I took a little trip through New York via Google street view. And one thing in noticed where a large amount of gantrys above the sidewalks. In almost every street I could find at least one. They seem to be build out of temporary construction scaffolding but no signs of construction work. And they always are only one floor high, often with a (green or grey) balustrade on top. I think it looks rather ugly, blocking the sight on the sometimes nice fronts of the buildings behind them.
Edit: thanks for the explanation. Seems like the New Yorkers need to invest in some more quality fassades. Remembers me of a building of my local university. Pieces of the building have fallen off. Thus the building was completely covered with a net for many years.
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here is a good video by Half as Interesting about this:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lphKvTqovHs&t=102s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lphKvTqovHs&t=102s)
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