Every place in Worcester is waiting for a poem' - Museum of Worcester opens the door on city inspired poets in 'Poem Next ...

Before building a new shed or planning an extension for the home, it’s important to understand setbacks and how they might ...

The bill also eliminates the city’s existing five-year Façade Inspection and Safety Program (FISP) cycle and requires the Department of Buildings to establish a longer interval between inspections.

“We’ve already taken down 330 longstanding sidewalk ... Department of Buildings to use new tools to remove scaffolding and create designs for sheds that are still needed for certain buildings.

The average age of a New York City sidewalk shed is 511 days. But the rotting green sheds will soon look quite different after a redesign that will be overseen by the DOB.

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 ...

The banner on the sidewalk shed shows, among other images, the organization’s website, TheBirthplaceOfHipHop.nyc. More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State Department of Buildings inspectors ...

The Buildings Department considers birthplaceofhiphop.com, the web address on the mural, to be advertising because that website sells merchandise — a $250 poster commemorating the birth of hip-hop.

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.

Sidewalk sheds, the widely reviled construction safety structures blighting public space in NYC, can only stay up for three months at a time under a package of bills passed by the City Council on W… ...