They will soon be coming at you in waves, so many you will be unable to keep up with them -- or not (friend just asked me over for dinner).
"A city proposal to install 259 pedestrian ramps with tactile warning strips throughout the historic neighborhood, as part of a decades-long effort to bring the city’s curbs into compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. But the plan was rejected in December by officials of the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission. Why? Because they believed, among other things, that the bumpy plastic strips would mar the neighborhood’s Colonial-era character, despite the fact that the city stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds if a plan is not approved within the next month. When Mayor Martin J. Walsh learned of the vote, he was outraged....
Oh, no, another crisis.
--more--"
Related: Walsh's First Crisis
