Tag: Accessibility
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Accessibility and a Relaxing Vibe
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When these Ontario, Canada, homeowners received news that their toddler daughter had a condition that could affect her mobility in the future, they sprang into action. To find local design pros that could get their ranch house wheelchair-ready, they looked to Houzz. They found Brittany Zazula and Ben Davis, a husband-and-wife design-build team, and hired…
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Central Park Sidewalk Restoration Is Fixing Bumps for Accessibility
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The sidewalks surrounding Central Park were designed to help you escape. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the landscape architects behind the landmark, proposed in their 1858 planning document to plant a plush line of trees to separate the sidewalk and the road, “for the purpose of concealing the houses on the opposite side of…
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‘Golden Bachelor’ has an accessibility problem
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The Golden Bachelor is a landmark show, the first in the franchise’s more than 20-year history to feature a cast in their later years. The Bachelor and Bachelorette typically feature well-manicured gaggles of 20- and 30-somethings who dream about falling in love and starting families. Filming hours are long and tempers are short, thinned by…
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Accessibility and Blue Style for Retirees
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Wendy Glaister InteriorsSave Photo After: The remodeling team knocked down walls and relocated the closet to another area of the bedroom to increase the bathroom by 37 square feet and create an open-plan layout with a curbless shower. “The former shower could never have accommodated either of the homeowners if they experienced an injury of…
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New Harvard Report Stresses Need For Adding Accessibility To America’s Housing Stock
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Making a bathroom accessible supports safety and independent living for older users and those with … [+] disability challenges. Photo Courtesy of Designer: Diane Foreman, CKBD Allied ASID; Photographer: Roger Turk/Northlight Photography; General Contractor: Neil Kelly Company. // Wellness by Design (Simon & Schuster) Correction: John Quaregna was incorrectly identified as the National Remodeling Foundation’s…
