The Berkeley Revolution
A digital archive of the East Bay's transformation in the late-1960s & 1970s
PROJECTS
The Flatlands’ War on Poverty
Berkeley Women’s Music Collective
The Asian Community Library
The Black Panthers’ Education Revolution
The Integral Urban House
The Countercultural Kitchen
A Place for Every Body
The Secret History of Recycling
Pacific Center
Threads of Rebellion
Citizens vs. Developers
The Women and Girls of Telegraph Ave
Berkeley’s Public Schools
The Rainbow Sign
The Third World Liberation Front
Transgender Berkeley
PEOPLE
Nacio Jan Brown, photographer
Mary Ann Pollar, activist and impresario
PLACES
Telegraph Avenue
The Keystone
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Documents Tagged ‘Accessibility’
Accessibility Means You Feel O.K. About Being in a Place
Archive Entry Date: 1986
To legendary disabled playwright Neil Marcus, ramping was only the beginning
A Japanese View of Telegraph Ave
Archive Entry Date: 1986
A Japanese CIL intern compared the US and Japanese experience of disability
Getting There: A Guide to Accessibility for Your Facility
Archive Entry Date: 1979
A quirky accessibility guide demonstrates human-centered design with panache
An Advanced Studio Summer Session
Archive Entry Date: Summer 1979
In Lifchez's ARCH101, students designed accessible structures in real world settings
Wheelchair Ramp Plan for a Private Residence
Archive Entry Date: ca. 1978
To make private housing more accessible, Eric Dibner drew up ramp plans for the greater community
Campus Grounds Accessibility Audit
Archive Entry Date: September 1976
The 1000-page report was the first campus environmental survey of its kind
Map from Identification of Architectural Barriers
Archive Entry Date: September 1976
An environmental audit revealed that virtually all common routes on Berkeley's campus were inaccessible
The Independent Fall 1974
Archive Entry Date: Fall 1974
Four disability rights activists celebrate victory by rolling over an "official" curb cut
Resolution 45,605
Archive Entry Date: 2/13/1973
In a win for the CIL, Berkeley mandated construction on Telegraph Ave's first wheelchair-accessible route
Design for Independent Living
Archive Entry Date: 1979
An overview of this radical design manual and ethnographic study of Berkeley's crip culture
Accessibility Survey of Telegraph Avenue
Archive Entry Date: 6/1984
A remarkable survey of the accessibility of Telegraph's businesses — complete with beautiful illustrations and smart solutions
Architectural Barriers Act
Archive Entry Date: 08/12/1968
A landmark piece of federal access legislation -- though one with big loopholes