The Real Reason NYC Is Always Covered In Scaffolding

[@joermnyc]

It’s actually kind of shocking when a shed is taken down, because you got so used to it, and you start to wonder, “did I get off the subway at the wrong stop?”

[@SuprousOxide]

And then you think, aww crap I've got an extra block to walk now before I can get out of the rain again

[@Chris-pt6hh]

When the neighboring building took down its scaffolds, I didn't recognize my own street where I had lived for two years, at all.

[@alunesh12345]

@@SuprousOxide Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘🤗😍🥳

[@RealBNews]

YEP! It's so confusing when you see sunlight and an open sidewalk when you've seen unhoused people and tables set up under there for over a year. -_-

[@CristianMartinez-cr1eo]

@@alunesh12345 No.

[@robertmoore6149]

YES !!! That's what NYC needs: a way for cheap building owners to inconvenience and slow down pedestrian traffic all while creating a semi permanent roof hiding yet more sky.

[@SuprousOxide]

Pedestrians want the roof when it's raining.

[@robertmoore6149]

@@SuprousOxide NYC is not lacking for roofs. It is lacking in greenspace, aka being outside. Neverending sidewalk sheds is the worse of both worlds. Cant see the sky and still out in the elements. And trust me, those things can and do leak so being out of the rain is iffy as well.

[@Olivia-W]

@@robertmoore6149 I don't know. Out of the rain and out of the sun, it's not so bad.

[@robertmoore6149]

@@Olivia-W There is a time and place for being out of the elements, it's called indoors. New Yorkers struggle to find nature. They dont need help hiding from it.

[@Olivia-W]

@@robertmoore6149 Go to work in the pouring rain and tell me that again, will you?

[@calvinbouroughproductions8321]

According to HAI, all films made in February are the worst out of the year. When is the Curiosity Stream series releasing? Mid February

[@thecinephilefish9465]

don't worry, HAI is just capitalising on a weak market

[@halfasinteresting]

Wait... uhhhh........

[@WingsOTWorld]

This means that the only thing to watch is the HAI special!

[@samuelgunter]

don't worry, this isn't a film

[@WingsOTWorld]

@@samuelgunter it's better than a film! XD

[@comradecid]

street-level scaffolding is often up for years at a time here in nyc. when it is finally removed, it's amusingly disorienting, as if someone had just 'updated the map' over the weekend

[@ScourgeBliss]

As a New Yorker this is so true.

[@David-di5bo]

I always got nervous walking under the sidewalk sheds...people crash into the support poles, lean on them, set up side stalls on them etc. Do they inspect them too? (In other words, when will we see sidewalk shed sheds?)

[@danielclark4624]

am i the only person in new york that LIKEs the sheds?

[@syrialak101]

@@danielclark4624 Nah, I think they look cool.

[@joshuacheung6518]

Fortunately, eyeballing most of them gives you enough warning-if they look like they're falling apart or leaning, cross the street!

[@harrypjotr4987]

they are there to withstand falling debris from buildings, a human leaning into one of the poles should be the least of your problems. the question is, are they strong enough to withstand a large amount of brick falling down.

[@SolarAdrift]

And when can we sing the campfire song song under sidewalk shed sheds?

[@wildbill7267]

I’ve worked in an office in Manhattan for 13+ years (pandemic not withstanding) I’d say that total cumulative time that my building has been scaffold-free is four years! The sidewalk shed is basically an awning for the smokers. Would be better to just build a permanent overhang and call it a day.

[@alunesh12345]

Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘

[@importantculturalarchive]

I mean the bible is very clear that good works and faith are necessary for heaven but if you believe in some weird crypto pagan religion than sure. Might as well throw in faith in the sun god and the moon god to have all of your bases covered as well

[@PrivateMcPrivate]

But THE MONIES!

[@fortusvictus8297]

@@importantculturalarchive omg, did you really just take that bait? ...new to the internet?

[@squeaksquawk4255]

But then the overhang would fail an inspection, and would need it's own overhang. Wait...

[@alphawolf4643]

Dear god…I have always feared the day when the biggest city in the US would be in the pockets of big scaffolding…

[@wyskass861]

I'm sure the mob is involved in skimming money from the scaffolding business somehow.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

This is probably the most unexpected threat to NYC.

