Tackling the Scourge of Sidewalk Sheds

Foto Care is a Flatiron District survivor that for 50 years has rented equipment to fashion photographers and other shutterbugs who make their living behind a camera. But this gem at 41 W. 22nd St. is harder to find these days because it's entombed under a lengthy sidewalk shed, one of the more than 8,000 unsightly steel-and-wood structures that pop up anytime a city building needs renovation.