NYC neighborhood plagued by never-ending scaffolding sees sheds removed but more keep springing up in bizzare urban 'whack-a-mole'

"It's like having a bridge on your teeth. You don't want it there, but you get used to it," said 54-year-old Carmen Anderson, who describes the scaffolding as something she's "gone scaffolding-blind" to over the years. Despite some improvements with a few sheds coming down, the overall situation remained troubling, with pedestrians still facing an overwhelming presence of scaffolding on their daily routes.

"It's a constant game of whack-a-mole," local resident Mike McDermott said regarding the never-ending parade of scaffolding. Despite some being removed after political and media attention, it only results in temporary fixes as new ones invariably rise in their place.

Read at New York Post