[@alunesh12345]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘🤗😍🥳

[@crazysanta6641]

@@alunesh12345 jeSUS

[@kekerosberg1654]

@@alunesh12345 Dude, there is nothing worse you can do to make people to be disgusted about religion than spamming this kinda comments on unrelated videos and discussions. Stop it

[@EpreTroll]

When something sucks it's usually either neglect or cheapskate behavior. At this point, just straight up force the property owners to fix it within a few years. More cities should force property owners to take care of their shit. They're just lazy and have no respect for whatever pre war architect that spend time building these. A spit in the face to those people.

[@MRWATSiT2YA37]

If you were an owner of one of those buildings, you’d do the exact same thing. Because it’s cheaper.

[@dannypipewrench533]

As a pre-war architect, I do not mind sidewalk sheds on my buildings. I wanted to put some on when I originally designed them, but sidewalk sheds did not exist back then. At least not this concept of sidewalk sheds.

[@bradarmstrong3952]

It's amazing how people like to spout this sort of tripe, but forget to mention that rent control has capped the money landlords can charge for the only product they have. I suppose you wouldn't mind paying your fair share of the cost of the building by paying a market-driven rent? ... Yeah, I didn't think so.

[@dannypipewrench533]

@@bradarmstrong3952 Rent is an interesting topic. Yes, it should be higher if we want the buildings to improve, but hardly anybody could afford that. So, now we cannot complain about how the buildings look. Honestly, the best solution is just not to live in a large city. I do think we should remove the rent cap, though. I am not a communist.

[@TheBooban]

@@bradarmstrong3952 hard to see how any reasonable rent control caps building maintenance. But what is universal for business is not to pay for unnecessary costs, like repairs if they can be avoided. That makes the most sense to me and in that case it wouldn’t matter if there was or was not rent control.

[@elburbo]

I thought Sam looked like a stock photo businessman in real life, I can’t believe this illusion has been shattered.

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

Me realizing I think all men look like stock photo businessmen

[@shayelea]

That…was NOT what I expected Sam to look like.

[@soundscape26]

There's more Sam here, with Joseph from Real Life Lore and Brian from Real Engineering: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX-8e3tqgrZ3q9E

[@alunesh12345]

@@shayelea Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘🤗😍🥳

[@NoNameAtAll2]

sam showed up? when?

[@johnlcq]

Life long New Yorker here and feel very lucky to live in a building where we had to fix the facade, scaffolding was put up, facade was fixed, and the scaffolding was quickly taken down in about 2 months 😂 that being said scaffolding is sometimes welcome as a place to hide from rain/snow/searing sun or a place to sit for a minute.

[@cauyawolfe4724]

Escape; kzbin.info/door/C16Z_fhOsclvpjoRrZ9hqw

[@ChickenOfMajesty]

I just opened Google Streetview and dropped a pin. My entire screen was just covered in scaffolding. 10/10 video intro.

[@gm2407]

Seriously, even their own building has had the sheds for 13 years. Whole thing makes New York look run down.

[@Tony-hx2fj]

probably because of rent control, landlord cant sell building and cant raise rents to pay for improvements. what would you do?

[@gm2407]

@@Tony-hx2fj Petition for rent raise due to improvements or communal funding to fix the building.

[@Tony-hx2fj]

@@gm2407 I imagine that funding is far and few between. Could you imagine the cost of these kinds of repairs not to mention all the permits, fees, scams. then to have property tax raised accordingly. Only big companies could afford that. When rents cost as high as Tokyo then residents could squawk.

[@gm2407]

@@Tony-hx2fj In fairness in huge cities like New York everything is expensive. I consider them financial black holes and avoid them.

[@Utonian21]

Comments like this make me laugh because they don't make the city look "rundown" at all, IMO. Just gives the impression that the city is constantly under construction which Is partially true. NYC is the biggest city in the country with a rich history and it's own identity. I genuinely don't know what mofos expect it to look like lmao

[@shahidnyker2900]

Scaffolding are found against buildings, buildings are made made of bricks...but how are bricks made?

[@KishinAubrey]

with moincrap obviously

[@haleysettembre]

It sounds like an intro of a vsauce video

[@Vis-Light]

@@haleysettembre you wouldn’t get it

[@haleysettembre]

@@Vis-Light I'm not a veteran but I know that bricks are a meme here, I don't why tho

[@jbird4478]

@@haleysettembre Because his best videos are all about bricks. And there are tons of them. Like hidden gems.

