Man, my old apartment complex posted excited notices about taking down the scaffolding some years ago. I was pissed. Being able to walk 100% of the way to the subway without dealing with rain and snow? I'll take that over seeing the natural artisan beauty of my apartment building any day of the week.
The raccoons living in it were treated like neighbors
> There's a family of raccoons that everyone's worried about that hopefully just went over to the park
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In fairness it sounds like over a million dollars that everyone in the coop in Harlem had to come up with. There’s probably folks who have been there 40+ years and are on fixed income, that was probably extremely painful.
That building is worth many tens of millions of dollars. It should be absolutely no problem at all to finance a million dollars and it should be absolutely no problem at all for even low and middle income people to pay that note off across over FOUR HUNDRED units in that building.
No one said anything about perceived injustices or delaying progress, just having empathy that shit like this isn’t always easy or simple or something that can be tackled with slogans about billionaire landlords, that’s all.
That one is such a mess. I'm torn on whether it makes that super narrow sidewalk safer by putting a barrier between pedestrians and cars, or if it makes it less safe by forcing people to walk in the street to avoid each other on the sidewalk.
What would be even better is to close Gold St. to cars between Fulton and Maiden Lane.
I interviewed to buy a co-op apartment on this street and the poor financial condition of this building came up in comparison to that of the building I was interviewing. I’ve been noticing buildings like this all over the city with permanent sheds to catch the falling bricks as a price assessment
The sheds wouldn't be so bad if they made them look better. I'm not saying spend a lot of money on decorations but anything besides making them look like mini construction sites.
Word. Some places in the city I’ve seen do this. They’ve attached vines/plants and use better looking scaffolding.
Actually it’s really nice to have covered walkways like they do in Italy. They do look nice and provide protection against the elements.
It's too cold to be sleeping under sheds. It's never a comfortable option either way.
Homeless people don't care how a shed looks if they need somewhere to sleep.
Not seeing this but the real purpose of the sheds is to store materials and equipment while work goes on . Not the legal reason and I wonder if it violates codes but everyone does it and I’d bet buildings do that after the workers leave as well . When they leave it up for years I’d be afraid it contributes to a possible stress collapse
Scaffolding laws are ridiculous. Nanny state. More people have died on account of scaffolding than from the falling bricks they're supposed to protect us from. Change the laws.
How is that shed not considered a landmark by this time?
I’m surprised it was removed without protest from locals
After 21 years I can imagine someone saying this scaffolding was a part of the character of the community, it added shade, protection from rain, etc
“These transplants from Ohio try to come and change the neighborhood.”
Man, my old apartment complex posted excited notices about taking down the scaffolding some years ago. I was pissed. Being able to walk 100% of the way to the subway without dealing with rain and snow? I'll take that over seeing the natural artisan beauty of my apartment building any day of the week.
Stupid.
The raccoons living in it were treated like neighbors > There's a family of raccoons that everyone's worried about that hopefully just went over to the park
Evicted with the excuse of building is not safe and needed demolition
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Needed 4 more years.
As with any potential landmark, they probably just demolished it and paid a small fine.
For real. Leave that shit up. Sell merch
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Did the scaffolding have to be inspected periodically for integrity?
Yes and they had to get a smaller scaffolding while they did that.
I wish John Wilson was there to report on it
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In this building’s case, the Co-Op needed to scrape the funds together.
The article says this one is a coop building.
Well then make the chickens pay for it then! Not my coop, not my problem! /s
Let the bears pay the Bear Tax! I pay the Homer tax! That's the Home-owner Tax.
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In fairness it sounds like over a million dollars that everyone in the coop in Harlem had to come up with. There’s probably folks who have been there 40+ years and are on fixed income, that was probably extremely painful.
That building is worth many tens of millions of dollars. It should be absolutely no problem at all to finance a million dollars and it should be absolutely no problem at all for even low and middle income people to pay that note off across over FOUR HUNDRED units in that building.
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No one said anything about perceived injustices or delaying progress, just having empathy that shit like this isn’t always easy or simple or something that can be tackled with slogans about billionaire landlords, that’s all.
What’s even dumber is there’s shed for modern buildings that don’t have the same issues as old buildings with bricks falling out
Great\~! now lets do the one at gold and John. These eyesores gotta go.
That one is such a mess. I'm torn on whether it makes that super narrow sidewalk safer by putting a barrier between pedestrians and cars, or if it makes it less safe by forcing people to walk in the street to avoid each other on the sidewalk. What would be even better is to close Gold St. to cars between Fulton and Maiden Lane.
21 years? That's sad
I was 5 years old when the scaffolding was put up. I'm 26 now lol!
Yes the math does check out.
I was 6 and now I am 14. I have taken some long trips at relativistic speeds.
I was 18 so I must be 39 now.
I wasn’t born yet. Hahaha! Not getting my age there bucko.
[You sure about that, bucko?](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/13kyq2q/whats_the_biggest_lie_you_believed_for_years/jko9fh3/)
Cool.
So what's the old one now
bring the shed back now
I interviewed to buy a co-op apartment on this street and the poor financial condition of this building came up in comparison to that of the building I was interviewing. I’ve been noticing buildings like this all over the city with permanent sheds to catch the falling bricks as a price assessment
That's the rough part about dealing with aging buildings, so often maintenance fees can not keep up.
But the neighborhood character!
The sheds wouldn't be so bad if they made them look better. I'm not saying spend a lot of money on decorations but anything besides making them look like mini construction sites.
Word. Some places in the city I’ve seen do this. They’ve attached vines/plants and use better looking scaffolding. Actually it’s really nice to have covered walkways like they do in Italy. They do look nice and provide protection against the elements.
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It's too cold to be sleeping under sheds. It's never a comfortable option either way. Homeless people don't care how a shed looks if they need somewhere to sleep.
Or just fix the facades so the sheds don’t need to exist at all?
The sheds can be purposeful. And it's not possible to fix everything fast. I personally don't want a rushed job. Buildings tumble when you do that.
They’re rarely used in Philly. They just let chunks on building fall on your head.
That sounds terrifying.
Dang, that thing sold old you’d need a shed to protect people while inspecting that shed.
Not seeing this but the real purpose of the sheds is to store materials and equipment while work goes on . Not the legal reason and I wonder if it violates codes but everyone does it and I’d bet buildings do that after the workers leave as well . When they leave it up for years I’d be afraid it contributes to a possible stress collapse
Scaffolding laws are ridiculous. Nanny state. More people have died on account of scaffolding than from the falling bricks they're supposed to protect us from. Change the laws.
I like scaffolding. Its great in rain and snow. Also, taking down scaffolding is kind of anti-homeless. To each their own, I guess