Learn about NYC’s new sidewalk shed lighting standards under Local Law 47 of 2025. The DOB now requires brighter, safer illumination to improve pedestrian visibility and safety citywide.

The NYC Department of Buildings has introduced  expanded color options for sidewalk sheds and solid construction or demolition fences under Local Law 47 of 2025 (LL47) , effective August 15, 2025. Previously, these protective structures were required to be hunter green, with limited allowances for white. PHOTO: SPRING SCAFFOLDING Local Law 47 now authorizes three standard colors—hunter green, metallic gray, and white—for all sidewalk sheds and fences. For existing buildings (

Local Law 47 of 2025 raises the minimum sidewalk shed height in NYC from 8 to 12 feet to improve safety, visibility, and pedestrian access.

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On February 26, 2025, Skyline Restoration welcomed Gladding McBean representatives to their Long Island City campus for a presentation...

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Arup US and Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) to design new sidewalk sheds and pedestrian safety equipment for New Yorkers New...

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As of September 1, 2023, the NYC Department of Buildings no longer waives the Work Without a Permit civil penalty for installed permitted...

Key presentations are summarized here. One of the main Conference presentations, 2022 NYC Construction Code Sidewalk Shed Requirements &...

Photo: NYC.GOV In late July, NYC Mayor Eric Adams and DOB Commissioner Jimmy Oddo announced the City’s new “Get Sheds Down” plan to...

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Dear SKYlines Readers, It is with great pleasure that we present to you a special edition of SKYlines, a 260-page publication...

Skyline's restoration project at The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, at 520 Clinton Avenue in Brooklyn, NY receives two prestigious...

These awards recognize the quality, scale, and complexity of the carefully executed restoration — the result of a tremendous...

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