[@juzoli]

Can’t they just copy the corresponding law of literally ANY OTHER CITY of the world? It works fine EVERYWHERE but NY.

[@MrOobling]

The scaffolding industry is now a billion dollar industry in NYC so it holds some power of its own. Also, developers are now used to the cheap prices, and would make a huge complaint if it was changed and developers hold a huge amount of power.

[@soundscape26]

I was going to mention that... New York is old by US standards but c'mon, there are much older cities all over the world and none needs to use this. It makes the city look quite ugly and rundown.

[@enteecee.]

@@soundscape26 Very few of those older cities have as many buildings as big and as tall as NYC's because of when their relative building booms happened. Look at at the tall sections of older cities - they're much newer than New York's first major crop of skyscrapers. That said, no NY doesn't NEED this, either. They're trapped into it by bureaucracy and the power of business over government, as the video outlined pretty well.

[@soundscape26]

@@enteecee. Thanks for the extra info. Also yes, so in order to have shed/scaffolding companies profiting, you keep many parts of NYC as a permanent eyesore.

[@michaelfoye1135]

New York isn't a city, it's a crime syndicate. This is just one of many rackets.

[@TheDanaYiShow]

As someone who recently moved to NYC, this is a super interesting video! I see scaffolding EVERYWHERE

[@stubblycuber2729]

Nice!

[@GregCutchRally]

No, you see sidewalk sheds!

[@diegodesouza5382]

Welcome!

[@PendulumCancel]

My roughly 100 year old building had scaffolding across the entire length of it's front for five years. They finally removed it almost two weeks ago and I rejoiced, but a week later they reinstalled some slightly smaller scaffolding again. I freaking hate it!

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Must not be in Staten Island

[@TomStorey96]

Having listened to all of Louis Rossmanns rants about NYC land lords, the fact these things get left up forever rather than fixing the problem doesn't surprise me at all.

[@filanfyretracker]

I mean they are so cheap they would not have heat in the building if it were legal, And if the building gets sold to a management company or hedge fund the cheapness only gets worse because now you have a slumlord with shareholders.

[@nene1397]

"If you took all the scaffolding in New York and lined it up altogether then you get.. arrested immediately" That was hilarious 😂

[@wyskass861]

We expected a distance to California, but he flipped it around on us, and made it literal. That humorous rascal!

[@alunesh12345]

@@wyskass861 Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘

[@wyskass861]

@@alunesh12345 Why?

[@louismelahn1805]

*Government passes a new law that has unintended consequences.* Lawmakers: “Repeal the law? Never! Let’s make a *new* law with unintended consequences!”

[@alunesh12345]

Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally ❤🙌😘

[@adenrius]

@@alunesh12345 Shut up, please.

[@enteecee.]

Government isn't the problem here: it's businesses acting on government. If businesses were kept from influencing elected officials, this wouldn't be a problem. Blaming this on government is like saying cars don't work because yours stopped running after you never changed the oil.

[@louismelahn1805]

@@enteecee. , if businesses had sufficient influence, the silly law would be repealed. Clearly, something else is at play, here. I call it bureaucratic inertia.

[@bradarmstrong3952]

This is the whole thing, Louis, exactly this. If you just flip it on its head a little it will make more sense: "government solutions to government-created problems" aka job security for government leaches.

[@MikeStavola]

I've only spent a few weeks of my life wandering the streets of NYC, but I was under a sidewalk shed when a car slammed into it and scared the living crap out of me. Thankfully nobody was hurt. Also, the people who noticed went about their business as soon as they realized they weren't in imminent danger, without making sure everyone involved was okay.

[@Kevbot6000]

I visited NYC over the summer and was SO confused as to why there was scaffolding literally everywhere lmao. Thanks for this.

[@CryptocurrencyInsider]

It’s nice when there’s a torrential downpour in the summer. Also gives you shade.

[@2008bunnybigenderflux]

I went as a kid and was like "is this city just being built?"

