Tag: department of buildings

"People feel that when scaffolding is up for years and years, it’s a sign of dysfunction.”

All of the approximately 40,000 permitted work sites in the city will be subject to ongoing "enforcement sweeps and educational outreach."

The imposing entrance of the landmarked Joan of Arc Junior High School building on W. 93rd Street first towered over Upper West Side students

The photographs above show how Hi Life Bar & Grill, on the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and 83rd Street, looks with and without scaffolding.

On April 22nd, Con Edison found “illegal piping” and “unauthorized valve operation” and turned off gas service to 251 W. 89th Street and to two restaurants on the Broadway side of the building

On Tuesday, April 9th, at 11:15 am, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, City Council Member Helen Rosenthal and community advocates will speak

Part of the facade at 302 West 102nd Street fell to the ground on Tuesday morning around 9:30 a.m., causing the FDNY to rope off the area.

With the economy improving and financing becoming more available, developers are once again building high-rises on the Upper West Side. The city is clearly excited about this, and has given contractors wide latitude: the Department of Buildings has been allowing many