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Union Square Citizen’s Bank Gaining Access!

by eila in Accessibility, Neighborhoods and Squares - Posted on June 7, 2008 at 11:01 pm

On Friday, June 6, 2008, the Union Square Citizen’s Bank began breaking up the large platform front step that has been dividing this Bank and its services from people with mobility restrictions.

Barack Obama won the nomination in 16 months.

This access project for just one public accommodation has taken over 18 months already-

But it’s all good, eh?!….

Here’s some history about this Bank access project

AND FOR MORE ON ACCESS ADVOCACY…

Arts writer Geoff Edgers of the Boston Globe blogged a few days ago about the lack of accessible route around the Museum of Fine Arts as it constructs a new entrance and East wing. Check out his blog and the comments!

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One Response to “Union Square Citizen’s Bank Gaining Access!”

  1. eila says:

    UPDATE: As of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, 2008, this Bank has a One-Door-Fits-All Entrance!!!

    And-heh- there’s still a little tweak they have to make, so that after-hours, everyone can buzz themselves in. In the meantime, they’re keeping the door to the foyer open so it won’t impede after hours transactions.

    I’m sure this problem will be fixed really quickly, since it affects 100% of the customers…

    This is a great job and Citizen’s Bank Regional Manager, Roxann Cooke, deserves alot of credit. Alderman Taylor also helped, by putting in an order for DPW to respond to the construction company’s request for the go-ahead (after a time of no-response). And it looks like Santini Corporation (the construction Co.) did a great job also.