[@karldavidsaqui7855]

Bruh even the department that enforces to limit scaffoldings also has scaffoldings ahahahaha

[@hosmerhomeboy]

Scaffold isn't cheap either. It's usually rented to the client, and needs frequent inspections by scaffolds. I work for a scaffold company and their favorite things are the "permanent rentals" like snowsheds, or awnings, or staircases and balconies.

[@JohnS-ch7cr]

Scaffolding is definitely not cheap so that where this video is wrong. It would actually be much cheaper to get the facade finished as soon as possible because the scaffolding companies charge to install, remove and rent the scaffolding every month and I'm talking an average cost in the tens of thousands monthly for these buildings.

[@MrRezRising]

@@JohnS-ch7cr You're 100% right. I'm a commercial property manager in Manhattan. My largest building is 1340 Broadway in Herald square, across from Macy's. The LL11 scaff cost us about $150,000. $60k install, $20k to remove, and about $10k a month in rental fees and electricity to keep it lit. Took about six months. If you were planning on an indefinite scaffold, you'd be better off just buying the thing once it's installed and selling it when it comes down, or barter the removal with it with whatever company you use (I use Everest). I'm talking many years of use, maybe even decades, which does happen. The building on the SW corner of 57th and 9th had a scaff for almost forty years! It came down recently and they renovated. I heard the new owners made it happen.

[@CMDKeenCZ]

@@JohnS-ch7cr Then why do so many buildings keep the scaffolding for years and years, though?

[@JohnS-ch7cr]

@@CMDKeenCZ That's a good question, most people assume it's because its cheaper than fixing but my point goes against that theory. The only thing I can think of is that there is such a big problem with the façade that isn't fixable so they keep the scaffold up so it is indefinitely "under repair"

[@LessDougDeMuro]

as a New Yorker I’ve always wondered why there’s scaffolding absolutely everywhere

[@randomtinypotatocried]

Same here. I just always assume it was some sort of construction or some law that required it

[@tomorrowhowever7488]

Just yesterday, I watched a Louis Rossman update on NYC commercial real estate. I was wondering about all of the scaffolding/ sheds. TADA! Thanks for answering my questions!

[@jackjohn2242]

I like that you used Buffalo’s city hall at the 4:20 mark. It really is a beautiful building; inside and out.

[@MatthewFranzek]

You caught it too!

[@JDSpartan2007]

Glad someone said it. Go Bills.

[@Hypertropes]

I mean, technically the sheds are achieving what was intended- protecting us from getting hit in the head by falling masonry while just walking along on the sidewalk. It’s just they’re having an additional unexpected side effect 😂 for what it’s worth, I live in a listed building in Brooklyn which needed repairs recently- there was scaffolding up for about 6 months for the repair, then a shed for a few more while awaiting the re-inspection. Really not a huge deal to eliminate the risk of getting hit in the head by masonry IMHO!

[@MrOobling]

.... I think you missed the whole point of the video. Most buildings which set up the scaffolding never do the repair.

[@stevenfallinge7149]

@@MrOobling Meaning they pose said danger, which makes them necessary. You can find articles about deaths from falling facades in NYC even from the last few years.

[@740mc]

@@stevenfallinge7149 If they... uh... mantained the building that wouldnt happen

[@stevenfallinge7149]

@@740mc One can only wonder whether the money they're saving is going to expensive parties or simply to other necessities, but in America, the rat race is eternal.

[@Hypertropes]

@@MrOobling again- technically speaking, they are achieving what was intended 😅

[@alcarbo8613]

0:33 Staten Island really shouldn’t be apart of NYC, we desperately want to leave but they won’t let us, and then scream about how horrible we are, it’s basically an abusive relationship at this point

[@AerysBat]

You should be split off into NJ and NYC should split from upstate!

[@dunebasher1971]

You mean "a part of", not "apart of". You actually WANT Staten Island to be apart from NYC, not a part of it.

[@Owyourhurtingme]

@@dunebasher1971okay grammar police. I think you know was meant.

[@AbsolXGuardian]

I noticed all the sidewalk sheds when I visited NYC, but it there was so much of it I couldn't comprehend it as scaffolding, and instead saw it as some kind of architectural flourish unquie to the city, perhaps intended to provide shelter from the rain

[@whythehecknot5038]

That's kind of awesome, in a way, lol

[@alexsteil7227]

I love when the trailer teaches you absolutely nothing about the show and gives you no reason to want to watch it

[@Reester11]

I hate to agree with such a rude way of saying this, but ya was hoping for at least an idea on the plot.

