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New ‘Urban Umbrella’ scaffolding to debut at 100 Broadway in December

November 30, 2011 @ 8:09 am

City Room is reporting that the Urban Umbrella scaffolding design made by Young-Hwan Choi which won the UrbanSHED competition last year will set to debut in NYC at 100 Broadway in Lower Manhattan. The Urban Umbrella uses melded recycled steel … Continue reading →

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Watch this helicopter break into two pieces while decorating a Christmas tree

November 28, 2011 @ 12:22 am

While decorating a Christmas tree in New Zealand, a helicopter caught some scaffolding and ripped into 2 pieces. The pilot was miraculously uninjured but the helicopter was scrapped. [via]

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Scaffoldage: a website of scaffolding porn

March 16, 2011 @ 3:04 am

Photo: Nadav Kander Scaffoldage is a website showcasing scaffolding porn. Lots of amazing and scary photos of skeletal architecture to view. Thanks Justin!

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Urban Umbrellas to be the new scaffold in New York City

January 21, 2010 @ 5:56 pm

The New York City Department of Buildings unveiled a brand-new design for scaffolds in New York City that will hopefully keep city streets decent looking during construction projects and also keep pedestrians safer. The new scaffold design is being called … Continue reading →

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Two taxis collide and crash into scaffolding at 8th Street and Broadway

November 2, 2009 @ 2:44 am

Photo: Jesse Chan Norrie (click image to enlarge) This photo is awesome. As far as I know, nobody was seriously injured in this crash (although some did go to the hospital for other reasons). See more of Jesse’s photos of … Continue reading →

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