Follow Up: ADA Access at St. Louis Hills Medical Center
Last month I posted how the St. Louis Hills Medical Center violates the ADA. In short, the building’s original design predated the ADA by a few decades and the 2008 renovations didn’t fix the problem. Here are a few photos from that post:
![The original 1950s entrance wasn't accessible to all.](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stlhillsmedicalctr2.jpg)
![A route was provided for pedestrians to enter the building, but it contains a flight of stairs. No ramp was provided as required by the ADA.](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stlhillsmedicalctr5.jpg)
Since that post I met with a representative of the building owner as well as Eddie Roth, Director of Operations in the mayor’s office.
![](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6500chippewadesign.png)
![Here's the original entry again with the new sidewalk next door circled in red](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6500chippewa.jpg)
![Here's the view next door looking toward the old entrance.](http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6508chippewa.jpg)
During the construction work a few years ago someone made a decision to not follow the architect’s design, resulting in lack of ADA-compliance.
The owner’s representative indicated the building remains vacant, and they aren’t interested in making changes. If only they’d followed the architect’s plans there would be no problems gaining access into the building from the public sidewalk.
— Steve Patterson