[@sproge2142]

Extremely accurate, got to be the worst trailer I've seen in my life 😂

[@alexsteil7227]

In fairness I guess he called it a 'teaser,' but I still am left curious what is even the concept. Love you Sam, your work is phenomenal, but I'm gonna need a bit more info buddy lmao

[@halfasinteresting]

It's a teaser trailer...

[@shahidnyker2900]

@@halfasinteresting in other words, it's a trailer of trailer

[@maluinthe90s]

At 4:20 (nice), that's Buffalo city hall that's shown. It's a very beautiful building actually. In my opinion, it's the best looking art deco building.

[@MarkMoughamian]

Good video. I'd also like to recommend How To With John Wilson's episode on Scaffolding as well. Hilarious show but also arguably his most informative video and does a great job as well of explaining the weird world of NYC Scaffolding.

[@dag101101]

Absolutely, it's the first thing I thought of! Also a warning, the episode is NSFW.

[@weldin]

I only clicked on the video to recommend this show haha

[@Sebastian-tu8zt]

I’m pretty sure that episode was inspiration for this video

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

solution: make the old scaffoldings illegal, make it so they can only rent the new designs, make the cost increase gradually the longer it sits, eventually they will be so prohibitively expensive they have no choise but to do proper maintenance of the facade of the building as its the cheaper option.

[@garrettbreindel8722]

4:21 Showing a shot of Buffalo's city hall, 716 represent!

[@AnalogueKid2112]

Sam: “New York city hall” Picture: Buffalo city hall

[@BetleyIsland36]

"Don't worry, it's only been up for 13 years"😂😂

[@newtybot]

Knowing that they’re stopped a hypothetical rogue brick from splitting me in half makes me hate them less

[@TheRealPhilHoward]

The last time I visited NYC I was wondering about this. It just furthers my opinion that it's become a vast swath of urban decay. Great video!

[@willm.7439]

the section from 1:05-1:20 is pure gold

[@huplim]

We all noticed this but never really wondered why. I just thought its perpetual renovation works. That 1 Billion dollar business for the sidewalk shed though.

[@JCX-9]

I am glad i finally know why. I have been working in the city for over 30 years and things just got worse with these scaffoldings. They do make the city look crappy.

[@TrangleC]

Did I just never notice it, or do they deliberately remove all the scaffolding when they shoot movies and TV shows in NYC? I don't think I ever saw any of it when watching classical media filmed in NYC, like "Ghostbusters" or "Seinfeld". Only relatively recently, when I started watching dashcam and "walking" videos on KZbin, I noticed this unique and distinctive feature. Another thing I noticed about NYC, which is off topic here, but interesting to mention, I think, is that the cars in NYC are different. In pretty much every other US city, you see, besides lots of Teslas, tons and tons of German luxury cars. You know, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Porsche. Not so in NYC. I watched a lot of dashcam and walking videos from there (shout out to the "ActionKid" KZbin channel) and noticed that German cars are really rare on NYC steets. It is all Lincolns, Escalades, Denalis and so on. First I hypothesized that maybe it is because there are so many Jewish people in NYC and maybe they don't want to drive German cars, but then I remembered that Los Angeles is barely less Jewish and it seems to be the place with the most German cars in the USA.

[@Am-Not-Jarvis]

Most shows that take place in New York are filmed in backlots in LA, Seinfeld included.

[@ghost_curse]

Most shows set in NYC are not in fact filmed in NYC. For instance Suits is filmed in Toronto

[@dr.woozie7500]

Because rich people in NYC like having taxi/limo services (they don’t drive themselves) and typically those services use large American sedans/SUVs like Escalades and Continentals.

[@TrangleC]

I see. Thanks for the explanations.

[@mysteryman7877]

Nah, Jews don’t really have problems with German card anymore. It’s really just that it takes a very specific type of person to drive in NYC.

[@curiouslyt2123]

It’s depressingly dark. The tall buildings block a lot of the sun as it is and for people walking the streets, they get even less sunlight with these green sidewalk whatever you call them! It looks like a dark Forrest floor where the only way to get direct sunlight is to get above the ground or to an open space like a park of stand in specific locations and get fried by the sun reflecting just right of a tall building back down to the sidewalk. You’ll feel like an ant under a microscope if you mistake reflected sunlight for direct sun light.

