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Temporary ADA Ramp At Park Pacific, Final Wood Ramp Planned

December 21, 2013 Accessibility, Downtown, Featured, Planning & Design 2 Comments

In August I posted about An Infuriatingly Avoidable Accessibility Issue while trying to visit Art Saint Louis + Mississippi Mud, shared tenants at the Park Place building. Here are a couple of photos from that post:

I snapped this shot in late April showing the step into the retail space. New door, new step, new sidewalk -- all from 2011.
April 2013. New door, new step, new sidewalk — all from 2011.
Since April the step got yellow paint so guests don't trip.
August 2013: the tenant space finally leased but only yellow paint to highlight the glaring ADA issue

I’ve been checking to see any change and finally the other day something was different: a temporary ramp. I snapped the following photo and continued.

Temporary ramp
Temporary ramp first spotted on 12/17
Two days later I returned with my digital level, the maximum slope is 8.3% (1:12).
Two days later I returned with my digital level, the maximum slope is 8.3% (1:12) but this is 23.4% (100-76.6).

I was told by a tenant employee the building’s owner, The Lawrence Group, is “curing wood” to be used for their final solution.  It’ll need to extend three times as far out to be ADA-compliant, the sides will also need to be sloped. This is necessary because the architects at The Lawrence Group forgot it was necessary to make this tenant space accessible as part of the $70 million dollar renovation of the building that opened in 2011.

Once I spot the next wood ramp in place I’ll check the slopes, take pics, and post again.

— Steve Patterson

 

Currently there are "2 comments" on this Article:

  1. JZ71 says:

    This creates a new trip hazard on the public sidewalk, and I sure hope that they’re not planning on wood, “cured” or not, for their final solution – it’s bound to fail.

     
  2. samizdat says:

    Wood ramp=we still don’t give a flying f*** about you or the law.

    Sincerely,

    The Lawrence Group

     

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