Sleek new designs for future city sidewalk sheds were unveiled by Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday — and the improved versions are so drastic, you may not be able to tell they’re temporary structures.

The modern replacements will sub out Gotham’s long-despised dingy sidewalk scaffolding to hopefully enhance city street aesthetics while also boosting pedestrian safety, proponents said.

“Today marks a major step forward in our mission to reimagine New York City’s streetscape,” Adams said in a statement.

“For too long, outdated and cumbersome sidewalk sheds have blocked sunlight, hurt small businesses, and cluttered our neighborhoods,” he said.

The new versions of the sheds, crafted by city architecture and design firms Arup and Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, will be used at construct

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