I thought this was really unusual, seeing these two buildings across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, that appear to be wrapped in some kind of gauze. I guess I should have crossed the street to see how close I could get to the buildings to see what the material is. Actually the buildings are not wrapped, but there is scaffolding that extends from the street up to the roof, and the scaffolding is what is wrapped. They are obviously doing something to the exterior of the building and I am thinking that the material will protect anyone below if someone drops a tool. They might be looking for cracks or voids in the masonry which they then have to repair, so might be pieces of loose mortar that might fall. Anyhow it is such an interesting thing, to see such a drastic change in appearance of a normal looking building.
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The fabric you saw could be Mesh Containment Screen used when sandblasting buildings.
The building has a big booboo :-) It is incredible that the gauzy looking fabric is covering such a massive building. betsey
"Mesh Containment Screen!" Promo you are the man! What is the screen made of? It must be a really tight weave in order to trap sand, right?
Material is Polypropylene (relatively inexpensive, durable and chemical resistant). White fabric is usually flame retardant, black is not. Mesh sizes for containment screens can vary depending on the application.
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