Goodbye, shed! NYC finally taking down rotting scaffold outside Medical Examiner’s office

A rotting sidewalk shed that had decayed outside the Medical Examiner’s office in Manhattan for 15 years is finally being put to rest.

The mayor’s office announced Wednesday that it has started dismantling the city-owned sidewalk shed outside the office at 520 1st Ave. in Kips Bay. The rotting wooden and metal structure had become an eyesore for the neighborhood and emblematic of the devices’ proliferation at buildings across the city.