http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/05/13/commonwealth-green/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commonwealth-green it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/05/13/commonwealth-green/comment-page-1/#comment-65951 Vivienne Armentrout Wed, 18 May 2011 00:48:30 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=63613#comment-65951 The disconcertingly uneven and previously difficult to see stairs on the other side from the ramp have now been improved by the addition of a pair of railings. I’m glad they did that. I took the ramp today just in case.

]]> http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/05/13/commonwealth-green/comment-page-1/#comment-65945 Tom Bayer Tue, 17 May 2011 22:59:54 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=63613#comment-65945 I have pointed out the major problems and effective solution for the ramp ever since March 2010. I’m not laboring under the misconception that anything will be done until an unscrupulous, disabled person and their amoral lawyer stages a mishap and sues the city big time. I will then send a copy (which I originally emailed every AADL board member) to Ann Arbor.com.
Arrogance by the Powers That Be will come back to bite them on some posterior body part.

]]> http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/05/13/commonwealth-green/comment-page-1/#comment-65891 Donna Estabrook Mon, 16 May 2011 20:26:05 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=63613#comment-65891 The redbud trees in front of the library were, indeed, beautiful and it is too bad that they are gone. However, when construction began on the underground parking lot, the wheelchair ramp to the library was blocked off by the fencing around the work-site. A new wheelchair ramp had to be installed. In order to make room for it (and not block the sidewalk) the large planter containing the redbud trees and other lovely plants was removed. The new ramp is not very attractive but I have never tripped over/on/off it. My daughter, who uses a wheelchair, finds the new ramp a vast improvement over the old one which was steeper and narrower and therefore harder for her to use than the new one. I have heard favorable comments from others who have difficulty walking or climbing stairs. So, there is a silver lining. I hope that when the parking project is complete that we can have as useful a ramp as we have now and some beautiful plants as well.

]]> http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/05/13/commonwealth-green/comment-page-1/#comment-65794 suswhit Fri, 13 May 2011 19:23:01 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=63613#comment-65794 oh, that reminds me of those beautiful old dark-leaved redbuds in front of the library that they took out to make room for the crappy new trip hazard.

]]> http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/05/13/commonwealth-green/comment-page-1/#comment-65792 Ben Connor Barrie Fri, 13 May 2011 19:07:18 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=63613#comment-65792 Cercis canadensis. Ironically it’s range hardly extends into Canada!

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