolding in front of buildings that are supposed to be ...
At issue is a $2,500 fine assessed because the development group put “signage that is prohibited” on the sidewalk shed, according to a Department of Buildings inspector. The inspector said tha ...
MORRIS HEIGHTS, Bronx (WABC) -- A legal battle has ensued over artwork covering a sidewalk shed that is widely considered the birthplace of hip-hop. The New York City Department of Buildings ...
According to the Department of Buildings, two mini cranes ... sending both cranes down to the sidewalk shed below. The impact then caused the scaffolding to collapse onto the sidewalk.
which is also called a sidewalk shed. This spring, the city’s Department of Buildings fined Workforce Housing $2,500 over the banner, which the city claims is advertising, in violation of city code.
The City Council unanimously passed a package of bills on Wednesday to reduce the presence of sidewalk sheds ... sponsored by Powers allows the Buildings Department to increase the time between ...