[@stuartcuateco3898]

There's nothing more permanent than a temporary plan.

[@wesrobinson7366]

I moved into a building in 2001 in the West Village and moved out in 2020. The sidewalk shed on Hudson between Perry and Charles was there and is still there. The family that owns the building and the old gas station is known for this kind of "repair." Just like it took 18 years to replace the pipe on Houston street.

[@wreckingopossum]

As a Dallas born lifetime Dallas resident I approve of the Dallas joke😂🤣😂

[@smiffy197]

Literally got back from NYC this week. I couldn’t understand why these things were everywhere. Makes the city so ugly and uninviting

[@bobbyokeefe4285]

NY city logic... Building pencil skyscrapers only the 1% can afford,ok. Spending more money to protect the 100%,not ok.

[@michaelkelleypoetry]

1:34, "But why instead of being in Hell are they always on the streets of New York? Well, a lot of people may assume it's because... . . . . . . . . . . . . New York City is Hell.

[@luxuryhub1323]

nice work , I admire your work ethic and passion

[@francisflores4451]

My body physically rejects that’s the body HAI’s voice comes from

[@RudieObias]

There's an episode of How To with John Wilson about scaffolding in NYC.

[@Bruh_Moment314]

I love how I've watched hundreds of Hai videos yet am still able to find more interesting ones whenever I want to

[@the64thcucumber]

4:20 shows the Buffalo City Hall, not New York City's. Time to put that in the mistakes video

[@zantac180]

4:20 Is that a shot of Buffalo, NY's city hall from the intersect of Court Street and Pearl Street?

[@neubro1448]

Not counting China, I thought Tokyo has a lot of new construction. Houses have short life span in Japan and always new construction to meet demand. The old Showa architecture street just disappeared a few years later for larger modern structures. Nakagin being a dilapidated modular structure has retaining nets to catch falling debris and overdue for demolition.

[@dannydaw59]

I imagine Tokyo had to build buildings quick and cheap after WW2.

[@virginiakingsford9470]

I watched the teaser trailer and have no idea what the documentary is about still.

[@JoeyCarb]

It would be very easy to fix this. NYC, like every other municipality, has design standards for all structures. Make the standard design prohibitively expensive. On top of that, enact a special yearly tax on sidewalk sheds. And the tax rate increases for repeat payers. The city gets money. The sidewalk shed business continues to exist for a long enough period to phase out slowly. We get open clear sidewalks.

[@Croz89]

That would expose the real problem, that many old building facades in NYC are too expensive to maintain. They'd have to slash city taxes to make it profitable for owners to rent space out at affordable rates, or face many lovely pieces of historic architecture getting the wrecking ball.

[@SuprousOxide]

And then you cry "What have we done?" when you have no scaffolding to walk under on ugly cold rainy days!!! We should go the other way and require them everywhere

[@wyskass861]

Maybe consider that it's not a problem, and people aren't bothered by this.

[@NoxiousAffection]

@@SuprousOxide I've seen you making similar comments all over the video and I'm mostly just wondering this -- Do you own an umbrella?

[@SuprousOxide]

@@NoxiousAffection have you ever used an umbrella in Manhattan? Windy enough you're likely to destroy the umbrella and while they'll keep your head and shoulders dry, that's about it. The scaffolding works, what's the downside?

[@MatthewFranzek]

At 4:21, that’s Buffalo, NYs city hall, not NYC. Only 6-8 hours away across the state.

[@4.0.4]

I literally was just thinking of this after watching a Louis Rossman (the real estate KZbinr) video and wondering why NYC looks like such a garbage heap.

[@Reester11]

louis rossman is a tech repair youtuber not real-estate youtuber.

[@captainheat2314]

@@Reester11 he's both

[@toetertijd]

@@captainheat2314 Lmao he's really not though. He's been making MacBook repair video's for years. When he moved offices he documented the search, move and renovation of his new office. And now and then he makes a video about the current state of NYC and how bussinesses are leaving all the time. Still, 95% of his channel is tech and repair.

[@Niosus]

Someone got "wooshed" here but I'm not sure who it is...

