Preparing to hoist the backup generator.
There it was, smack-dab in the middle of Watchung Avenue near 5th Street, blocking everything.
But what on earth was going on?
Turns out Plainfield's City Hall Annex was getting delivery of a backup generator to power the newfangled data center built in the attic (and the rest of the building) in case of an emergency.
The whole operation was done crisply and efficiently.
The enormous rig parked in the middle of the street, planted its feet to left and right on large metal pads that distributed the weight of the load, preventing punching holes in the street while hefting the generator, and then lightly and gracefully hoisted the shiny new equipment over its new pad next to the Annex, thence to be guided down by a couple of workers with ropes.
The complex made to look simple.
Sort of like the Robinson-Briggs administration.
But it brought a question to mind.
As I understand it, whenever a public building gets a construction permit, whatever the purpose, the building must also at the same time come into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Now, as anyone in a wheelchair can tell you, the Annex is not now and never has been accessible. Should a disabled person need to meet with the City Administrator in his office, they would have to pull themselves up the three flights of stairs hand-over-hand, baluster by baluster.
Shouldn't the Robinson-Briggs administration now be obligated to install an elevator?
Or maybe the rules don't apply at City Hall?
Up, up and away.
And gently nudged into place.
-- Dan Damon
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2 comments:
There should have been an elevator installed when the City initially purchased the building and made renovations. The design was to install the elevators where walk in storage closets are but everyone looked the other way because of the cost and so - no elevators.
you sound like a child throwing punches in the dark, and hitting only yourself.. no wonder why you're on your last leg.. good luck Champ
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