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March 27, 2006
Adventures for everyone: Barrier-free treasures are found everywhere
Here are 10 diverse wheelchair-accessible destinations across America. They may not be the top 10, but they certainly are barrier-free (Hope) diamonds in the rough:
Brooklyn Bridge
What American landmark could be more iconic than the Brooklyn Bridge? And what could be more exhilarating for a disabled visitor than to learn that the pedestrian pathway is 100 percent barrier-free?
The moment you start the ascent up the pedestrian path (above the parts for trains and cars), your heart skips a beat. One could traverse John Roebling's steel cable suspension bridge a thousand times and discover something new every 1,600-foot journey. Rolling west into Manhattan an hour before sunset, one can gaze north for dazzling perspectives of the Chrysler and Empire State buildings illuminated by the low-hanging sun. The fellow walkers on the 1883 masterpiece are pure New York street theater -- fat, skinny, loud, private, friendly, hurried, strange, local, immigrant, tourist, banker, pauper.
Posted by Michelle at March 27, 2006 01:07 AM