[@tomorrowhowever7488]

Same here. I only watched the same LR vid yesterday. He's the "Right To Repair" man. He works with IT hardware. He also advocates for ALL Right to Repair issues! (auto, household appliances, etc.)

[@dollarstorecookie3938]

As a New Yorker it feels like a whole new world when the scaffolding outside your house is taken down. I had no idea that there was a sky above the lobby of my building.

[@pedrosimas2642]

I saw that on How To With John Wilson. Great show

[@rickintexas1584]

I started visiting NYC in the mid 80’s. I always wondered why there were so many scaffoldings. Thanks HAI! Now I finally know.

[@danielclark4624]

dont know why, but ive always liked the sidewalk sheds. i grew up in new york and i cannot imagine fully uncovered sidewalks in manhattan. honestly, they are nice in ways, shade from sun and rain, as long as you can get past the poles blocking the part of the sidewalk next to the street

[@andycarollo7293]

I just got back from a trip to NYC and I had sooo many questions about the scaffolding. You answered every single one of them. Awesome video. For realz.

[@fallenolympian9860]

"Don't mind paying $3000" damn they got a real good deal on that rent huh.

[@B14285seven]

It's their share of a 4 bedroom I'm sure :P

[@anupamtiwari5587]

Like a decent apartment with proper space or one of those apartments where Peter Parker lives? Coz if it's the latter, it surely isn't a good deal.

[@B14285seven]

@@anupamtiwari5587 making a joke about Nyc apartment prices :p

[@anupamtiwari5587]

@@B14285seven Ohk. Not a new yorker or even an American for that matter, so couldn't get it. 😅

[@chuckbrotton2449]

The plus side is that they can make great shelter in an unexpected rainstorm. I recall, circa 2001, finding myself in Union Square w/o an umbrella and making it from there to the PATH train stop at 14th & 6 Ave and only getting a little bit damp

[@RockhopperRio]

“You’d find that there are 340 miles or 540 kilometers of scaffolding in The Big Apple, which is enough to travel from New York to this point in the Atlantic Ocean that’s 340 miles away from New York” That made me laugh way harder than it should

[@AndrewPonti]

The Texas God Eye bit was honestly one of the funniest dig I've heard lately. Bravo.

[@felixvlack9818]

Born and raised in NYC. These sidewalk sheds protect us from falling debris as well as weather. They also provide minimal shelter for the homeless. Not to mention they are part of the look of the city. If we just had permanent awnings to protect from the rain the city would be less interesting. Keep the scaffolding.

[@LowJSamuel]

Is the constant trash piled on the sidewalk because you don't believe in dumpsters part of the look of the city, too? What about the homeless people sleeping?

[@holger_p]

How much debris does it catch ? Is this a real danger ? One could roof the entire street, or make the little roof a permanent part of the building. This kind of temporay thing is ridicoulus.

[@andreasmerletti]

4:21 that’s buffalo city hall. very disappointed

[@laurenconrad1799]

I’m not gonna lie, as a native New Yorker, I have wondered this my entire life. I didn’t realize there was so little scaffolding in Staten Island, but in order to notice that, I’d have to spend time in Staten Island and, come on, who does that? Lol

[@Utonian21]

Bruh Staten Island continues to get dunked on everyday, lmao

[@Owyourhurtingme]

Because you prob can’t afford to live on Staten Island.

[@markvolpe2305]

4:20 That's Buffalo's city hall in that image.

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

As a Brooklynite I agree, it is surprising Staten Island even has buildings. Also scaffolding sucks and we hate it. Also also, if you're not subscribed to Nebula you're missing out. Get on that!

[@Owyourhurtingme]

What’s that supposed to mean? Why is it surprising for SI to have buildings? What am I missing?

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

Because Staten Island sucks

[@mrjuicejunior]

​@@Owyourhurtingmeshe's probably referring to that Staten Island is pretty empty

[@SPGWhistler]

I love that when you said, 'city hall', you showed a picture of Buffalo's city hall !

