Submitted by Kate Martin on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 15:16.
Watching the sidewalks, curbs, and driveway curbcuts go in along the more than $1M / block project on Greenwood Ave N is really disappointing. Nearly every driveway curb cut in the entire new section is designed to have the sidewalks ramp down to the driveways instead of the other way around. It's very embarrassing to see this. A quality sidewalk stays level while driveway curb cuts ramp up from the street to them. What an inferior solution. There's supposed to be very special exceptions for this to happen, instead on this project it's the rule. Even where the property owners would not have been negatively affected, they went and ramped the sidewalks down at each curbcut. This is very very disappointing.
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sun, 10/18/2009 - 23:04.
Interesting post. Why did the city do this? Contact City Hall and ask them!
I also wonder why the city doesn't underground all those ugly overhead wires. And install real streetlights. Seattle really has a thing for overhead wires.
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Curb Cuts With A Side of Sidewalks
Watching the sidewalks, curbs, and driveway curbcuts go in along the more than $1M / block project on Greenwood Ave N is really disappointing. Nearly every driveway curb cut in the entire new section is designed to have the sidewalks ramp down to the driveways instead of the other way around. It's very embarrassing to see this. A quality sidewalk stays level while driveway curb cuts ramp up from the street to them. What an inferior solution. There's supposed to be very special exceptions for this to happen, instead on this project it's the rule. Even where the property owners would not have been negatively affected, they went and ramped the sidewalks down at each curbcut. This is very very disappointing.
Curb Cuts With A Side of Sidewalks
Interesting post. Why did the city do this? Contact City Hall and ask them!
I also wonder why the city doesn't underground all those ugly overhead wires. And install real streetlights. Seattle really has a thing for overhead wires.