Photos by Steven
Workers continue to remove the elaborate sidewalk bridge (the Urban Umbrella!) from outside the Foundation Building here on Cooper Square between Astor Place and Seventh Street...
The sidewalk structure arrived in April 2021... work permits pointed to a "renovation on the fourth floor."
The Urban Umbrella, made of recycled steel and translucent plastic panel, made its first NYC appearance in the fall of 2017.
7 comments:
Finally, that scaffolding is actually coming down it has been there for so long I do not remember seeing that building without it.
same! I forgot how beautiful that building truly is
Awesome that the scaffolding is gone! Though I wish all scaffolding was that nice -- bright, clean, easy enough to navigate.
It's only been 2.5 years? Feels like longer. Though I agree that the Urban Umbrellas are less unpleasant than many common alternatives.
The second major building in the world, behind the Houses of Parliament in London, to be built with modern steel-frame construction.
Seeing that building when I walk by, or emerge from the number 6 train, or ride on the crosstown bus, has made me happy for 40 years. Never get tired of seeing it.
looks great today!
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