Pam Beeler despises brick sidewalks
Posted by Pam Beeler
Pam lives in Symphony Towers on Massachusetts Avenue.
This is the content of her storyboard
IF IT WEREN'T FOR BRICK, I WOULDN'T BE IN THIS WHEELCHAIR.
They may look quaint -- "Ye Olde Bricke's."
But they're not safe after a while -- they don't care for them.
The vibrations jiggle my feet off the footrest
I go in the street a lot, because all the sidewalks are brick.
Why don't they take out the bricks?
Because they're cheap and would rather spend the money on themselves.
They don't care about disabled people.
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Has anyone checked out the new brick sidewalk on the corner of Canal St and Market St across from the Grand Canal and going around the corner? The bricks are a different type than the usual ones -- they have perfectly square corners and they are laid butted up to each other with no space in between. I'm ambulatory but fall a lot on uneven surfaces (such as bricks), and I find these new bricks to be fine. I haven't been over them yet with any friends with different mobility issues from mine. I wonder if a group of people with varying mobility would want to come check out this section of sidewalk and maybe suggest this type of surface as a compromise?
~eeka
http://1smootshort.blogspot.com
There is definitely brick available that gives a much smoother ride than the Boston City Hall Pavers on Huntington Avenue. For example, the Christian science Plaza is a smooth-enough surface for most wheelchair users.
Lets have a moratorium first on all brick sidewalk construction, and while we work this out among all parties, people are welcome to place bricks along the street as an accent or edging.
The city convened a group to work on the issue of brick sidewalks in September 2003, but when advocates demanded a moratorium on brick sidewalks, the group simply never met again, and construction just proceeded as if our experience did not matter.
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