[@wilbur9416]

Lol. 13 years! Hypocrites, or maybe they're just waiting for their first fine to come through so that they can repair their building first? You would think the building code and enforcement building would be up to code.🤔😕

[@tomorrowhowever7488]

Why would we think that? 🤣😂🙃

[@thelordofcringe]

As jesus said: let he who is without scaffold cast the first fine

[@Jehty_]

But you see it is up to Code. The code says it needs a sidewalk shed :)

[@i_alam]

When you realize this when when Jet Lag became a cannon event

[@MrKo1233]

This video was just an undercover facereveal?????

[@8bitorgy]

Never stop making videos exposing how broken NYC is.... You'll NEVER run out of content.

[@Larry82ch]

Wow, all that scaffolding goes on until THIS POINT in the ocean. I thought it would only reach until THAT POINT.

[@paddington1670]

1:24 Ah yes, "side walk shed" made with scaffolding, clamps, luma beams and Q deck. It's literally still scaffolding, and made out of construction materials. Talk about one stop shop for "side walk sheds" and scaffolding. Scaffolding can look like anything, and can conform to any building or you can build a circus tent for all it matters. It's still an erection of scaffolding that is engineered for certain criteria. I dont know what dictates whether or not it needs to be engineered and built from plans, but sometimes needed. Maybe if it's near people who arent covered by insurance, maybe that's it. PS. Last time I was in London they were fixing Big Ben and the parliament building, and i read in the newspaper that the rental on the scaffolding was a million pounds per something. I cant remember if that's in total or per year or per month or whatever, but it was interesting enough to remember that much.

[@crowdozer]

I would say they should start increasing the fine so it compounds against itself for every month they're inconveniencing peds with their scaffolds... but the owners are probably already lobbying against something like that. lol

[@derekexplosion]

this thought went through my head the other day watching a video in nyc, thanks for this!

[@IcePlays]

My fantasy of the disembodied voice..ruined

[@redeer4891]

I thought he was a brown haired tall dude in his 30's lol

[@swakawakaflame]

Great video and exactly the type of topic I find interesting about your channel :)

[@LRM12o8]

I've watched Louis Rossmans real estate videos and figured there must be a powerful scaffolding lobby in NYC, but I did wonder how it came to be. And I'm shocked that some commenters claim they actually likr the scaffolding or even find them beautiful. They're such an eyesore! New York City is by far the ugliest city I've ever seen by a long shot! Granted, the biggest city I've seen thus far is London, but it looks SO much better! Also I find it quite interesting that when the law was made the government mandated one specific paint form one specific manufacturer. Clearly there were some black suitcases or strong personal connections involved, lol!

[@MrSpankee02]

I’m pretty sure that photo of city hall was Buffalo, Ny at Niagara square.

[@magellanicspaceclouds]

It's so frustrating to live here and work in the delivery industry. As if the sidewalks weren't small enough and overcrowding bad enough, on top of that, I have to deal with sidewalk sheds that are always in my way.

[@Palmtop_User]

I remember first visiting nyc when i was like 7 and this was like the first thing i noticed about the city. Good to see 14 years later i have an answer

[@Mireaze]

That's a terrible trailer, what is the show, what's it about, why should I watch it?

[@mattcaylor5111]

I love your content. Thanks for the information and entertainment. Merry Christmas!

[@UtilityCurve]

At 4:23, that is a view WEST on Court Street in Buffalo, with what is the second largest (and the first when completed in 1929) city hall building in the U.S. right of center. Basically, the wrong end of New York.

[@marcrugani326]

4:21 That is Bufflao's city hall!!! Give credit!

[@Stefan8u]

This explains so much, and makes everything fall into place

[@michaelgraffam5423]

Anyone who thinks sidewalks sheds should be removed hasn't had to walk any real distance in the rain in NYC. They are great.

[@ericzdrojewski137]

So that isn’t city hall in New York. That’s city hall in Buffalo, NY, my birth place.

[@cholmes7416]

Why is there a picture of Buffalo city hall at 4:22 ?

[@nyc90]

I live in NYC and the vast majority of sidewalk sheds are not permanent. They go up for a year or two during a construction project and then come down. I also have started seeing much more of the new nicer style sheds around.

[@DruNature]

I did it, I finally joined Curiosity Stream and used your code Hai! I can't wait to see whats inside from my fav youtubers!

[@flaco171ac]

That City Hall at 4:20 in the video is Buffalo, NY City Hall, not NYC.

[@mikelzapi]

Recently been to NYC and I was wondering about this, thank you for the great explanation!