Bridge 4: Introduction to Research

Problem in my neighborhood: I noticed that there are some stores have stairs in front of them, but they don’t have wheelchair ramps. These stairs are usually so high that they block tourists sight of viewing the products. Also, tourists are tired of walking and shopping, so it’s hard for them to climb some extra stairs.

 

Research questions:

  1. In Soho, why some stores have stairs in front of them while others don’t?
  2. In Soho, why stores pay more attention on customers who are able to climb stairs rather than those customers who have disabilities?
  3. In Soho, why some stores prefer customers view their products from low-angles?
  4. In Soho, why I feel uncomfortable when I see there are stairs in front of some stores but no wheelchair ramps?
  5. In Soho, why some stores choose stairs as paths which connect sidewalks and stores’ front doors?

 

10-source reading list:

  1. Alfred. Pommer; Eleanor Winters. Exploring New York’s SoHo. The History Press 2012
  2. Allan. Tannenbaum; Yōko Ono; P. J O’Rourke. New York in the 70s: SoHo blues — a personal photographic diary. Feierabend 2003
  3. Françoise Mouly; Art Spiegelman. Streets of SoHo: map and guide. Raw Books 1983
  4. G. A. Francis;David M Norstrom; United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Technical Assistance and Safety.; Battelle Memorial Institute. Columbus Laboratories. Guideline specifications for passive lifts, active lifts, wheelchair ramps and securement devices [microform]. Federal Transit Administration, Office of Technical Assistance and Safety: Distributed in cooperation with Technology Sharing Program 1992
  5. Jaime Davidovich; Mel Andringa; Bruce Follmer; Karen Mooney. SoHo Television presents [videorecording]: a composite tape, 1977. Soho Television 1977
  6. John Pintard. New Jersey. Legislature. General Assembly. The Soho Company [Microform].  Printed by T. and J.Swords 1802
  7. Margot. Gayle;Robin Lynn; Edmund Vincent Gillon. Friends of Cast Iron Architecture presents A walking tour of cast-iron architecture in SoHo. Friends of Cast Iron Architecture 19831.
  8. United States. National Bureau of Standards.;Daniel H Carson; Carson Consultants.; U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Safety on stairs. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print Off 1978
  9. http://www.jamesrobertwatson.com/stairs.html
  10. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/realestate/glass-and-steel-to-invade-cast-iron-soho.html
  11. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/realestate/commercial/sohos-gods-love-we-deliver-faces-obstacle-to-expansion.html
  12. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/07/arts/new-york-city-out-of-doors-cavorting-on-the-great-urban-staircases.html
  13. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/27/opinion/l-dealing-with-stairs-101787.html
  14. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/23/garden/design-notebook-stairs-that-go-beyond-the-ordinary.html
  15. https://cws.auburn.edu/shared/content/files/1472/STAIRWAY%20SAFETY.pdf

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