St. Louis Cardinals Need to fix ADA Violations Along Clark St
The new Busch Stadium has been open for two years now. Clark Street has also been reopened along the North side of the stadium between Broadway & 8th for the same two years. To the North of Clark is the site of the former Busch stadium (1966-2006) and the site of the long delayed Ballpark Village.
Wednesday I discovered an issue that makes the sidewalk along the North side of the street non-compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ada.org).
Heading from city hall to the Hilton at the Ballpark (Broadway & Market) for the Downtown Partnership Annual Meeting & Lunch I decided to take Clark. The problem you can see above, the design of the sidewalk doesn’t allow me to just use the sidewalk for East-West travel.
Twice along the same stretch I encountered the same issue. Both times I took the ramp for crossing Clark and road in the street to the similar ramp on the other side. They made plenty of provisions for heading to a game but just not for getting from A to B using Clark Street.
Of course when they built the street & sidewalk they were still working on plans for the Ballpark Village. They unveiled plans for Ballpark Village in October 2006 (see post w/video) so they probably though by now that sidewalk would have changed based on the final construction. I know many of us, including the Mayor, thought we’d see something there by now. So I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt that the sidewalk was temporary. Still as a temporary sidewalk it was not properly accessible and after two years, it is not temporary! Either build your village or fix this sidewalk.
Any lawyer out there want to represent me in suing the Cardinals for violating my civil rights due to their non-compliance with the ADA?
http://www.missouridisabilityattorney.com/
Criticizing the Cardinals is anti-St. Louis. What are you a Commie or something?
I recommend that you contact David Newburger, the city’s new Commissioner on the Disabled. Mr. Newburger, who uses a scooter himself, was also involved in the accessibility design for the new stadium, and probably is personally acquainted with somebody who can promptly resolve this issue. Information on Mr. Newburger, including his phone number at city hall, can be found here:
http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/newsgram/Commissioner-On-The-Disabled.htm
It looks like they made provisions for directional ramps, two at each corner, but have yet to build the corresponding cross streets. Ironically, if they had built just the single ramp that throws you into the middle of the intersection, their “temporary” construction site would not interfere with accessibility.
Coincidence? P-D this afternoon: “Workers cleaning up Ballpark Village site — Under pressure from city leaders, the St. Louis Cardinals are cleaning up the site of the long-delayed Ballpark Village project adjacent to Busch Stadium. . . . “
Different city, different attitude: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08181/893150-147.stm
I dont understand why its so difficult to design a curb with a simple flat corner for wheelchairs.
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